Sivakarthikeyan gearing up for the Cricket Match at Natchathira Vizha
Sivakarthikeyan gearing up for the Cricket Match at Natchathira Vizha 2018.Sun TV Twitter Account

The celebrities from Kollywood have gathered in big numbers at National Stadium in Bukit Jalil in Malaysia on Saturday, January 6, for Natchathira Vizha, an event organised Nadigar Sangam in association with MyEvents International and with the support of Malaysia Major Events, a subsidiary of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture Malaysia. [Crawl down for the Photos]

Most of the celebrities that include Rajinikanth and Sivakarthikeyan walked red carpet held on Friday, January 5, while Kamal Haasan and a few others joined a day later. The actors will entertain the crowd with with various activities that include live performances, comedy skits, cricket and soccer matches.

The fund generated from the event will be utilised for the construction for the Nadigar Sangam's new building. 

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The stage is set for Natchathira Vizha at National Stadium in Bukit Jalil in Malaysia. In less than a few hours, the celebrities from Kollywood will be walking the red carpet. Here, we bring to you the live updates from the red carpet: 

Saturday:
9.22 pm: Trichy Tigers arrive at the Natchathira Vizha.
9.05 am: A decent crowd gathered to witness wonderful game of sports and entertainment of our stars at National Stadium in Bukit Jalil.
8.09 am: Anchora Nakshathra, Kathirravan k, Diya vj and Abhirami are geared up for a great fun-filled day.
6.40 am: The event will take off shortly.

Friday Updates:
9.40 pm: Get ready for the big event tomorrow.
8.22 pm: Rajinikanth unveils the trophies of tomorrow's big matches.
8.10 pm: Rajinikanth with the captains of all the teams.
7.45 pm: Sivakarthikeyan's Trichy Tigers come on stage.
7.35 pm: Srikant Deva performs on stage.
7.20 pm: Vijay Sethupathi's team members come on stage.
7.15 pm: Sivakarthikeyan, Soori and Sathish having a fun time.
7.05 pm: Jayam Ravi, Shiva, Mottai Rajendran, Karunas, Vishnu Vishal, Vikram Prabhu, Bindu 6.25 p: 6.55 pm: Madhavi and Aishwarya Rajesh pose for the camera.
6.55 pm: Now, Thalaivar Rajinikanth arrives. He has sported his trademark - white and white dress.
6.52 pm: Ganja Karappu and Arya spotted at the venue.
6.49 pm: Sanjana Singh and Remya Nambeesan hit the red carpet.
6.45 pm: GV Prakash, Shaam, Bharath and Aadhi arrive.
6.40 pm: KS Ravikumar and Arun Vijay arrive.
6.35 pm: Karthi is posing for the camera. The actor and treasurer seems to be happy man as the event is progressing as per the plans.
6.30 pm: Anchor Nakshatra gets in conversation with Vaibhav and Premji.
6.28 pm: Gayathri, Venkat Prabhu, Ganja Karuppu and many others, who were spotted at Bigg Boss Tamil are spotted.
6.20 pm: Actors are coming one after the other.
6.20 pm:Celebrities set to walk the red carpet.

Over 300 people from film fraternity are gracing the event. The actual event will take place on Saturday, January 6, where the day will be packed with various activities that include live performances, comedy skits, cricket and soccer matches.

A soccer match will be played between Tamil actor and Malaysian actors. Also, a cricket tournament is planned in which Kollywood celebrities will be divided into five teams. Surya, Karthi, Vishal, Jayam Ravi and Jiiva will be leading the five teams.

The Nadigar Sangam in association with MyEvents International and with the support of Malaysia Major Events, a subsidiary of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture Malaysia, has organised the event.

Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Vikram, Suriya, Vishal, Karthi, Sivakarthikeyan, Vijay Sethupathi, Dhanush, Samantha, Amala Paul, Khushboo, Anirudh, Harris Jayaraj, SS Thaman and many others are gracing the event. Singers Karthik, Haricharan, Swetha Mohan, Ranjith, Naresh Iyer and Chinmayee will join them.

National Stadium in Bukit Jalil has a seating capacity of about 90,000. Over 30,000 tickets have been sold so far. The entire event will be aired live on Sun TV.

Here are the photos of the event:

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