Saranya Ponvannan (born April 1970), also known as SheelaChristina Raj, is a popular South Indian film actress who has predominantlyappeared in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam language films and a few Kannada languagefilms. Saranya made her debut in a lead role in Mani Ratnam's Nayakan (1987)and went on to play lead roles from 1987-1996. After her marriage in 1995, sherefused to take up any film offers. Following an eight-year sabbatical, shemade comeback in 2003 as a character artiste, playing supporting roles,particularly playing mother roles lead artists.

1. Sathi Leelavathi Serial In Mega Tv Cast

Sai Baba of Shirdi, also known as Shirdi Sai Baba, was an Indian spiritual master who is regarded by his devotees as a saint, a fakir, a satguru and an incarnation (avatar) of Lord Shiva and Dattatreya. He is revered by both his Hindu and Muslim devotees during, as well as after his lifetime.

Saibaba is now revered as incarnation of Sri Dattatreya, and considered as Saguna Brahma. He is attributed to be the creator, sustainer and destroyer of this universe by his devotees. He is decorated with jewels and all forms of Hindu vedic deities as he is supreme God. Madhoo Shah not to be confused with Madhubala, is an Indian film actress known for her works predominantly in Tamil cinema and Bollywood.She has also worked in a few Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada language films. She is best remembered for her portrayals in Kuku Kohli's Hindi hit Phool Aur Kaante (1991), Mani Ratnam's Tamil hit Roja (1992), which won the National Film Award for Best Film on National Integration, nomination for Best Film at the 18th Moscow International Film Festival; K. Raghavendra Rao's Telugu hit Allari Priyudu (1992), which was screened at the International Film Festival of India, in the mainstream section; Sangeeth Sivan's Malayalam hit Yodha (1992), and S. Shankar's Tamil hit Gentleman (1993).

We got in touch with K.Bhagyaraj whoexplained that Varun registered the story in 2007 by bringing a bound scriptwhich was then sealed and stamped and handed back to him. Similarly, A.R.

Murugadoss too had registered'Sarkar' script book under the title 'Pachai' in 2017. The legendary actor-filmmaker explained thathe spoke to A.R. Murugadoss to add Varun's name in the credit as a story writerbut he had refused and said will handle the matter in court. Hence the letter of authentication has beenissued to Varun to protect his interests. In his inimitable humorous styleBhagyaraj added that the 'Sarkar' issue is causing more problems to him thanA.R. He stated that whileARM has to only handle Varun, he has to face Sun group with whom he hasbusinesses, worry how this will affect his friendship with S.A. Chandrasekharanand above all since his son Shantanu Bhagyaraj being a hardcore fan of Vijay too would be unhappywith him.

However Bhagyaraj signed off saying since he is the Presidentof the union he has to face this delicate situation to protect his members. With impressive performance in herserial, Sun Television signed her for Mega serial ‘Dheivamagal‘ in 2013. Sheplayed lead role in the name ‘Sathya’.

Dheivamagal rated as most viewed tamilserial for past 2 to 3 years. She is well known to public as Sathya more thanVani Bhojan.

The serial also has some important cast Rekha Krishnappa, Krishna.Vani also signed for Zee Tamil to act in Lakshmi Vanthachu serial. Whereplaying important role named Nandhini. She was best actress for Dheivamagal byVikatan Awards 2017. Kovai Sarala is an Indian film actressand comedian, who prominently plays supporting roles in Tamil and Telugu films.In a career spanning more than 30 years, Sarala has appeared in over 750 films.She has won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Comedian three times, forher performances in Sathi Leelavathi (1995), Poovellam Un Vasam (2001) andUliyin Osai (2008). She has also won the Nandi Award for Best Female Comedianfor her performance in Ori Nee Prema Bangaram Kanu (2003) and the Vijay Awardfor Best Comedian for her performance in Muni 2: Kanchana (2011). She got her first film offer when shewas in the 9th standard and acted with Vijayakumar and K. Vijaya in the filmVelli Ratham.

She was in Class 10, when she played a 32-year-old pregnant womanMundhanai Mudichu, her second film. Two years later she acted in Chinna Veedu,where she played the role of the 65-year-old mother of Bhagyaraj's character.She has appeared in more than a 100 films in Telugu. She has mentioned thefilms Sathi Leelavathi, Viralukketha Veekkam, Varavu Ettana Selavu Pathana,Karagattakaran and Viswanathan Ramamoorthy as her personal favourites.

Alleging harassment by the Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce and the Kerala Film Producers Association, film director Vinayan has said the release of his latest movie, Yakshiyum Njanum, is being blocked by the industrys elite influential class. Addressing a press meet here on Thursday, Mr. Vinayan said the Film Chamber said that the Censor Board had certified the film in violation of rules as the Chamber had not given any clearance for the film. He said that Board had made it clear that film certification did not need clearance from the Chamber and that it had been certified legally. Even so, the producer of the film had approached the Film Chamber in October 2009 to ensure the release of the film, said Mr. But the Chamber failed to respond to the request, he added.

It is clear that the Film Chamber and the Kerala Film Producers Association are adamant about blocking the release of the film, said Vinayan. He would approach the Court if needed and surely bring out Yakshiyum Njaanum on screens as Onam releases with any big releases, he added.

