Mohanlal with Padmakumar in 'Shikaar'

Mohanlal and director Padmakumar are to team up for the first time in 'Shikaar', to be produced by Rajagopal under the banner of Tetco Group. In his last film 'Parunthu', Padmakumar had teamed up with Mammootty for the first time, but the film turned out to be an utter failure on all counts. However, since prior to the 'Parunthu' fiasco he had delivered films like 'Ammakilikoodu', 'Vargam' and 'Vasthavam' which were intrinsically different and very promising, Padmakumar is still much in demand as a director. Padmakumar's 'Shikaar' will feature script by S. Suresh Babu, who had made his debut with 'Dadasahib' directed Vinayan which had Mammootty doing the lead role. M. Jayachandran will set to tune lyrics penned by Gireesh Puthencherry. More details are awaited

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nowrunning.com

Love in Singapore

Love in Singapore has gags galore that sizzle, set in a plot that fizzles without a trace. An injudicious comedy that relies on real dim characters, the first major release of the year terribly lets us down.
Hot on the heels of Pereira (Nedumudi Venu) who has fled to Singapore with his daughter Diana (Navneet Kaur), Machu (Mammootty), a scrap dealer turned millionaire, sets foot on the beautiful island with vengeance in mind. Machu has been taken on a royal ride by the conman, and would stop at nothing until he wins his daughter's hand.
Love in Singapore has a design that doesn't hold water at all. I wish at least the key characters appeared a bit credible or the dialogues a bit sharper. On the contrary, the film that clutches on to a make-believe scenario is filled with the absurd. And very often, frenziedly so.
There are very few occasions when the film hits the right notes, and even these are quite erratic. There are plenty of harmless jokes and almost nontoxic pranks; miniscule pleasures that make you feel intensely grateful amidst all these. But they really don't help this senseless locomotive that burns its rails and peacefully steams off towards disaster.
Sometimes there is a do-anything-try-everything kind of attempt to poke at your funny bone that does just the opposite. Rather than cashing in on witty lines and amusing incidents, the film has a go on literally every trick under the Singaporean sun to make you chuckle. Not every time does it reach its target.
I am flabbergasted by the film's title, as there isn't any love in it at all or if at all there is, it's tokenistic and quite frail. As Machu himself admits to the girl towards the end, it was the lure of the riches that had him fly all the way to Singapore. I guess this one should go down in the history of filmmaking as a film that proclaims that it's all about love, and has not even an iota of romance in it.
This is a rare category of a movie, that could perhaps be termed a bleak comedy. It is hardly stenciled as a story, the romance never gains a head or a heart and the dénouement is far from involving. It's a bit too light and frivolous and never really precise either.
If there's something or rather someone here that should allure you at all, it's none other than Mammootty. The man is pure wine that simply gets better with age and if one manages to drive through this dissonance without getting hurt, it's thanks to him. The charming actor looks quite suave and elegant and lavishly flaunts his magnetic appeal.
Supposedly a laugh-a-minute rib tickler that should have split your sides, Love in Singapore turns out to be a tragic debacle that doesn't even have a clue as to what it needs to deliver. How low the mighty have fallen!

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Bizhat.com

Gopika means she will be back?

In the list of come backs of actress who left the field after their marriage within course of time returns back the cine field like the hitten ball on the wall and probably Gopika will be added to the list soon.Gopika who attended a award function in Kerala, meaned that she would set her come back if offered with roles of substance, the girl who had done several films in both Malluwood and Kollywood of course done decent work told that she has no second thinking about doing films if offered with good roles to mention and with fast processing duration.Well known by all the come backs of actress after their marriage, quits earlier and enters back later in the enthusiasm of continuing their skills to put of in cine field.

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okgot.com

Mammootty to enter Kannada film?

