Kalimannu

BJP women's wing up in arms against Swetha Menon

Thiruvananthapuram: Mahila Morcha, the women's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alleges that actress Shwetha Menon and director Blessy are 'exploiting motherhood for commercial purposes' by incorporating the actress's delivery in 'Kalimannu'.

On Sep 27, Shwetha delivered a baby girl at Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai and Blessy captured her delivery and has incorporated it in his forthcoming release 'Kalimannu'. At the time of the delivery Swetha's husband Sreevalsan Menon was also present.

"We have already asked the state government to see that permission is not granted (to show the scene) because a bad precedent is being set in the name of the art," Mahila Morcha chairperson Shoba Surendran told reporters in Thrissur.

"This is certainly a shame because this is a ploy on the part of the actress and director Blessy to exploit motherhood for commercial purpose and to get audience queue up to see their film," added Surendran....more    

Shweta Menon's delivery shot for 'Kalimannu'

Renowned Mollywood director Blessy had been waiting for almost six months to have these gracious moments on camera. He had been reworking on his scripts . Sequences were added and deleted to suit the lady who daringly agreed to him to shoot her pregnancy and delivery of baby. The award winning actress Shweta Menon who allowed this divine process to be shot for film, was admitted to the hospital a...  

Kalimannu: Non definite scripting pattern is used

Blessy who has already shot the pregnancy and baby birth of Shwetha Menon inside the hospital room in Nanavathy hospital, Mumbai for his new movie titled 'Kalimannu' says that he is for the first time following a non definite scripting pattern for the movie. He has also shot a few sequences featuring the actress in her various stages of pregnancy much earlier. The director points out that even in films...  

'Kalimannu' is about a sacred relationship

For master director Blessy, the spark for a film, from the theme to final cut, flows in the form of scintillating frames. For instance, it was the image of a TV advertisement displayed on an LCD screen on a street that inspired him to pen 'Calcutta News'. Likewise a girl waiting for a train with an umbrella in hand on a rainy evening in an old railway station in the...  

Director Blessy all set to start 'Kalimannu'

The year's recipient of the State awards for Best director, Blessy, will soon start the works of his new project tentatively titled as 'Kalimannu'. The movie which will focus on the emotions of motherhood and the stress of pregnancy periods will feature Shwetha Menon in the lead. The actress being pregnant, the director is trying to work on the real life situations around her. Recently in an interview, Blessy has...