It appears that the troubles for the controversial personality Vinayan are still on for a while. The latest news is that his new movie Yakshiyum Njanum has landed in a legal trouble. Apparently, both Vinayan and the producer are not members of the Film Chamber so their project has not been given a public clearance which means that the release of the film will be stalled. Vinayan from his end is approaching the High Court for this.Vinayan has alleged that the release of his film Yakshiyum Njanum has been blocked by a caucus including the superstars of Malayalam cinema. The film was slated to release today (July 30), but has not made it to the theatres.

Vinayan requested Chief Minister to clear his stand in this matter. In his statement yesterday, Vinayan added that he will not put the blame on cultural affairs Minister MA Baby, since his interference earlier made things worse. Vinayan was about to release the film after getting a censor certificate. However the Kerala Film Chamber blocked the release as Vinayan did not have the publicity clearance certificate from the chamber. The chamber executives informed that according to the regulations, only films with publicity clearance certificate from the chamber can be censored. The buzz on Yakshiyum Njanum is positive.

The film has newcomers in the lead- Gowtham, Shyam, Meghna Nair and late actor Rajan P. Devs son Jubin Raj is debuting as the villain Sajan Madhav, son of late music director Raveendran, has also made his debut as a music director with some haunting numbers.

Mani Ratnams over hyped Raavan in Hindi is going to have its television premiere, 44 days after its world release! Raavan featuring Abhishek Bachchan, Vikram and Aishwarya Rai, will have its world television premier this Sunday, August 1 at 8 pm on Colors. The film which had opened on June 18 is one of the fastest Hindi films to hit the small screen under 50 days of its theatrical release. According to television industry sources, normally a very big Hindi film is shown on television only after 100 days of its theatrical release. But Raavan turned out to be such a colossal flop, that the producers and the channel which had the satellite rights realized that its futile to delay the television premiere. Remember last Sunday (July 25) Sony created history when it telecast Aamir Khans Raju Hirani directed mega blockbuster 3 Idiots, 213 days after its theatrical release. The film garnered a television rating point (TRP) of 5.0 in its debut on small screen.

It is the highest ever TRP for any feature film on television in India. Vinayan is prepared with his latest Malayalam movie titled Yakshiyum Njaanum, which is going to be a horror thriller. The film stars newcomers in most of the main roles because established stars refused to act in his film. Veteran actor Thilakan has an important role in the movie and it is also one of the highlights of the film. Thilakan plays the role an astrologer named Narayanji. Gowtham, a new actor is debuting in the movie as the lead hero Shyam. It is also Meghna Nairs debut Malayalam film, in which she will be seen as Yakshy, the love interest of young Shyam.

Late actor Rajan P. Devs son Jubil Raj is also debuting through Yakshiyum Njaanum in a negative role. Jubin has been acting in theatres earlier and had been a child artiste. Sajan Madhav, son of music director Raveendran, makes his debut as a music director by scoring music for the movie.

Vinayan has produced the movie under his home banner Aakasha Ganga. Nawaz had done the cinematography.

Athirapilli, Ernakulam, Kulathoopuzha, and Kuttaalam are the locations. Pakistani fast bowler Mohammed Asif will make his film debut with a Malayalam movie, directed by lyricist Kaithapram Damodaran Namboodiri.

The shooting of the film, titled Mazhavillinnattamvare (Till the tip of the rainbow), is scheduled to begin in September. Besides Asif, Mazhavillinnattamvare will also mark the directorial debut of Kaithapram, who has penned hundreds of songs and won several national and State awards.

Asif is now busy playing cricket in England. He will be free by September to begin shooting in Kannur, Kaithapram told PTI. TO PLAY ROLE OF COACH The film begins with Asif coming to a cricket camp in Kannur as a coach. When he travels from Lahore to Kerala, he has a personal mission too.

The film will progress through his journey to his goal. Kaithapram has also penned the story, besides writing the the script and lyrics. There will be five songs and a ghazal, the mixing of which will be done in London. The songs will be rendered by K.J. Yesudas, Udit Narayan, Shankar Mahadevan, K.S. Chitra, Deepankuran and Shreya Ghoshal.

The film is being produced by a Sharjah-based entrepreneur M. Mukundan, who hails from Kannur, under the banner of Valluvankadavu Recreations. According to the latest reports Tamil actor Srikanth is all set to make his debut in Malayalam. The actor who is not having a sunny time at Tamil industry presently is said to have given a positive nod to appear in the sequel to Uppukandam Brothers, planned by its director T S Suresh Babu. Srikanth has woven many family hits in Rojakoottam, Parthiban Kanavu, Oru Naal Oru Kanavu, Uyir, Poo, and Rasikkum Seemane. The official announcement of the news about the Mollywood flick is yet to come. Prabhu Deva has been added to the bilingual period drama Urumi directed by Santhosh Sivan.

Urumi is a bilingual in Tamil and Malayalam based on the assassination of Vasco Da Gama. The film is about a group of men, who wanted to assassinate Vasco Da Gama. The tag line of the film is The Boy who wanted to kill Vasco Da Gama. Genelia will play a Portuguese princess in this 15th century period film. Prithviraj and Genelia are playing the lead roles. Genelia plays a Portuguese princess. Now sources say Prabhu Deva has been added to the cast to do an important role.

