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Mohanlal to play an alcoholic in 'Ladies and Gentleman'

Mohanlal will play a very different alcoholic in his new movie 'Ladies and Gentleman' coming from hitmaker Siddhique. The director who explains how he got hold of the star after a twenty years from their last in Vietnam Colony says that he was not that convinced as Lal agreed to do the film with a lead character who drinks alcohol. More over he has already done a similar role in...  

First look: Teaser of Mohanlal starer 'Ladies and Gentleman' is out

The teaser of upcoming Malayalam Comedy 'Ladies and Gentleman', written and directed by Siddique and starring superstar Mohanlal, Krish, J Sathaar, Meera Jasmine and Mamta Mohandas in the lead roles is out recently. Produced by Antony Perumbavoor under the banner of Aashirvad Cinemas, the film has music by ace composer Ratheesh Vegha. ...  

Prakash Bare is content with his film's reaction

Talking more about the film Bare confirmed that it deals with the story of marginalised people. ...  

Actor Padmapriya appologises to director Nishant

A complaint against actor Padmapriya was recently filed after, Nishath signed her for his 'Number 66 Madura Bus'. ...  

Poppins: Multi starrer to hit the screens soon

As his latest movie 'Trivandrum Lodge' has opened to encouraging collections, director V K Prakash is giving final touches to his next movie titled as 'Poppins'. The movie will be a multi starrer featuring five couples, who will share equal scope. 'Poppins' will have Jayasurya-Meghana Raj, Indrajith-Padmapriya, Anoop Menon-Ann Augustine, Shankar Ramakrishnan-Mythili and Kunchacko Boban-Nitya Menen as couples. Based on Jayaprakash Kuloor's five plays, this movie will tell the tale...  

'Maad Dad' amalgamates sentiments with humour

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...  

Many producers rejected 'Ivan Megharoopan': Director

The waiting is over for 'Ivan Megharoopan', the film which bagged the maximum number of state film awards, to reach the screens. The whole team behind the project is excited over the awards announced last week and the subsequent release. The film bagged the awards for the second best film, music director, editor and the dubbing artist(female) in a close race. "I personally take the awards as just another thing,"...  

Director complains against actress Padmapriya

Director M.A. Nishad Wednesday filed a complaint against actress Padmapriya that she did not cooperate with him while shooting for his film 'No 66 Madhura Bus'. Nishad has filed the complaint with the Producers' Association. "She agreed to a remuneration of Rs.8,00,000 first. Later, she sent a message through her manager that she wanted another Rs.2,00,000. When I gave her the remuneration, I deducted the tax at source, but she...  

Four couples to act in VK Prakash's 'Poppins'

Just as the same size and shape of varied colour of sweets wrapped up as 'Poppins', a movie is being planned with eight lead stars of Mollywood, appearing as four couples of equal importance. Yes, the new movie by VK Prakash will be titled 'Poppins' and will have the equal length emotional stories of four couples played by Anoop Menon-Ann Augustine, Jayasurya-Meghna Raj, Kunchakko Boban-Nithya Menen and Indrajith-Padmapriya. The movie...  

Padmapriya excited about item number

Almost all A-listers in Bollywood have heated up the screen with their steamy item numbers and the scene is no different down the south. But in Mollywood lead ladies flaunting their curves and adding the oomph quotient was never an in thing. It comes as a surprise that M-Towns recent entrant to the league is none other than Padmapriya. The actress is all set to shed her demure image and...  

Bengali Review: 'Aparajita Tumi' is too familiar

New Delhi: Bengali cinema has come of age but a few more steps towards something new would not hurt. While on one hand they regularly dish out the commercial fare, they also pull out an occasional gem from the everyday and the common place. However, when it comes to relationships " as experimental and bold Bengali movies have tried to be " they are still a tad bit stereotypical and...  

Padmapriya to start innings in Bengali films

Kolkata: With a string of hits in the south to her credit, actress Padmapriya Janakiraman is all set to start her innings in Bengal with 'Aparajita Tumi' by director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury. The trained 'Bharatnatyam' danseuse, having acted in at least 30 movies in such languages as Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and even Hindi, said she had been nursing a wish for a long time to act in Bengali films. "And...  

Andari Banduvaya: Fresh, but too preachy

The story is new but the movie fails to pack a punch ...  

First Cut: Siddharth's 'Striker' has good moments

Slow pace and sub-plots ruin a good film. ...  

Main accused in K'taka MLA's wife death held

Visakhapatnam: Heavy Wednesday night rains in the city hampered the practice sessions of the India and New Zealand teams ahead of their first Twenty20 international here on Saturday. Both teams were scheduled to practice at the ACA-VDCA stadium in Pothinamallayyapalem here but due to incessant rains the organisers cancelled the net sessions, forcing the players to remain confined to their hotel rooms. As per the original schedule, the Kiwis were...  

Padma suicide: BJP MLA denies trouble in marriage

London: South Africa made a recovery after a disastrous beginning to their first innings of the third and final Test at Lord's on Thursday. JP Duminy made an 61, while Jacques Rudolph too contributed with 42 as the visitors reached 262 for 7 before bad light stopped play, with 2.2 overs still to be bowled in the day. Steven Finn and James Anderson shared three wickets apiece to flatten South...