Dubai: Malayalam super star Mohanlal was among the list of personalities from the Malayalam film industry to receive awards at the inaugural Indian Movie Awards in Qatar (IMAQ 2013) at a function in Qatar's capital, Doha Others who received awards at the event Friday were actors Prathap K Pothan, Biju Menon, Salim Kumar, T G Ravindranathan, music director M Jayachandran, upcoming talents Fahad Fazil, Reema Kallingal, Isha Talwar, Aju Varghese,...
10:35 AM, May 12, 2013
A visually scintillating and emotional Tamil song named 'Nenje Ezhu' has been crooned by composer A R Rahman himself in the film. However, it was finalized after being shot in one of the highest off coastal deserts of the world featuring the leading duo. Also, the first teaser of 'Mariyaan' made it evident that the audio rights are bagged by Sony Music. Inspired by real life events of Indian migrants...
06:34 PM, Apr 27, 2013
For all the impatient AR Rahman fans, here's some more than-good news. The Mozart of Madras has rendered his voice for a song in the upcoming movie 'Mariyaan'. The track is said to be a happy celebration sort of song, in the country genre, along the lines of 'Elay Keechan' of ManiRatnam's 'Kadal'. The song has been penned down by Dhanush himself. The good news doesn't end there. We hear...
03:51 PM, Apr 08, 2013
The first poster of Dhanush's Tamil thriller Mariyaan was released recently. ...
04:58 PM, Mar 29, 2013
The two Malayalam films 'Immanuel', and 'Sound Thoma' are likely to clash, as they are realising on the same day. ...
04:16 PM, Mar 29, 2013
David Hume in one of his works states that 'the corruption of the best things produces the worst, has grown into a maxim and is commonly proved among other instances, by the pernicious effects of superstition and corruptions of true religion. 'Prabhuvinte Makkal' is coming for the debutante director Sajeeevan Anthikkad. With a bunch of freshers in its cast, the movie is a daring attempt as far as its content...
04:28 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Salim Ahamed's 'Adaminte Makan Abu' could create quite a stir at festival circuits. The director is now joining hands with none other than Mammootty for his next. We hear that in the film titled 'Kunjananthante Katha', the actor will appear as a grocery shop owner. The film is about a couple and the problems they face in their marital life. Salim Kumar who bagged a national award for his role...
06:47 PM, Sep 09, 2012
After the big hits from Dileeplike 'Karyasthan' and 'MayaMohini', film critics seems to have developed a fear in rating the commercial prospects of Dileep flicks. Even the ones that they wrote off as duds, managed to keep the Box Office happy, with families pouring into laugh out of the inane sequences and forced wits. Adding to this list is his latest 'Mr Marumakan', another scripts from Sibi K Thomas-Udhay Krishna....
02:56 PM, Aug 23, 2012
She has her roots in Kerala and speaks chaste Malayalam, but prodding Revathy S Varma for a burst of nostalgia will be a futile exercise. The ad woman-turned-filmmaker attributes her Mollywood entry to nothing but her unending romance with cinema. "When I was ten I declared before my family that I want to be a filmmaker and at 14, I got my first RAPA award for the baseline of a...
12:55 PM, Aug 18, 2012
His second innings appears to be with a bang. Filmmaker Sanjeev Sivan, who was on a sabbatical, is back to Mollywood, and this time his hands are full. The director, whose last outing was 'Aparichithan' in 2004, has four projects in the pipeline, the latest being a bilingual action thriller starring Unni Mukundan, to be taken simultaneously in Hindi and Malayalam. The movie will be the first Hindi film of...
12:27 PM, Aug 15, 2012
KJ Yesudas will release the audio CD of 'Theruvu Nakshathrangal', a film on street children, at Hotel Le Meridien on August 5. The preview of the movie, directed by Jose Maveli, will also be held at the same venue. The film, which has KJ Yesudas acting as a singer, comes under the banner of Four Lion Creations. The movie, shot at Ernakulam and Palakkad, has Salim Kumar, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Captain...
03:15 PM, Aug 04, 2012
National award-winning actor Salim Kumar has filed a complaint that his documentary 'Pokkali' was not even screened for the jury of Kerala State Film Awards 2011. But his complaint has no merit, says Kerala Cinema Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar. Ganesh Kumar told IANS Tuesday that the rules of the Kerala State Chalachithra Academy on film entries are very clear and Salim Kumar's documentary was not produced in the prescribed format....
03:55 PM, Jul 24, 2012
Conflicts within dysfunctional families have always been a favourite subject to filmmakers. Director M Mohanan says his latest movie, 916 narrates a set of events when two closely-knit families lose their balance. The director, who has always made it a point to helm socially relevant movies that leave a message like Katha Parayumpol and Manikyakallu, says, 916 is an indicator of purity, the reason why I opted it as the...
04:05 PM, Jul 19, 2012
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
