Actor Prithviraj won the award for his performances in 'Celluloid' and 'Ayalum Njanum Thammil'. ...
03:43 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Believe it or not but 2012 has sounded the death knell for hero-worshipping scripts. Out of the 423 films released to date in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam, the most successful have been the ones sans any superstar or mega budget. ...
03:50 PM, Dec 25, 2012
Malayalam directors Aashiq Abu and Anwar Rasheed will be honoured with the Mohan Raghavan Award for their films '22 Female Kottayam' and 'Usthad Hotel', respectively. The award includes a cash prize of Rs.25,000, a citation and a statuette. John Paul, head of the jury, announced the award in a press meet at Kochi on October 16. Both the directors will receive the award from Ganesh Kumar, former actor and currently...
06:43 PM, Oct 17, 2012
One of the boldest movies to have ever arrived on Mollywood, Aashiq Abu's '22 Female Kottayam' has celebrated its 100 days run. The movie which has a refreshing theme and superb execution is touted as the best dark film in Mollywood which also managed to fetch popular as well as critical acclaim. The movie which opened in theatres during last Vishu was also well supported by the releasing centres, which...
04:36 PM, Jul 27, 2012
'Salt N Pepper' fame Aashiq Abu who had been in the pre-production work of his 'Idukki Gold' has suddenly shifted his plans and announced his new movie in the title '22 Female Kottayam'(22FK). Another small film featuring Rima Kallingal and Fahad Fazil in the lead cast, the new movie will be scripted by Abhilash Kumar with the support of Shyam Pushkaran. The movie which carries an interesting tag line 'No...
05:25 PM, May 25, 2012
Remember last Diwali, the festival season in the last week of October with three big releases Ra. One, Velayudham and Ezham Arivu? The Malayalam industry looked almost a loser as these three films ruled the screens of Kerala for nearly one month and there were hardly any good cinemas left to screen the homemade ones. The bad season during Christmas and New Year made things worse. But things have changed...
08:53 PM, May 20, 2012
When we first heard the song 'Chillane', we suspected something in its lyrics that posed a contempt on the tenderness of female psyche. But after watching the movie, which intelligently narrates the transformation of a gullible, 22 year girl into bold, tough women, in between the repetition of the same song in the title cards and final credit rolls, we are in all admiration for you, Aashiq Abu. You definitely...
10:15 AM, May 19, 2012
The 18th of May was scheduled to witness at least five releases in Mollywood. Hero, Thiruvambady Thampaan, Namukku Parkaan, Ezham Sooryan and Vaadhyar were all trying to be on theatres to make the best of the summer holidays. But the latest report says that all these films are now shifted to coming weekends due to unavailability of release centers. An interesting position that was never witnessed in Mollywood, the problem...
03:18 PM, May 16, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Fahad Fazil, the latest heartthrob in the Malayalam film industry, has played down his disastrous debut despite being launched by his illustrious father Fazil in 2001, saying the failure was his and not that of his father. "Please don't blame my father for my failure because it was my mistake that I came into acting without any preparation," said Fahad who returned with a bang in his second outing....
03:59 PM, May 15, 2012
After the spirited success of his latest '22 Female Kottayam', director Aashiq Abu has announced his next. Also a seemingly different attempt, the movie has been interestingly titled as 'Da Thadiya'. Aashiq Abu will present two new faces Sekhar Menon and Sreenath Bhasi, the popular DJ's as heroes through this movie, which will be another unconventional flick from the director. To be scripted by his regular scriptwriters Abhilash Kumar, Dileesh...
01:55 PM, May 08, 2012
Malayalam director Aashiq Abu's new film, '22 Female Kottayam', has received a good opening at the box-office. ...
05:30 PM, Apr 25, 2012