Mammootty the super star who sustain himself with a unique place of respect since more than 2 and half decades had already done few in Tamil at times and after a long break had sanctioned orally to act in a Kannada film ‘Shikaari’” to be directed by Abhay Simha who directed “Gubbachchigalu” will also looks after story and script.Konkona Sen Sharma name is rolling for the lady lead; the film is produced by N.R. Shetty, music by Anmol Bhave and cinematography by Vikram Shrivastava.It is sure that Mammootty who appear in the screens of Kannada will secure a significance place for his appeal

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okgot.com

Lingusamy's project postponed

Pattalam, where Nadiya plays a key role along with a bunch of teenagers is complete and was to be released last week. This film is directed by Rohan Krishna and produced by Lingusamy for Tirupathi brothers. While talking about the delay in the film's release director Rohan said, "We wanted to release Pattalam last week but as Vennilla Kabadi Kuzhu
which is also a youth subject was released last week, we had to postpone our film. Now this week again, it is not possible because of Naan Kadavul."Finally the unit has decided to postpone the release of the film to April as any film released during the exam season in March may not be lapped by youth audience who are the key subjects especially in the opening week. Hence Pattalam in most likelihood will hit the screens in April.
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behindwoods.com

Dev D Mobile Game Launch - Watch photos of the event

Dev-D were present at the Mobile Game Launch of the movie at Pause Pub, Bandra, 2nd Feb,2009. Dev-D is a modern day adaptation of ‘Devdas’ the 1917 original classic novel by Sarat Chandra. Starring Abhay Deol as Devdas, Kalki as Chandramukhi, Mahi Gill as Paro and Dibyendu Bhattacharya as Chunilal, ‘Dev.D’ is scheduled to be released on February 6Watch photos of the event.

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zorsebol.com

Naan Kadavul in USA - Feb 6th

Bala’s Naan Kadavul is being released by Pyramid Saimira in USA on Feb 6th weekend. The film is releasing worldwide in 235 screens, the highest ever for a Bala film.
The US first week schedule as follows. The prints will be moved to next circle of cities, the following week.
Movie city , Edison ,

NJSerratheaters, Bayarea,

CANorwalk, Los Angeles,

CANovi , Detroit ,

MIFunasia in Dallas and Houston, Texas.

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extramirchi.com/

Tamanna’s new Hair Style Spotted

Tamanna has changed her hair style and she was spotted with this new hair at the promotion of website for the film ‘Konchem Istam Konchem Kastam’ Telugu film starring Siddhardh, Tamanna, Prakash Raj and Ramya Krishnan in Hyderabad.

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extramirchi.com

“SATYAMEVA JAIYATHE” TO OUT ON VALENTINES DAY

The movie “Satyameva Jaiyathe” was been finished the shooting and was in a way to release the movie to the 6th of this month. But the industry is rocking by the movies “King”, “Arundhati” and there were no theatres for the movie to release as another hot pick “Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kastam” will be hitting the screens to the 5th of this month. The flicks hero the Angry man Dr Rajashekar postponed the movie to the 13th of this month. The hit flick “King” will be completing 50 days to the 12 of this month and the theatres will be free for releasing the movie “Satyameva Jaiyathe”. The star Rajashekar is hitting the screens as the valentine special and was in a way to entertain with his action.

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tollywoodpoint.com

“ARUNDHATI” TO REMAKE IN HINDI WITH ASIN

The present blockbuster movie in Tollywood is “Arundhati” starring with the sizzling beauty Anushka is in a way to remake the movie in Hindi. The Female lead role in the Hindi remake was been done by the buxom beauty Asin. She has been recently in the chartbuster hit movie Ghajini and was been has many ventures coming to her door step. She will be in Bollywood for more time as she is busy with her ventures. The makers were in a way to achieve the rights to remake in Hindi. The famous Producer Yash Chopra is in a keen interest to achieve the rights from Tollywood to remake the movie. In the same way Madhu Mantena who was a co-Producer of the film Ghajini with the famous well known Producer in Tollywood were also in a way to attain the rights of the movie “Arundhati”.