Sankar Ramakrishnan, who was one of the directors in Kerala Cafe anthology, has written the script. Urumi will also have an abridged English version for an International market say the sources. For her, Prithvi Theatre is an oasis in the midst of this crazy city. But Sanjana Kapoor, who has singlehandedly revived its glory, carrying forward the legacy of her parents and grandparents, rues the lack of government support as appalling. We have managed to create this little oasis out of this gem, an oasis in the midst of this crazy city that allows you to breathe, where you can engage in live performance in an intimate surrounding that is magical, Sanjana told in an interview. The sad thing is that any theatre of our kind, anywhere in the world, would ordinarily receive government grants. We, however, do not fall under any government scheme - be it state or central.

An appalling state of affairs, said the 43-year-old whose Prithvi Theatre holds about 550 shows every year, of which around 100 are childrens shows. Sanjana, the daughter of Shashi and Jennifer Kapoor, says Prithvi mainly banks on corporate aid. Prithvi Theatre company was launched by Sanjnas grandfather Prithviraj Kapoor in 1944.

But in 1960, the company was forced to close down due to Prithvirajs poor health. In the 1940s, Sanjanas maternal grandparents Geoffrey and Laura Kendal too came to India with Shakespeare and contemporary English theatre. In fact, Shashi and Jennifer met during a theatre event in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1956. A few years after Prithviraj Kapoors demise, Shashi set up a trust in his fathers memory and bought land to build a theatre to promote the performing arts. Prithvi Theatre was inaugurated in 1978.

Nayantara has bagged a role in the sequel of Mammootty starrer award winning Malayalam movie Mathilukal. The sequel, which again stars megastar Mammootty, is titled Mathilukalkkappruam. Interestingly, the role to be played her was supposed to be essayed by Bollywood actress Vidya Balan. However, now Nayantara has replaced her. The original film was directed by national award winning film director Adoor Gopalakrishnan in 1989. The sequel of the movie will be directed by debutante Prasad and the story will continue with the story of Basheer from where Adoor left. The role of that unseen woman prisoner will be played by Nayantara.

The voice of that unseen woman in the original film on the other side of the prison wall was given by K.P.A.C. The role of Basheer will be again essayed by Mammootty. The lead actors of the movie are likely to have some best of the moments in Malayalam cinema. Mammoottys production company Playhouse will be producing the film, which is going to start shooting very soon. Chandran will be handling the camera and the sound department will be handled by Oscar winner Resul Pookutty.

The sequel season is on and it has hit the Malayalam film industry as well. The latest addition is the 1994 hit movie Malappuram Haji, Mahanaya Joji. Rajan Kiriyath, the original writer of the movie, will also be writing the script of the sequel. Renowned Malayalam movie director Thulasidas directed the original movie, which starred Mukesh, Siddique, and Madhu.

It was the biggest hit of Mukesh in his career as an actor. The sequel will feature Siddhique in an important role. The original movie also had actors like Narendra Prasad, Jagathi Sreekumar, Mathu, Premkumar, Indrans, Karamana Janardanan Nair, Rizabawa, and Jose Pellissery. In the original film, the storyline showed Siddique interested to leave for Dubai as he gets visa to go there. At the same time, he gets an offer to work as a teacher in a school of his fathers friend. His father is not ready to allow him to go to Dubai and wants him to join as a teacher. Siddique leaves for Dubai without informing his parents and sends Mukesh to join the teaching job pretending to be Siddique thus leading to a hilarious situation.

Kavya Madhavan filed petitions for divorce and domestic violence here. She filed the divorce petition with the Ernakulam Family court while another one in the Ernakulam First Class Magistrate Court is against her husband and in-laws under the Domestic Violence Act for causing mental stress. Kavya, 24, got married to computer engineer Nischal Chandra February last year and decided to call it a day from the film industry at the height of her popularity.

After few months living in Kuwait with her husband, Kavya returned to her parents home. And after a break from all public functions, in October she made her first public appearances fuelling speculations that she might return to the silver screen. Early this year, she starred in her comeback film Pappi Appacha along with Dileep and she has two more films in the final production stages. Born in Nileshwaram in Kasaragod district, the actress entered the Malayalam film industry as a child artist with Pookkalam Varavayi (1991). In 1996, she cut her teeth in the Malayalam fims in acclaimed director Kamals hit flick Azhakiya Ravanan. Since then, Kavya has starred with leading superstars Mammootty, Mohanlal, and Jayaram.

Her pairing with Dileep makes huge hits at the box-office. Her popular films include Meesha Madhavan, Madamabi, Classmates and Ananthabhadram, among others. The winners of the Jai Hind Film Awards for the year 2010 have been announced. Pazhassi Raja has won the award for the best film and Mammootty has won the award for the best actor. Filmfare Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, and are given for films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada language films from India.

They are given annually to honour the best talents and provide encouragement and incentive to the South Indian film industry.57th Film fare Awards will be held on August 7, 2010, in Chennai.Malayalam nominees:Best Hero Nominees:Dileep (Swantham Lekhakan)Jayaram(Bhagyadevatha)Mammootty (Paleri Manikyam)Mohanlal(Ividam Swargamanu)Prithviraj (Robinhood). After a short US trip, the national award winning actress Priyamani has joined the sets of Pranchiyettan And The Saint. This Renjith movie which is a situational comedy will feature her as a modern girl, an interior designer. This is the first time Priyamani is offered a role against Megastar Mammootty, and she considers it a challenge to live up to the qualities of the much accomplished actor.

