Bigg Boss Tamil Season 8: Sivakarthikeyan as Mukund Varadarajan in Amaran becomes first film in show’s history to be streamed for housemates

Amaran, the 2024 Tamil film headlined by actor Sivakarthikeyan and based on life of late Major Mukund Varadarajan, became a saving grace for Tamil cinema this year which has been facing a lull phase barring a few sporadic successes. The success of Amaran transformed into a new milestone after Netflix (the parent platform of the film) decided to screen it for the housemates of Tamil reality show Bigg Boss Tamil season 8, making it the first film to be streamed in the history of the show.

Bigg Boss Tamil Season 8: Amaran becomes first film to be streamed for housemates

Tamil reality show Bigg Boss Tamil revolves around a bunch of housemates put together in a house that is cut away from the happenings of the outside world. In its first, the show decided to screen a film for housemates, resulting in Amaran being played for them.

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As we had already reported that Amaran has begun streaming on Netflix, the streaming giant organised a movie screening for the housemates of Bigg Boss Tamil season 8, where the contestants got the opportunity to watch the film on Friday night, the events which were shown in Saturday’s weekend episode. Netflix also treated the housemates with popcorn and beverages, as they watched Amaran starring Sivakarthikeyan and Sai Pallavi. The film, directed by Rajkumar Periasamy, is produced by Kamal Haasan. Interestingly, while Kamal Haasan had hosted the previous seasons of the show, Rajkumar had served as the director of the reality show.

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Amaran on OTT: Watch Mukund Varadarajan’s biopic here

Amaran is based on the film of Mukund Varadarajan, who was a commissioned officer in the Indian Army's Rajput Regiment. He was posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra for his operation with the 44th Rashtriya Rifles battalion. The film takes inspiration from the pages of the book India's Most Fearless: True Stories of Modern Military Heroes, penned by Shiv Aroor and Rahul Singh.

The film can be streamed on Netflix inTamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi.