Mammootty’s Daddy Cool on Aug 7!

Marakkar Films, the distributors of Mammootty’s new film Daddy Cool, has shifted ts release date by a day from August 6 to 7.
The post production and graphic work of the film has been delayed, hence the postponement by a day. As per the new date the film will be censored today (Aug 5).
Richa Pallod is playing Mammootty’s wife in this musical entertainer which has music by Biji Bal and is already a hit.
The film is about father-son bonding and is releasing in about 75 screens in Kerala on Friday August 7.

Kamal, Mohanlal & Venkatesh join hands

Kamal and Mohanlal will be seen together in Thalaivan Irukkiran, a redo of A Wednesday, a Hindi film. Kamal was recently spotted discussing the script and final schedules of the movie with Mohanlal which is being produced by Rajkamal productions and said to be directed by Chakri, an ad film maker based in US. The film will be shot both in Tamil and Telugu with Venkatesh taking Mohanlal’s place in the Telugu version.
The highlight of the movie is that it will have no women characters, except that of a TV anchor. Three names figure in the probable list, ‘Mirchi’ Suchitra, Veejay Pooja of SS music fame and Mallika Sherawat. Wonder who the lucky one is! Shooting will start from March 9 in Chennai and Mohanlal will join the crew on March 23. Later the Telugu version will be shot in Hyderabad. The film is expected to be shot in a relatively short span of time and make it to theatres by July

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Narain in Sathyan’s film

Sathyan Anthikkad’s new film, the shooting of which is going on at Kuttanadu right now, will have Narain sharing the screen space with Jayaram. Kaniha is the heroine of the movie. As per initial reports the story is on a villager played by Jayaram.Narain has earlier acted in Sathyan’s Achuvinte Amma, which in fact turned out to be a big break for the actor. He is doing well in Tamil as well, the latest film on the floors being Pookada Ravi.

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Actress Kavya Madhavan Married

Malayalam actress Kavya Madhavan married to Nischal Chandran at the famous Mookambika Temple in Kollur on February 5.

Nishal Chandran is working as a technical adviser in National Bank of Kuwait.

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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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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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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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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Mohanlal - Arya team in Casanova

Popular Tamil actor Arya (a Malayalee from Kasargod) is now pinning his hopes on the much-anticipated Tamil magnum opus Naan Kadavul (I am God) by director Bala. He is also to make his first appearance in Malayalam in Casanova, a Rosshan Andrews film with superstar Mohanlal in the lead.The pooja of Casanova took place on Saturday (January 24) at Confidante Cascade, Bangalore, a resort run by the producer Dr. Roy C.J. It was attended by Jagathy Sreekumar, Lalu Alex, Lakshmi Rai, Priyanka, Priyadarshan, Joshy, Sibi Malayil, producers Suresh Kumar, P.V Gangadharan and Antony Perumbavoor.Rosshan Andrews, maker of super hits Udayananu Tharam (remade in Tamil as Vellithira) and Notebook, has been working on this script for the last two years along with its writers Sanjay and Bobby. "After reading the script, Arya was very eager to do the film with Mohanlal. This action, romantic thriller revolves around a Casanova (Mohanlal) who believes that love can cure crime," Rosshan Andrews was quoted as saying. Arya has given 40 days call sheet to shoot the film in April and May.The film has five heroines including Lakshmi Rai. Major portions will be shot in Vienna and other European locations from April 10. R. Divakaran wields the camera while Alex Paul sets music. The action scenes will be choreographed by Hollywood's stunt coordinator Franz Spilhaus of Flight in Phoneix, King Soloman's Mines, Avenger, Singh is Kinng and Drona fame. Produced under the banner of Confident Entertainment (India) Ltd. with a budget of Rs. 10 crore, Casanova will be Mohanlal's big 2009 Onam release on September 2.

IG’ strolls in the capital city

Suresh Gopi’s new flick 'IG' where the star is again in the police uniform continues with its shoot at the capital city. Produced by Mahi in the banner of Super star films, this police thriller is scripted and directed by B Unnikrishnan.
The scripter director has earlier debuted through another Suresh Gopi starrer ‘Smart City' which was an average flick at the Box Office.
Also in the cast is Jagathy Sreekumar, Vijayaraghavan, Devan, Govind Padmasuriya, Rajan P Dev, Aashish Vidhyarthi Subair, Nandhinee, Lekshmi, Anaida Nair and John Kokkan.
Cinematographed by Shyam Dutt, the music department of this movie will be handled by Gireesh Puthencherry and M Jayachandran.

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Parvathy, the rising star from Malayalam

Parvathy, the cute Malayalee girl has made her debut in Tamil through Sasi's Poo produced by Moser Baer.
Parvathy plays the character of Mari (Mariyammal) in Poo and the viewers seem to have hailed her as she has virtually given life to the image of the 'Nellai Seemai Ponnu'! Her facial expressions are fabulous and no one could have expected such superb performance from a new comer like Parvathy.
Parvathy has worked as an anchor for Kiran TV and has also worked in a few Malayalam and Kannada movies.
After the Press show of Poo, the actress spoke to our correspondent at Four Frames, Chennai.
'I must really thank the Tamil viewers for accepting me solely for my merits. Really I appreciate and bow my head to their taste. Once again they have proved that performance is the only parameter to enter the industry in the proper way.
Sasi is really a fantastic director and he has worked hard to bring out my best performance in this film. The full credit goes to him only..." Parvathy says in a relaxed mood.
According to the actress, she is not in a hurry to grab any new offers. "I'm carefully watching the trend and hearing stories of various genres. I would like to accept films only on the basis of good scripts. Salary is not a constraint
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Panambilly Puraskaram for Mohanlal

The prestigious Panambilly Prathibha Puraskaram, instituted by Samskara Sahithi, a cultural wing of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), will be presented to Malayalam superstar Mohanlal on 26th November by Union Defense Minister A.K. Antony in a function to be held at the Karthika Thirunal Theatre, Thiruvananthapuram.Mohanlal was selected for his overall contribution to Malayalam cinema over the years. Announcing the award, state Congress president Ramesh Chennithala said that Mohanlal was selected by a three member jury headed by George Onakkur. The award consists of 50,000 rupees. a citation and a memento designed by Prof. Naryanapillai. Poet Sugathakumari was the first winner of the award.
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Mohanlal and Jayaram to share the screen

Mohanlal will again team up with Jayaram, again in the new movie directed by Blessy. These two big actors of Mollywood have earlier come together for films like 'Advaitham' which came out 18 years ago.
Recently they were also seen together in the AMMA's multi starrer 'Twenty: 20’ which featured all the stars from Mollywood.
Blessy’s yet to be titled new movie will be produced by Raju Malyath. The exact shoot dates of the movie is yet to be finalized as the director has got some personal reasons to delay the shoot of the movie.
Last time when Mohanlal and Blessy came together was for 'Thanmathra' which fetched accolades including the state awards for the best actor.

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A new "Lal-Kamal combination"

’Ulaga Nayagan’ Kamal Hassan has always expressed his interest to work with Malayalam superstar Mohanlal. In 2000, he invited Mohanlal to play the role of a psychiatrist in his box-office winner Thenali, but Mohanlal politely declined the offer. Eventually, the role went to Malayalam actor Jayaram.

Again in 2006, there were reports that these acting legends might come together with Keertichakra II, a sequel of Keertichakra (2006) directed by Major Ravi. Unfortunately, it never came true! "Good things happen over time, great things happen all at once." Well, the fans will now lucky be enough to witness their much-awaited "Lal-Kamal combination" which will be one of the biggest unions in South Indian cinema.
The Malayalam superstar, who’s celebrating a high time at the Malayalam film industry box office with a continuous success of his recent releases Kurukshetra and multi-starrer Twenty:20, has agreed to don a role alongside Kamal Hassan in his upcoming venture Thalaivan Irukkiraan, to be produced by Gemini Films Circuit.
Reports said that Mohanlal met Kamal Hassan last week in Chennai and discussed the film, to be written and directed by Kamal Hassan himself. Mohanlal has in-principle agreed to do this an action-packed adventure film which will also feature Bollywood star Rishi Kapoor and Telugu action hero Venkatesh. According to initial information, the film will be shot in US and Switzerland. The music is by A.R. Rahman. More details will be known after a meeting to be convened in Chennai next week.
The new development came after Kamal Hassan’s much-talked about big budget venture Marmayogi was shelved due to lack of funds. Anyway, Thalaivan Irukkiraan will be a treat as two of the finest actors in contemporary Indian cinema will be coming together for the first time

Priyamani in Bikni !