Last time when Priyamani was in Malayalam for Ranjiths Thirakkatha, she managed to win all the major awards for her role of an actress in the movie. This time, she will also share the screen with Kushboo, who also appears in a strong role in the movie. After a short US trip, the national award winning actress Priyamani has joined the sets of Pranchiyettan And The Saint. This Renjith movie which is a situational comedy will feature her as a modern girl, an interior designer. This is the first time Priyamani is offered a role against Megastar Mammootty, and she considers it a challenge to live up to the qualities of the much accomplished actor. Last time when Priyamani was in Malayalam for Ranjiths Thirakkatha, she managed to win all the major awards for her role of an actress in the movie.

This time, she will also share the screen with Kushboo, who also appears in a strong role in the movie. The time has come to welcome another talented actor.

He is none other than Kailash and after a brief hiatus of sorts, he is back. News is that Kailash will be seen in the film Best of Luck and this will be directed by M A Nishad. The unit members reveal that Kailash plays the role of a young man who is crazy about music and movies. The film also has Archana, Reema and Urvashy along with others.

Another attractive project of Kailash is now gearing up to hit the screens and this has been titled Penpattanam. This one has Kailash as the hero while the story has been penned by Renjith.

Now the latest news is New Generation heroine Rima Kallingal is going to pair up with Bharath in this film and this is her first film in Tamil. Yuvan Yuvathi is all about a new age romance between two youngsters working in an IT firm. On the other hand, Bharath has signed up for Vaanam and sharing the screen space with Simbu in this film. Young actor Bharath, who is currently acting in a film Tiruthani under the director of Perarsu, has signed for a new project which is titled as Yuvan Yuvathi which is being directed by Kumaravel who had directed Ninaithale Inikkum in the past.

It is being produced under the banner Rising Sun. A few days back it was reported that the ace director Shankar will be taking the remake project 3 Idiots and making it in both Tamil and Telugu.

This project is going to be Shankars first remake project in his career. Now the latest and more interesting news is that the film casts three famous stars Ilayadalapathy Vijay, Jeeva and Siddharth in three main roles.

It is really eye feasting to see three top heroes acting together and that too in the film making in Shankars unique style. Sources say that currently Shankar is keenly waiting for the release of his latest forthcoming flick Endhiran starring Rajinikanth. So, soon after the release of the film this remake project is likely to commence. Stay tuned for more updates on the film.

Lal Jose will be seen doing a role in Best Actor, directed by Martin Prakkat. Lal Jose, one of the better talents in Mollywood is busy with his Elsamma Enna Anakutty. He took a day off from the shoot and did a cmaeo for the Mammotty film.

He did what he has done several times before: he directed the superstar for the camera. Lal Jose plays himself in the movie. Lal Jose, while being an assistant to Kamal, acted his real life role for Azhagiya Ravanan, a Mammootty starrer.

Later, he appeared in a brief role in Rock n Roll. He is also anchoring a programme on Amrita TV which explains to the layman the nitty gritty of filmmaking. A few months ago, Blessy had acted in an important role for a Tamil film. Priyanandanan also turned an actor recently, with Thoramazhayathu, a short film. Malayalam television channels are in no mood to lose a big film because of price. Films starring the super stars like Mammootty and Mohanlal fetch a huge price considering the size of the territories. The highest price paid for the television rights of a movie so far was 2.86 crores.

That was for megahit movie Twenty-20 paid by Surya TV. Now another Mohanlal film has broken that record and set a new record. Asianet has bought the television rights of Christian Brothers for a whopping 3 crores and this has set a new bench mark in Malayalam satellite television. Christian Brothers stars Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Sarath Kumar and Dileep in important roles. The film is about former soldier Palomattathu Varghese Mappila (Saikumar) and his sons, Christy (Mohanlal) and Joby (Dileep). Christy is a police informer in Mumbai and Joby is studying theology abroad.

Sibi and Udayakrishna pen the script. Deepak Dev scores the music. Other actors in the cast include Lakshmi Rai, Kavya Madhavan and Kaniha. Anil Nair is the cameraman. Shaji N Karuns prestigious Mammootty starrer Kutty Srank will release in cine houses on July 23.

This is Mammoottys first film with Shaji who began his career as a cinematographer and later turned to direction with Piravi in 1988. Shaji N Karuns directorial debut won him the prestigious Camera dOr Mention dhonneur at the Cannes Film Festival in 1989. Kutty Srank has already been screened at Pusan International Film Festival- Oct 09, Montreal World Film Festival- Sept 09, Mumbai Film Festival Oct 09 and the International Film Festival of India- Nov 09.

Kutty Srank is a movie layered with several emotions and shades which could only be brought to life by an actor par excellence such as Mammootty. It has been a creative and self innovating journey and will hopefully be appreciated and understood by movie lovers all over the globe, says the director. In the film Mammootty plays the title role while Padmapriya, Kamalini and Meena Kumari play female leads. The films music has been composed by Isaac Thomas. Anjali Shukla, who has previously worked on films like Tahaan and Prarambh as First Camera Assistant, is the cinematographer.

Kutty Srank (Sailor of Hearts) revolves around an unidentified body found by the police on a beach. Three women turn up, each claiming it as her Kutty Srank.

One is a wealthy woman who wants to become a Buddhist nun. The second is a woman who acts in a traditional Christian play with Kutty Srank and is later accused of murder. The third is a gentle, mute woman who, it appears, is carrying Kutty Sranks baby. She might be Tintumons follower. But she has also created a first of sorts - promoting movies through SMS. The makers of Sakudumbam Syamala, slated for release this month end, are out with a new mode of promotion, group SMS jokes circling around the lead character Syamala, played by Urvashi.

