Shobana Chandrakumar an actress and a Bharatnatyam dancer talks about her journey and experience in Indian cinema. ...
06:35 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Chennai: Veteran actor Jagathy Sreekumar and lyricist Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri are undergoing medical treatment in the Vellore Christian Medical College. They are put in rooms adjacent to each other and both of them are said to be improving. Jagathy, who has been hospitalised for the past three months after getting seriously injured in a road accident, is said to be responding well to the treatment. Union State Minister KC Venugopal...
05:46 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Actress Manju Warrier, who quit acting after marrying actor Dileep, returned to limelight after 13 years for a Kuchipudi performance. She performed on the last day of Navratri dance festival held at the Melpathur auditorium. Hundreds of spectators were seen enjoying Manju's performance on October 24. The actress rose to fame with Lohithadas' 'Sallapam'. Dileep was her co-star in the film. They acted in a number of hit films together...
05:38 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Malayalam superstar Mohanlal will be seen with young actors Fahad and Asif for the first time in Salam Palapetty's thriller 'Red Wine'. To be shot in Wayanad and Kozhikode, the movie is likely to have four heroines, however, their names have been kept under wrap. Shooting is scheduled to commence in December. The script of the film is written by debutant Mammen. K Rajan, while Rafeeq Ahmed has penned the...
05:32 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Actors Adithya and Sanusha have been roped in to star in Guinness Pakru's new film 'Kuttiyum Kolum'. The story revolves around two friends - Vinayakan and Shetty. A hardcore commercial venture, 'Kuttiyum Kolum' promises to be a heady mix of emotions, comedy and drama. Shooting will begin in November and Adithya has already started taking Malayalam lessons to make his character success. Meanwhile, his Tamil movie 'Ariyan' is ready...
04:34 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Unni Krishnan Namboothiri has celebrated his 90th birthday. Communist leader Pinarayi Viajayan and many others from the political and film field reached his residence in Payyanur in Kannur district to greet him. Some of his movies include 'Kalyana Raman', 'Maya Mohini', 'Raapakal', 'Photographer', 'Pokkiriraja', 'Madhura Nombara Kattu', 'Angane Oru Avadhikkaalathu', 'Kaikudanna Nilavu' and 'Kaliyattam'. He acted with Rajnikanth in 'Chandramukhi', teamed up with Kamal Haasan for 'Pammal Sambandham' and...
04:01 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Laljose seems to be the leader of quality filmmakers in Malayalam cinema, enlivening the middle stream movies with his most lovable films. The latest to add to his list of bests is 'Ayaalum Njaanum Thammil', a terrific directorial which has an authentic stamp of his finesse of presentations. With a plot of coming of age of a careless junior doctor to a much popular medical practitioner, the movie is more...
06:42 PM, Oct 23, 2012
When superstar Mammootty has jumped into movie production under his home banner of Playhouse for the movie 'Jawan of Vellimala', he has assured that he comes up with a superior plot and settings. Added to that, he has also brought in the fresh ideas from a debutant director Anoop Kannan. But what he missed big time is the fine screenplay that has the power to thread together the very interesting...
02:52 PM, Oct 22, 2012
The most versatile actor of modern India, Mohanlal who mesmerised Bollywood with his performance in films like 'Company' and 'Aag' is getting more offers from Hindi industry. The actor who had been in Priyadarshan's recent Hindi flick 'Tezz' is reported to be called in for another cameo role in Priyan's new movie also. But, the recent report is all about the actor John Abraham, a half-malayalee, who has openly expressed...
06:24 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Mumbai, Oct 21: After making a success of it in the Malayalam film industry as an actor, Prithviraj Sukumaran now wants to make it big in Bollywood and says that he is thinking about going behind the camera to direct a film. "Direction is definitely on cards right now. But I don't want to produce anything in Bollywood because I don't know the industry at all. I understand that it...
12:53 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Actor Prithviraj, who is just one-film old in Bollywood, is extremely happy with the response to his recent Malayalam film 'Ayalum Njanum Thammil'. He says he now plans to remake it in Hindi with megastar Amitabh Bachchan. "This is a very special film for me because this story, the plot of the film, was thought of nine years ago. It's a film that I have traveled around with. I took...
06:11 PM, Oct 20, 2012
The All Kerala Anti-Corruption and Human Rights Protection Council has filed a petition in the Kerala High Court seeking a direction for forest officials to seize elephant tusks in the custody of top actor Mohanlal. Already there was a case against Mohanlal and two others: PN Krishnakumar and N Krishnakumar in connection with seizure of ivory. The top Mollywood actor, who is popular in Kollywood as well, is the first...
06:47 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Kannur (Kerala), Oct 18: Malayalalam film personality Vineeth Sreenivasan married his ladylove Divya at a function held here Thursday in the presence of eminent celebrities. Vineeth is the son of veteran film personality Sreenivasan, who is well-known in the industry for his acting as well as through the scripts and stories he penned. Vineeth met Divya when they studied together at an engineering college in Chennai. Divya, now a Chennai...
05:19 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Cinematographer-filmmaker Santosh Sivan, known for his work in 'Urumi', 'Dil Se' and 'Asoka', on October 17 said digital platform is a blessing for aspiring filmmakers as it allows them to experiment with different genres. "Today, every aspiring filmmaker with the help of several digital platforms such as Internet and mobile space can explore different genres, unlike regular filmmakers, who are always bound to make films that impresses all segment of...
01:28 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Oscar-winning sound engineer Resul Pookutty on October 16 said filmmakers should make films with visuals and sounds that so appeal to the audience and persuade them to come to the theatres. "We live in a world driven by internet and a click of a button. Audience can download a pirated version of a film online, instead of choosing to watch in a theatre. To persuade audiences to come to cinemas,...
12:36 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Acclaimed Malayalam filmmaker Shaji Karun, whose films have played in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, is collaborating with renowned Polish composer Preisner for his passion project, a musical starring Malayalam superstar Mohanlal. ...
10:09 PM, Oct 17, 2012
After a series of hits that started with 'Cocktail' and is presently continuing through the immensely likable 'Beautiful' and 'Trivandrum Lodge', the most popular actor duo of modern times Jayasurya-Anoop Menon, will once again come together for the movie titled as 'David & Goliath'. Right now in the sets, the movie is coming from the national award winning director Rajeevnath. The movie scripted by Anoop Menon himself, deals with the...
09:48 PM, Oct 17, 2012
The shoot for 'Kammath and Kammath', the new movie from Thomson will start this week at Ernakulam. Featuring Mammootty and Jayaram together as brothers after a gap of almost 20 years, this humorous entertainer will have them as brothers who run a chain of hotels. The movie will also feature Dileep as an Income Tax Officer who comes up to raid the establishments of Kammath brothers. Scripted by Sibi K...
09:33 PM, Oct 17, 2012