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tollywoodpoint.com

Priyadarshan’s negative comments on Slumdog Millionaire

Indian movie director Priyadarshan has joined the bandwagon in slamming Danny Boyle’s underdog saga Slumdog Millionaire and has called the film a “cheap trashy mediocre version” of erstwhile Bollywood hits.
“Slumdog Millionaire is nothing but a cheap trashy mediocre version of those commercial films about estranged brothers and childhood sweethearts that Salim-Javed used to write so brilliantly in the 1970s. And please quote me clearly on this. If the Golden Globe and Oscars committees have chosen to honour this trashy film it just shows their ignorance of world cinema,” said Priyadarshan.
Priyadarshan, whose much-acclaimed film on the silk weavers of Kanjeevaram was shown alongside Boyle’s film at the Toronto Film Festival last year, feels Indians are exercising prideful property rights over a film that denigrates Mumbai.
“I saw the film with a mixed audience at the Toronto Film Festival. The Westerners loved it. All the Indian hated it. The West loves to see us as a wasteland, filled with horror stories of exploitation and degradation. But is that all there’s to our beautiful city of Mumbai?”
He is surprised that Mumbai is celebrating a film that shows only the city’s underbelly.
“Why are we taking this treatment? Just because a white man has made Slumdog Millionaire, we’re so happy with it? I’ve read Vikas Swarup’s novel Q&A. It should have been made by Mani Ratnam. Then you’d have seen what he would have done with Mumbai.”
The angry director wonders why there isn’t a single shot in Slumdog… that shows the more aesthetic side of Mumbai?
“Why has Danny Boyle not taken one shot of Marine Drive? Do his slumdwellers exist only within their slums? And look at the absurdities…A boy becomes a national hero on a game show. One cop takes him under arrest and interrogates him relentlessly. Where is everyone else? Is this kind of confinement possible in this day and age when television cameras enter your bedroom? If one of our filmmakers had made the same film we would have blasted him out of business.”
“Let them give as many Oscars as they like. We don’t need to be impressed
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cinefundas.com

Rajinikanth’s Sultan:The Warrior Release In 15 Worldwide Languages

The eagerly-awaited animation film of Rajinikanth , Sultan: The Warrior, will be released in May. The buzz is that Rajinikanth himself will make a special appearance in a few scenes of this animated movie! Also, insiders say that this 3-D animation film will be released in more than 15 languages worldwide!
The lead pair of the film has been modeled after Rajinikanth and Vijaylakshmi using high-end motion-capture technology. Producer Soundarya Rajinikanth ensured that she used the latest technology in the field of animation, which makes this film look very close to a feature film. Importing the hardware and paraphernalia required to make such a sophisticated animation film, this young entrepreneurial producer spent about Rs. 50 crores on Sultan: The Warrior. Soundarya has proved that Chennai can also make high-quality animation movies on par with Hollywood.
Mark our words: This film will definitely earn Chennai a prominent position in the international animation film industry. Attracted by it, someday Hollywood might decide to outsource its animation assignments to Chennai, making it the hub of animation industry!Come May, fans of Rajinikanth and animation movie lovers are in for a big treat!
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thebollywoodactress.com

Aishwarya Rai Postpones French Government Honour

It is raining awards on Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, but the green-eyed Bollywood beauty seems to be holding an umbrella!The French Government has conferred prestigious ‘Officer Dan Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres’ honour on her. But Ash has declared that she will not be able to receive the award just yet. The second highest civilian award of France is a big thing, but the move is no snub.
Ash had said to France, “Thank-you, but not now!” She explained, “I wanted my entire family - and that includes my parents, brother, sister-in-law, my husband and his parents, sister and brother-in-law - to be there. My father has been unwell and I wanted him to be there at this important moment.”
Having given her reason, she added, “It will be a glorious moment. But not without my father!”Incidentally, this honour has been conferred earlier on Hollywood actors Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, and Shah Rukh Khan from India. There’s only one higher French civilan honour, the Legion d’honour, which her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan, filmmaker Satyajit Ray and sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar have received.

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thebollywoodactress.com