While some of the Syamala jokes are from the film itself, others have been either created by the film crew or Malayalam adaptations of famous jokes. It is a new kind of promotional activity. Now, even a small child has access to cellphone and we thought it the best way to give publicity to the movie, says its director Radhakrishnan Mangalath, adding in a lighter vein, You can even look at it as the desperate attempt of a first-time director. He is among those serial directors who have switched over to cinema from serials. Syamala is an extremely greedy and a foolish housewife. And the jokes reflect her character, says Krishna Poojappura, who has written the story and script for the movie. The idea to use group SMS jokes was put forward by his neighbour Jayakumar, who has been providing group SMS service through his firm Nanma Communications (see box) for the last one-and-half years.

We send one SMS each day and so far eight of them have come out, says Jayakumar. The director of popular comedy serials like Indumukhi Chandramathi, Sathi Leelavathi, Kootukudumbam and Thiruda Thirudi, Radhakrishnan adds on a serious note, Though we dont know who created Tintumon, Tintumon jokes are ruling the roost. And let Syamala be the female presence. When we hear about a movie, our first question is who is the hero and not who is the heroine.

In my movie, a woman is the central character. He adds, A hero-centric film can bank on fans associations during the initial days of release.

In the case of family-oriented films, the response is known only gradually and the SMSes are a way of creating curiosity about the character among the viewers. Radhakrishnan has also come up with another innovation - using caricatures during the photoshoot of the film, which has been produced by Gopakumar for Kunchuveettil Creations. Sai Kumar plays Urvashis husband, Kunchacko Boban plays their son and Bhama their daugther-in-law. In a somewhat shocking statement, actress Oviya said that Malayalam movies are quite uninteresting and boring and that only senior heroines are given their due respect.

Oviya gained recognition as an actress in the recently released Tamil film Kalavani which is doing well at the box office. It also happens to be her debut film in Kollywood. She says that she initially thought that she would be asked to play the role of a city girl; however, she was in for a surprise when she was given the role of a village girl. She says that it was the director who taught her how to walk, talk, and laugh like a village damsel. Oviya says that Tamil movies are better than the ones in Malayalam. In Malayalam films, newcomers are often ignored and preference is given only to senior heroines. She says that Tamil cinema is friendlier towards new faces and new ideas.

The shoot of the film Cocktail that stars Jayasurya and Anoop Menon with Samvrutha Sunil has started at Kochi. Mammootty lighted the lamp at the Pooja function of the film. Cocktail is being directed by Arun Kumar, an editor who has done several Priyadarshan films.

Anoop Menon himself would script the film, and the film would be jointly produced by Anoop and Jayasurya. Cocktail is expected to set a new trend in Malluwood with a distinct pattern of story telling.

The film would be shot on locations at Coimbatore and Hyderabad as well. Ilayathalapathy Vijays new flick titled Velayudham which is being directed by Jayam Raja has been launched today morning in a grand event among 60,000 die-hard fans at the Madras University Hall. Sources say that thousands of his fans are even waiting and hanging at the venue gates and singing the title song composed by Vijay Antony Vela, Vela Velayudham and they wore Velayudham T-Shirts printed with big picture of Vijay. Jayam Raja says It is a film for the masses. Based on a story by late director Tirupathisamy, Velayudham revolves around an ordinary man, who becomes a real hero for the sake of people. He adds Vijay plays an enterprising youngster while Genelia is doing the role of a journalist. Hansika Motwani and Saranya Mohan are also doing crucial characters.

Comedy will be taken care of by Santhanam and Sathyan. Related posts. It seems to be raining sequels in Malluwood. The latest sequel being planned is the one to August 1, the hit crime thriller that had Mammootty playing Perumal, the hotshot cop.

It should be remembered that August 1 was a film that was quite different from the films that Siby Malayil had done till then. The script of the film was by S N Swami. Its also rumoured that Siby might not direct the sequel. Another young director might step in, instead. August 1 was released back in 1988, and was a runaway hit. The shoot of the sequel is expected to start early next year. Young superstar Prithviraj who had one of the biggest releases in his career, Ravan, a couple of weeks back, has now signed another interesting project.

Prithvi would now be working with one of the most promising young directors on the block, Roshan Andrews. The film would be produced by 1000 AD, a production company that has been launched by several NRKs. Boby - Sanjay, the script writer duo who had scripted other Roshan projects like Notebook and Casanova would be scripting this film as well. Roshan is expected to start shooting for Casanova next month in Holland. He would start working on the Prithvi project after Casanova. Even as a sequel to Mookkillarajyathu is being planned, it is clear that it wont feature Thilakan who had played a major role in the original film.

Mukesh, Siddiq and Jagathy wouldplay key roles in the sequel as well. Lal, Jagadeesh and Suraj would lend support. Thilakan had played a wonderful role in the original film, and as one of the four lunatics who escape from an asylum his role is still remembered by all those who had seen the film. The sequel would also be directed by Thaha. Pre-production work of the film are going on. Recently a new trend can be observed Malayalam movie industry wherein the heroines wishing to migrate to Kollywood. There are heroines like Archana Kavi and Meera Nandan, who have caught up with this fashion; however fortunately for the Malayalam movie industry not all heroines want to do this.

