Mammootty's Pazhassi Raja Complete

Mammootty the mega star of Malayalam has completed the shoot of his magnum opus Pazhassi Raja the historical. The biopic tells the story of the legendary ruler and warrior Pazhassi Raja the `Lion of Kerala`, who took on the British in the forests of Malabar in the 18 century

Mammootty looks majestic as King Pazhassi Raja. Everyone is going to be awe struck to see the majestic look of one of the greatest actors in Indian cinema. In Pic: Tamil actor Sarath Kumar with Mammootty


The film produced by Gokulam Gopalan, written by the legendary M.T Vasudevan Nair and directed by veteran Hariharan is one of the most eagerly awaited films of the year.




Kaniha

Tamil actor Sarath Kumar, plays the role of his trusted commander-in-chief named Dalapathy. The others in the cast are Manoj.K Jayan, Kalabhavan Mani, Suman and Padmapriya.
Now the entire shoot of the film is over and post production is going on. Music is by Ilayaraja. It looks like Pazhassi Raja will be the big Onam release of 2009.

Pazhassi Raja is back on track

The shooting of Pazhassi Raja had started around one year back. Owing to several reasons its shoot got lagged. Now the shoot has been restarted after some months gap. The movie is expected to release on August 15.

Pazhassi Raja is a historical film. Pazhassi Raja marries Kaitheri Maakkam after the death of his wife. Even though it was a second marriage both could maintain a hearty relationship. India's freedom struggle had started with the mutiny of 1857. But many brave men like Pazhassi Raja, Kaitheri Ambu, Edachena Kungan, Thalakkal Chandu and others had fought against the British rule even fifty years before this mutiny,. The story features their fight against British Men.

Mammootty dons the role of Pazhassi Raja and Kaniha dons the role of Maakam. Tamil super star Sarath Kumar dons the role of Edachena Kungan. This is Sarath Kumar's first appearance in Malayalam. Telugu- Kannada actor Suman dons the role of Pazhyaveedan Chandu. Chandu is a villan. Thilakan dons the role of Kurubranaad king. He stood against Pazhassi Raja and was interested in capturing territories. Jagathy Sreekumar dons the role of Kannara Menon, who was an employee of the British Government. He depended on Kurubranaad king for his livelihood. Manoj K.Jayan dons the role of Chandu, the leader of Kuruchiar fighters. Kuriachiars are the aborigines of the forest. Padmapriya dons the role of Chandu's wife Neeli. Suresh Krishna dons the role of Kaitheri Ambu.

Many British, German and Mumbai based actors are aloso appearing in the film. The locations of Pazhassi Raja are Kannur, Thalasseri, Neelishvaram, Chennai, Kudagu, Madikeri, Mysore and Mannarkad . The weapons used in the film are spear, sword and bow and arrow, as carried by the tribal people at that time (around two hundred years back).


Director of the movie is Hariharan. Producer of the film is Gokulam Gopalan. Screenplay is by M.T. Vasudevan Nair. Ilayaraja has scored the music.

Mammootty as bike rider and ghost!

Mammootty�s big summer release is his Thuruppu Gulan director Johnny Antony�s Pattanathil Bhootham.

He plays a dual role in the film as Jimmy the circus bike jumper and a friendly ghost, who helps children in distress.

Mammootty was filled with a sense of nostalgia while shooting for the film at a circus camping in Kochi, to shoot the bike jumper scenes. Remember Mammootty played a circus bike jumper in his very first film K.G George�s Mela?

Kavya Madhavan who started as a child artist in his Azhagiya Ravanan is now playing his heroine in the film. Says director Johnny Antony: �It is a fun movie, a total entertainer for the entire family especially the kids.�

The film is scripted by Sibi.K Thomas and Udaya Krishnan, the hottest script writers in Malayalam after the mega blockbuster Twenty:20. Shaan Rahman a popular music video album director will be debuting as a music director in the film which has cinematography by Azhagappan.

The film has Innocent, Sooraj Venjaranmoodu, Rajan.P Dev, Bheeman Reghu, Spadikkam George, Bindu Panikkar and others in the star cast. It is produced by Benjamin under the High Bright Movie Creations banner and will be distributed by the producer and Devaki Films.

