Kerala: Looking dapper in his dark blue shirt and white dhoti, the man is a picture of cool. In an industry where each nanosecond counts, Mohanlal opens up in a leisurely pace, each sentence accented with ease. His nonchalant demeanour persists throughout the conversation, be it about Celebrity Cricket League, or about his role as a cop in Grandmaster, the shoot of which is progressing in Kochi. Whatever may be...
07:29 PM, Feb 07, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The pretty Sanjjanaa, who entered Mollywood with the mega budget Mohanlal starrer 'Casanova', is elated by all the attention she has been garnering in Kerala over the last few months. Sanjjanaa who forayed into acting with her super-sensuous act in 'Ganda Hendathi', the Kannada version of the Hindi flick 'Murder' plays a Dubai-based plucky salsa dancer, 'Nidhi', in 'Casanova'. The fact that the Bangalore-based actress was sharing screen time...
07:13 PM, Feb 07, 2012
Mumbai: When Mohanlal agreed to do a cameo in Priyadarshan's action film 'Tezz', perhaps he didn't know what he was getting himself, and the film's makers, into. Now that the film is set for release, there are apprehensions that the actor's staunch fan following would take umbrage at their icon's abbreviated part. Signs of swelling dissent are already evident. The first promotional trailer of 'Tezz' has Ajay Devgn and Anil...
05:19 PM, Jan 23, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Malayalam actor-cum-script writer Sreenivasan has refuted media reports that his latest film 'Padmasree Bharath Dr Saroj Kumar' shows superstar Mohanlal in poor light. Sreenivasan plays the lead role in the film. Since the film's release a week back, he has time and again said that it told a tale in simple humour. "This film is not at all a second part or a sequel of the block buster 'Udayanannu...
11:39 AM, Jan 23, 2012
Kerala: The name Casanova conjures up so many images. Director Rosshan Andrews likes to think that there is no better actor than Superstar Mohanlal who can reprise the character of the legendary Venetian adventurer and author. Its the tagline attached to the historical womaniser that clinched the deal in favour of Lal for his latest movie, according to the director - the man who loves women and a man who...
07:03 PM, Jan 14, 2012
Kerala At 6.30 a.m., on July 22, there was a pin-drop silence outside two luxurious bungalows in Kochi; one in Thevara, and the other in Panampilly Nagar. Suddenly, a few cars braked to a stop. Several nondescript-looking men stepped out, with files in their hands. Then the senior-most Income Tax officer rang the doorbell, simultaneously, in both houses, as well as in offices in Chennai, Bangalore and Thiruvananthapuram. And the...
04:08 PM, Jan 02, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The waning charisma of superstars, a drought at the box office and dearth of new faces...it was another bad year for the Malayalam film industry. Despite several releases, the three ageing Malayalam superstars - Mammootty, 60, Suresh Gopi, 54, and Mohanlal, 51, - seen as the saviours of the filmdom, failed to bail out the industry that was reeling under flops. Looking back on their hugely successful three decades,...
01:13 PM, Dec 21, 2011
Thrissur: The curtain has come down on the tiff between veteran Malayalam writer and orator Sukumar Azhikode and Malayalam superstar Mohanlal, with both of them speaking over phone while their lawyers acted as mediators. "Both of them talked over phone, after their counsel's met to break the deadlock. All the issues have been settled," Mohanlal's business partner Alex K.Babu told IANS. The mutual settlement has come after Azhikode was detected...
12:56 PM, Dec 12, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: Constant tiffs among film organisations and escalating costs have led to a crisis in the Malayalam movie industry, known for classics like "Perumthachan" and "Ajayan" and stalwarts such as Mammootty and Mohanlal. The industry can boast of making the first 3D film in India, "My Dear Kuttichathan", and the first cinemascope film in southern India titled "Thacholi Ambu". But after scaling great heights in the 1980s and 1990s, it...
05:54 PM, Nov 16, 2011
The Malayalam Film Industry has come to a stand still as three film associations are on an indefinite strike. ...
08:40 AM, Nov 13, 2011
Kochi: Who would don the role of Bheeman? That was the question on every film enthusiasts mind when veteran director Hariharan and legendary writer MT Vasudevan Nair set out to recreate on celluloid the emotional angst of the epic character Bheeman in the latters novel Randamoozham. Ending all speculation, Hariharan has confirmed to Express that the prestigious role will be handled by none other than Mohanlal. "We have decided to...
03:18 PM, Nov 07, 2011
New Delhi: Well Malayalam superstars Mohanlal and Mammotty may still be able to carry a film on their shoulders single handedly. But there is a sweep of small budget experimental films that Keralites are welcoming with open arms. The success of no superstar movie Salt and pepper is a fine example. Young Asif Ali and former director turned actor Lal managed to do the undoable. Films that deal with multiple...
05:33 PM, Oct 24, 2011
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