Anjali, who attained fame with Angadi Theru, is interested in working with the Malayalam movie industry. She is essaying the role of Jayasuryas heroine. They would soon be seen working together in the movie thats entitled Payyans. The movies directorial credits go to Leotha Devoos. Lal and Rohini are to play the roles of Roshnis parents. The movie industry expects it to be a big hit. Recently, the pooja for the film was held in Cochin.

Oscar recipient Resul Pookutty was invited to light the lamp. Heres wishing the entire team of Payyans, all the best. Priyanandanan, whose last film Sufi Paranja Katha had wowed critics and the masses alike, is planning to make a satire now. Titled Bhaktajanangalude Sradhakku, the film would have Kavya Madhavan doing the lead role. The film is based on a story by director Ranjith. Newcomer Manoj P would script Bhaktajanangalude Sradhakku. Priyanandanan would attempt to take a look at the state where Human Gods reign supreme.

Irshad would be Kavyas hero in the film. Jagathy, Suraj Venjarammoodu, Sadiq, Bijukkuttan, Sreeraman, Lalu Alex and Nishanth Sagar offer support. The shoot of the film would start at the first week of August at Palakkad. Navya Nairs love for acting has not diminished even after marriage. Navya Nair got married to Santhosh Narayana Menon in January this year and announced she is quitting films for good. Now after four months of marriage Navya Nair is returning to acting. Navya who settled in Mumbai after marriage has told her media friends that Mumbai is boring and she wants to return to Chennai or Thruvananthapuram.

So, there by to acting as well. The charming actress has got her first offer post marriage and she will make her reentry through a Kannada film. She is also considering Tamil and Malayalam offers.

There is a buzz saying Navya will be doing a crucial role in her good friend Cherans forthcoming directorial venture. Cheran will start that after he finishes his acting assignment in Yutham Sei. The homely Navya took off to fame with the Malayalam film Ishtam in 2001 and went on to do memorable roles in all south Indian languages. Her films in Tamil Azhagiya Theeye, Chidambarathil Oru Appasamy, Mayakkannadi, Aadum Koothu and Raman Thediya Seethai all got her much critical acclaim. Her last release in Tamil was the recent Rasikkum Seemane opposite Srikanth. Genelias movies like Boys, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Naa and Sachin, Santhosh Subramaniam, had been a rage among Kerala youth.

Yet she could find time to be in Mollywood only after half a decade in filmdom. Yes, Genelia DSouza, the bubbly boys girl is finally making a start in Mollywood. She will be seen as the heroine to Prithviraj in the new movie directed by Santhosh Sivan titled Urumi.

Scripted by Shankar Ramakrishnan, the movie will be set in the 15th century with Genelia playing the role of a Portuguese princess. Genelia had always been considered as an intelligent actress with the right sense in selecting best characters in best films. Here too, Urumi seems to be a meaty offer for the young star. With Santhosh Sivan at the helm, the movie is sure to create rave reviews for its lead actress. Genelias movies like Boys, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Naa and Sachin, Santhosh Subramaniam, had been a rage among Kerala youth. Yet she could find time to be in Mollywood only after half a decade in filmdom.

Yes, Genelia DSouza, the bubbly boys girl is finally making a start in Mollywood. She will be seen as the heroine to Prithviraj in the new movie directed by Santhosh Sivan titled Urumi.

Scripted by Shankar Ramakrishnan, the movie will be set in the 15th century with Genelia playing the role of a Portuguese princess. Genelia had always been considered as an intelligent actress with the right sense in selecting best characters in best films.

Here too, Urumi seems to be a meaty offer for the young star. With Santhosh Sivan at the helm, the movie is sure to create rave reviews for its lead actress. Not many of us would have forgotten Akhila, the charming young girl who was a contestant and one of the finalists of Vodafone Thakadhimi. She later on gained more admirers as the anchor of the programme Munch Star Singer on Asianet. The beautiful young girl is all set to make her film debut now. Akhila enters the world of films as Dileeps heroine in Karyasthan.

Karyasthan would also have another heroine, Vandana, who was last seen in Happy Husbands. The film to be directed by debutante director Thomson K Thomas would have a script by Sibi K Thomas - Udayakrishna team.

Remember Kannur??? The film that was directed by Haridas Kesavan that had Manoj K Jayan and Vani Viswanath in lead roles was a political thriller that hit the screens back in 1997. Manoj K Jayan had played the role of Karivallur Sivankutty, a comrade from Kannur in the film.

Now news has streamed in that Haridas Kesavan and Robin Thirumala are planning to prepare a sequel to the film. Titled Kannur Veendum, the film would again have Manoj K Jayan in the chief role and would be shot on locations at Kannur, Trivandrum and New Delhi. Vani Viswanath would also be seen in a major role in the film.

Vijayaraghavan, Bheeman Raghu, Vijayakumar, Mamukkoya and Risabava would be seen in the sequel as well. T K Rajeev Kumar whose latest film Oru Naal Varumhit the theatres on the 9th of July, is already on to his next project. This time he intends to remake the hit film Rathinirvedam. The film that was originally a Bharathan-Padmarajan creation had remained much controversial for its bold theme. The remake would be produced by Suresh Kumar who had recently produced another remake; that of Neelathamara. The director is currently on the lookout for an actress who could essay the role of Radu chechi that was done to perfection by Jayabharathi.