Pattanathil Bhootham is tentatively slated for a May 1

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Daddy cool

In Daddy Cool,Mammootty is going to play the role of father, who is also a Crime Branch police officer named Antony Simon. Model turned actress Richa Pallod is making her debut in Malayalam movie .She will play the role of wife to Mammootty as well as the mother to their seven year old son, Aadi Simon. This new film will be a directorial debut by Aashiq Abu, a former assistant of Kamal and will be produced by Alwin Antony.

The story is about the relationship between a Dad and son. They admire each other. All the foolishness done by the son is well supported by the dad and mother gets fed up with them.
Others in the cast are Indrajith, Kalabhavan Mani, Sai Kumar, Vijaya Raghavan, Babu Raj, Suraj, Anoop Chandran, Radhika, Lena etc and the camera will be handled by Sameer Thahir (BigB fame). Lyrics of the film were written by Anil Panachooran, Santhosh Varma and Venu where as the music was scored by Biji Bal.

Coming soon: A movie on Sree Narayana Guru

Veteran director R Sukumaran is in the process of making Yugapurushan -- a Malayalam movie based on the life of legendary social reformer, sage and prophet, Sree Narayana Guru (1855-1928).
Tamil actor Thalaivasal Vijay plays the role of Guru. The rest of the cast include most of the well-known actors from Malayalam, including Mammootty and Mohanlal.

Shafi's Mammootty film next year

Hit-making director Shafi, who had tasted bitter failure for the first time recently with 'Lollypop', is to team up with Mammootty and deliver a film in 2010.

Shafi and Mammootty had earlier come together in 'Thommanum Makkalum' and 'Mayavi'. Another project of theirs, titled 'Mallanum Mathevanum' (to be produced by Anto Joseph, Benny P. Nayarambalam and Shafi under the banner of ABS Combines) was also announced recently, but nothing more has been heard about it.

And now comes the news that Shafi's Mammootty film, to be produced by Murali Films will happen in 2010. Murali Films, the banner that had given us many popular movies, makes a comeback after a gap with this as yet unnamed movie, which will feature script by James Albert ('Mallanum Mathevanum' was to be scripted by Benny P. Nayarambalam). The film will commence early next year and will be released by mid

Review-Love in Singapore

Banner M.H.M. Productions
Production Rafi
Cast Mammootty, Navneet Kaur, Salimkumar, Suraj Venjaaramoodu, Harishree Ashokan, Bijukuttan, Rajan P. Dev, Lalu Alex, Nedumudi Venu
Direction Rafi-Mecartin
Music Suresh Peters
Camera Sanjeev Sankar
Art Boban






When you watch the first major release of 2009, director duo Rafi-Mecartin's latest Mammootty starrer Love in Singapore, you tend to agree with critics cribbing that Malayalam cinema today has lost its past glory due to the wrong scripts and themes selected and their presentation. Why? Because Love in Singapore is one among them!

The film is about 'Machu' (Mammootty), who rose to financial heights after starting his life as a scrap dealer. He lives in a posh house in a posh locality. One day, he sees a beautiful girl in soap and talcum powder commercials and falls in love with her. To fulfill his dream to marry her, Machu follows the advice of his neighbour, business man Andrews Pereira (Nedumudi Venu), who gently persuades Machu to invest his earnings in stocks. Next, Pereira vanishes to Singapore with Machu's money. Left with no other options, Machu leaves for Singapore in hot pursuit of his lost money. When he confronts Pereira there, Machu proposes to marry Pereira's daughter Diana (Navneet Kaur) as compensation for his financial loss. The second half of the film is all about Machu's tricks to win Diana over.

Mammootty has tried his level best to save the show, but in vain. The script is illogical with a lot of ambiguities and incredible twists. For instance, the film gives no convincing explanation why villain Nedumudi Venu cheats Machu and escapes to Singapore. Perhaps shooting in Singapore is a reason for the director duo, which also produces the film.

The majority of the sequences are contrived and solely for cooking up some 'funny moments' with the clich�d dialects of comedians Suraj Venjaramoodu, Salimkumar and Bijukuttan. Debutante heroine Navneet Kour as Diana has nothing to offer with a very weak character development. The only relief comes from some foot-tapping numbers by music director Suresh Peters, but even those songs fail to put the movie on track. The other technical crew members, including Sanjeev Sankar (camera) and Boban (art) have done their routine jobs. All in all, we can undoubtedly say Love in Singapore is one of the avoidable efforts by the director duo in recent times. However, the movie may excite Mammootty's child fans!