National award winner Priyamani is moving towards commercial films and glamour roles. She is presently busy with the Telugu film Dhrona, starring alongside Nitin. There is a strong buzz in the industry that Priyamani will go bold in this film and don a bikini, considered a taboo in the Tamil industry until Nayanthara featured in it for Billa. Priyamani has another important and prestigious project in her kitty - Ravan. The lady is expected to join the Ravan team in January 2009.
Speaking of Ravan, Prithviraj, who plays an important role in the film, is now busy working out for a six-pack abs. Prithvi’s portion will also be shot from January onwards. Currently, the Ravan team is busy shooting the Hindi version in Kerala.

Twenty: 20 create Box- Office history!

AMMA's Twenty:20, has created box-office history in Kerala!
From 120 screens, it has grossed a mind blowing Rs 7.54 crore in the first week (Nov 5 to 11).
No film in the history of motion pictures has grossed such an amount from Kerala in its opening week!
The distributors share of Rs 3.65 crore is the highest ever for a film in its first week.
In all stations. it has broken records, and the film is a uniform hit across the state whether it is Malabar or Travancore.
The best thing about T:20 is that the word-of-mouth is very positive and encouraging.
And once the family audience comes to the theatres the film is going to be a blockbuster of gargantuan proposition.

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Bhagwan to be shot in 12 hours !

The pooja of Bhagwan, a film to be shot in 12 hours using about 10 cameras and five units, was held at Kochi on Thursday last week. To be produced by Vijesh Mani under the banner of Anaswara Cinemas, Bhagwan is based on the evil effects of terrorism.
During the pooja function, a cheque of Rs. one lakh was handed over by the hero Malayalam superstar Mohanlal on behalf of Anaswara Cinemas to the Inspector General of Police Winson M. Paul to be given to the family of police officer Mohan Chand Sharma, a Delhi Police officer who was killed during an encounter with terrorists at Jamia Nagar in Delhi on September 19.
Mohanlal is playing a gynaecologist in Bhagwan by debutant director Prasanth Mambulli will be completed in a single schedule at a hospital in Kunnamkulam, Trissur. Bhagwan presents five lyricists and five debutant music directors. Tamil actors Prakashraj and Nasser will appear in meaty roles in the film which is expected to be released on January 26.
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Queen of Yesteryears, Sumalatha is back

Sumalatha, one of the most popular actresses from the mid eighties to the nineties, suddenly disappeared from films after she got married to politician turned Kannada superstar Ambareesh in 1991. Debuting in films at age 15 after winning a beauty contest in Andhra Pradesh, she had acted in almost all types of roles from character to high action movies like Thoovanathumpikal, Thaazhvaram, Newdelhi, Izabella and Ee Thanutha Veluppan Kalathu.
With a stunning capability to handle six different languages, Sumalatha literally ruled Southern films of her generation. Now, she is all set to make her comeback into Malayalam with the upcoming Prithviraj movie Calendar to be directed by debutant Mahesh. In this film, Sumalatha will appear as a character named Thankom George, a widowed professor who lives for her only daughter Kochu Rani. Planned as a hilarious comedy, the movie will have Prithviraj in the lead as Sojashan Olikkara, who brings a dramatic twist in the lives of mother and daughter. Navya Nair is the heroine.
Other cast members include Mukesh, Jagadeesh, Jagathy Sreekumar, Vijayaraghavan, Mallika Sukumaran and Sooraj Venjaranmoodu. Babu Janardhanan pens the script for Calender, which has already started shooting at Kottayam last week. Calendar will be Prithviraj's Vishu release.

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