After the recent coming together for the biggest hit of the year Pokkirri Raja, Megastar Mammootty and young superstar Prithviraj are once again poised to share the screen. The movie on discussion titled as The King And The Commissioner will also unite ace scriptwriter Renji Panikkar again with trendy director Shaji Kailas after 15 years. The movie planned as a sequel to the super hits The King and The Commissioner both by Shaji Kailas, Renji Panikakr duo will unite the lead characters of both the films for a single flick. While Mammootty will don his big favourite Joseph Alex IAS once again. Prithvi will be in the role of Bharath Chandran played in the original by Suresh Gopi.

To be produced by Anto Joseph, the movie will be distributed by Mammootty s Playhouse. The King And The Commissioner is expected to be shot at locations in Hyderabad, Delhi and Kochi.

Superstar Mohanlal replaces Amir Khan, its not an film at all, its from the favourite list of Bollywood BigB Amitabh Bachchan!!Amitabh Bachchan seems to have totally smitten by the Superstar Mohanlal, so much so that he has been tweeting the experience of working with him these days. His latest tweet says, T44 -Back from first day shoot for Kandahar with talented, humble, gracious soft spoken MohanLal. And a most welcoming unit! After having seen the actors spontaneity on the sets it seems Big B has got conscious of his pronunciations and tweeted, Malayalam film first time in 41 years.

Hope I get the pronunciations correct. He has also persuaded Mohanlal to join tweeter which is also revealed on this big hit micro-blogging site, On set of Kandaharand done with the Malayalam lines.

Have persuaded MohanLal to join Twitter. He has agreed! Yippee success! Big had earlier asked Aamir to join the twiverse, whom he recently welcomed tweeting, You have been tried and tested! And thank you for agreeing to come on board! Now handle it, brothe.

The latest buzz has it that Santosh Sivan, who was last involved with Mani Ratnams Raavan, is all set to embark on his new project as a director. The last film the talented maverick cinematographer had helmed was Tahaan: The Boy With A Grenade starring Rahul Bose and Rahul Khanna. The cinematographer-cum-director will soon embark on his new venture. Santosh Sivan is kicked about Who Killed Vasco De Gama, revealed our source. He has pencilled in Young superstar Prithviraj and Genelia Dsouza. Prithviraj will play the protagonist. When contacted Sivan confirmed the news, saying, Yes, it is true that I will start Who Killed Vasco De Gama very soon.

It will be a trilingual in Hindi, English and Malayalam. I have roped in Genelia to play the lead opposite Prithviraj, who is a big name in the South. Even for the Hindi and English version I will retain the same star cast. Any questions about the plot and he says.

I dont want to divulge anything further. The movie titled as Urumi. The shooting of the film 4 Idiots to be directed by M K Pradeesh would start soon.

4 Idiots has been scripted by Harisree Martin and Saju Kodiyan. Ramesh Narayanan has composed the music of the film. The lyrics have been written by Chandran Nair.

The four idiots on screen would be played by Harisree Martin, Saju Kodiyan, Harisree Radhakrishnan and Vinod Kovoor. Jagathy, Babu Antony, Suraj, Indrans, Kottayam Nazir and Magician Samrat would do supporting roles. 4 Idiots would be produced by Femsic Films Pvt.

It hasnt been long since Megastar Mammootty strolled around as a fun loving spirit in Ee Pattanathil Bhootham. Now Suraj Venjarammoodu and Guinness Pakru are all set to act in a film called Kuttibhootham to be directed by Nanda - Basheer. The story, script and dialogues of the film have been penned by Nanda. The camera work would be done by Sivakumar.

Songs written by Rajeev Alumkal would be set to tune by Shamej Samad. Besides Suraj and Pakru, the film would also have Jagathy, Jagadeesh, Ahokan, Bijukkuttan, Jaffer Idukki, Sheela, Sreekutty and KPAC Lalitha in important roles.

Mammoottys Best Actor, originally scheduled for a release on Ramzan (September 10), has been reported earlier it shifted to October15. But now again the films date is changed. Now this megastar flick is fixed as 2010 Christmas release.But, another Mammootty film, Pranchiyettan and The Saint, will get released during Ramzan. And also Shaji.N.Karuns Kuttysranku is also on release pipeline. Mammootty-Arjun starring Vandematharam is now fixed as Megastars next release, on July itself.Photographer-turned director Martin Prakkat is the director of Best Actor. Kannada actress Shruthi Ramakrishnan plays Savitri, the wife of school teacher Mohan (Mammootty).

The greatest ambition of Mohan is to become a popular film star. Salim Kumar, Vinayagan, Lal, Nedumudi Venu and Suraj Venjaranmoodu form the other important members of the cast. Ajayan Vincent is the cameraman, while Bijibal is music composer. The film is being produced by Mammoottys close friends Anto Joseph and Naushad, under the banner Big Screen. If all goes well, then Salman Khan might end up playing the lead role in the Hindi version of Bodyguard. There is speculation that the Hindi remake of director Siddiques Malayalam film will be have Deepika Padukone opposite the Wanted star Salman Khan. The Malayalam version of the film, starring Dileep and Nayantara, was released in March this year.

The story of the film deals with a young man, who gets attracted to people, with heroic qualities and follows them like a bodyguard. But, the interesting twist comes when he is hired to accompany a businessmans gorgeous daughter to college as her bodyguard. Siddhique is busy with the Tamil version of the film, which stars Asin and Vijay in the lead. The director had been getting a number of offers to remake the film in Hindi, but only Atul Agnihotri has managed to buy the rights from him.

Siddhique will begin directing the Hindi version after completing the Tamil one. Salman Khan has confirmed playing the lead role but Deepika is not sure yet.

Shooting will commence on December 6 in Ranikhet. Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan Finished his portions of shooting for Kandahar(Malayalam), directed by filmmaker Major Ravi with Superstar Mohanlal in the lead role. The Amitabh Bachchan was in Ooty for the three-day shooting. An over-excited crew on sets has been exemplary in attitude and work ethic - there is this culture among the film fraternity in the South. There are smiling faces, group keepsake photographs, bonhomie and respect and the desire to serve; wonderful and admirable qualities that I shall carry back with me. Thank you Kandahar, Mohanlal, Major Ravi (director) and the entire unit. I have enjoyed working with you, Amitabh later wrote on his blog.

The only reason why he agreed to be part of a Malayalam film was because he was supposed to play a North Indian character and was not expected to speak the language. But the director of the film, Major Ravi had different plans.

On reaching Ooty, director Major Ravi informed Bachchan that he would have to speak Malayalam in the film, even though the script had no such specifications. Always wary of acting in regional films, Bachchan protested the directors decision, but not for too long though. He recalled speaking one line in Kannada when he made an appearance in a film called Amrithdhare, in which he played himself. But the lapse into memory was temporary.

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Back from his shooting scehule in Ooty, Bachchan says, This film was different. I play a North Indian man married to a Malayali woman. So, speaking a bit of the language was natural for the character. Malayalam is a tough language for me. But I managed.

The only respite for Bachchan was, it seems, shooting with Mohanlal, an actor he admires tremendously. The two actors bonded over Uttapams and steaming cups of coffee. Bachchan adds, Earlier, I did Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag with Mohanlal. But this time I got to know him better.

Hes a humble, multifaceted human being. Sarath, who began his film career with Sayahnam (Twilight) that bagged the Kerala State award for the best film in 2000, has announced his new project in Malayalam a film with actor Jayaprada in the lead. The movie is to be produced by Jayaprada herself. Actor Mukesh will be cast opposite her in the film, dealing with middle-aged love, Sarath said.

He said the film would be remade in Hindi with slight variations in theme and with a different cast. Shooting would begin on August 17 and would be completed in one schedule at locations in and around Nagercoil. Thirty three releases in 13 years and 13 hits among them. The statistics might not be all that impressive when it comes from an actor hailing from a Filmy Family Background But I give myself a pass mark, Kunchacko Boban says with the characteristic smile that endeared him to the Malayali masses in the late 90s. Perhaps its this optimism that helped the actor wade his way through a series of flops and make a grand second coming with roles as different as chalk and cheese. The chocolate hero will metamorphose into a milkman in Lal Joses Elsamma Enna Aankutty. Expresso caught up with Kunchacko on the sets of Shafis Makeupman in which hes doing a cameo.

Jayasurya has signed up an interesting project titled Track with Rahman to be directed by Jayaraj. Megastar Mammootty is also doing a major role in this films. The young star will play a track singer in the film. This is the first time Jayasurya acts in a Jayaraj film.

The cinematography of the film would be by Jayanan Vincent. The film that would be shot on locations in Hyderabad and Chennai would have a script by the director himself. Track with Rahman would be produced by New Generation Films. The Chairman of Atlas Group of Companies M M Ramachandran, who is also a famous film producer, now turns director. Ramachandran was seen in a brief role in the film To Harihar Nagar recently. He had also done cameos in films like Arabikkatha and Brahmastram. He would now direct a film titled Holidays to be produced by Sathish Babu under the banner of Cinema Factory.

Holidays would be an investigative thriller that would have ample doses of romance and music in it. Vinu Mohan, Sudheesh, Ranjith, Muktha, Rupasri, Kalabhavan Mani, Urmila Unni, Harisree Ashokan, Ambika Mohan and several others would play key roles in Holidays.

Mohan Thmoas would script the film. The shoot of the film would start on the 25th of August at locations at Cochin, Munnar, Bangalore and Kuala Lampur. Jayaraj has signed megastar Mammootty for his next project titled Track With Rahman. The movie will be concurrently made in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi. It is only last year that Mammootty worked with Jayaraj in the movie Loud Speaker, which also starred Gracy Singh. Track With Rahman will have actor Jayasuriya in an important character.

Mammootty will don the role of a police officer called Kedarnath in all the three versions of the movie. Ample importance to music and action has been given in the movie. Music of the movie will be given by Sreenivasan and cinematography will be looked after by Ajayan Vincent. Apart from directing the movie, Jayaraj has also written the story and screenplay for Track With Rahman. The film will be officially launched on 5th July 2010 in Mumbai by Harvest Dreams Private Limited. The movie is expected to be completed in three schedules. Megastar Mammottys film Vande Mataram, also staring Arjun and Sneha in the lead roles will be released in 350 centres in Kerala and Tamil Nadu on July 15.

The action-packed patriotic movie was made over last three years. It took 100 days of shooting and ten schedules to complete the movie. The film is being produced by Pankaj Pictures Henry, who had already given two superhit movies Yavanika and Marumalrchi with Mammootty. Aravind has directed the movie. The supporting roles, in the movie, are played by Malayalam actors Kalabhavan Mani, Jagadish, late Rajan P Dev, Jai Akash and Atul Kulkarni. The music of the film has been composed by D.

Immam and Rajesh Yadav has done the camerawork. The shot taken inside Chennai central jail is the highlight of the movie along with a patriotic song Vande Matharam, crooned by ten playback singers.

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