Producer G. Dhananjayan of Moser Baer Entertainment has made an official confirmation over the acquisition of Home Video rights (DVD, VCD, Blu-Ray and other formats) of Malayalam Blockbuster Film PAZHASSI RAJA.
Featuring Mamootty, Sarath Kumar, Suman, Manoj K Jayan, Padmapriya, Kaniha in lead roles, the film is Produced by Gokulam Films. Apart from winning rave reviews and big collections in Kerala box office, the Tamil version too has been witnessing extraordinary results at box office.
Says Dhananjayan, Moser Baer Entertainment will be bringing out the film in all formats of Home Video and also in Blu-Ray format for the first time in Malayalam film industry in April 2010 across the World. Moser Baer is proud to have acquired the rights at the highest ever price in home video rights, considering the importance of this title in the history of Malayalam film industry.
26 November, 2009
25 November, 2009
Paleri Manikkam postponed!
Mammootty's eagerly awaited Paleri Manikkam, directed by Ranjit which was to be the star’s Bakrid release (November 27) has been postponed due to “unavoidable circumstances” by a week to December 5.
The period crime thriller of a CBI officer who investigates a case which happened in the late 50's in which Mammootty is having two different looks was one of the eagerly awaited films of the year. The buzz on this Ranjith directed film is very good.
Meanwhile the postponement of the release of Paleri Manikkam has worked to the advantage of Neelathamara, which will now get a solo Bakrid release.
The period crime thriller of a CBI officer who investigates a case which happened in the late 50's in which Mammootty is having two different looks was one of the eagerly awaited films of the year. The buzz on this Ranjith directed film is very good.
Meanwhile the postponement of the release of Paleri Manikkam has worked to the advantage of Neelathamara, which will now get a solo Bakrid release.
Mammootty to play Marthanda Varma!
Mammootty, who stars in the lead in the period movie 'Pazhassi Raja', has been offered the lead role in a movie on King Marthanada Varma, it is reported.
The grapevine has it that Mammootty was approached by a Chennai-based producer with the project for a bilngual, in Malayalam and Tamil, to be produced at a budget of Rs 40 crore. It is heard that the superstar gave his consent immediately and the project would take off in early 2012.
Marthanda Varma, who ruled Travancore from 1729 to 1758, could be described as the architect of modern Travancore. He extended the boundaries of the small princely state to Kochi through a number of wars and treaties and made Travancore the strongest state in Kerala.
The grapevine has it that Mammootty was approached by a Chennai-based producer with the project for a bilngual, in Malayalam and Tamil, to be produced at a budget of Rs 40 crore. It is heard that the superstar gave his consent immediately and the project would take off in early 2012.
Marthanda Varma, who ruled Travancore from 1729 to 1758, could be described as the architect of modern Travancore. He extended the boundaries of the small princely state to Kochi through a number of wars and treaties and made Travancore the strongest state in Kerala.
24 November, 2009
Mammootty In A Short Film For Kerala RTC
KSRTC is planning to make a short film on the road accidents in Kerala. Super Star Mammootty might very well act in a short film made by the KSRTC.
Mammootty had met up with the Transport Minister Jose Thettayil last dayand had apparently agreed to become a part of the project. He said that he was just serving his duty as a responsible citizen, by being a part of the film.
Mammootty, While studying in Low College, Jose Thettayil was his senior student and he was the leader of a cultural club. Mammooty said.
23 November, 2009
Drona renamed
Director Shaji Kailas has renamed his upcoming movie from Dhrona to Dhrona 2010. This is because two films, Hindi and Telugu with the name Dhrona, have both flopped. He definitely doesn’t want the same fate for his film. The film stars Mammootty in the lead. His role is that of a “sanyasi’ with mystical powers. The movie will release around February next year.
22 November, 2009
Mammootty chief guest at IFFI closing ceremony
Mammootty would be the chief guest at the concluding session of the prestigious International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa.
It is another feather on Mammooka’s cap, as normally only Bollywood stars are given the honor by the organisers to be present at the valedictory function.
It also shows the growing influence of Malayalam films at the national level.
Mammootty is on a roll as two of his finest movies are getting screened at IFFI starting on November 23.
His Kutty Sranku will be premièred for the first time in India at the Indian Panorama section and the stars critically acclaimed box-office hit Pazhassi Raja will only be screened at the festival.
21 November, 2009
Paleri Manikyam release on November 27
Director : Ranjith
Crew : Mammootty, Sidhique, Mukesh, Vijayaraghavan, Salim Kumar, Lal Jose Rajiv Anchal, Jayaraj, Kalpana
Genre : Investigative Story, Thriller
Producer : A.V.A Productions and Varnachithra Big Screen
Inspired By : Novel by T.P Rajeevan called “Paleri Manikyam - Oru Pathira Kolapathaka Katha”
Releasing Date : 2009 November 27
20 November, 2009
Kavya may star opposite Mammootty
Actress Kavya Madhavan is returning to Malayalam films with Christian Brothers is old news. According to sources, she has also been signed on for the film, Pramaani by director B Unnikrishnan, opposite Mammootty. The film will have Mammootty playing a corrupt Panchayat leader whose few good qualities are seen by the female lead. The news is yet to be confirmed.
19 November, 2009
Mammootty in Geethu Mohandas Marriage Photo
Geethu mohandas Wedding photos More wedding photos will be available after some hours.Geethu mohandas and Rajiv ravi marraige photos.Mallu actress Geethu Mohandass got married with cinematographer Rajiv Ravi at Cochin kadavanthra indoor stadium at 7.30 pm on Nov 14 2009.
11 November, 2009
Pazhassi Raja (Tamil) trimmed!
Gokulam Gopalan’s Hariharan directed Mammootty- Sarath Kumar- Manoj K Jayan- Kaniha- Padmapriya epic drama Pazhassi Raja with music by Ilayaraja in Tamil is confirmed to release on November 20, all over Tamil Nadu.
Pazhassi Raja in Malayalam has turned out to be a super hit in Kerala and is reported to have collected more revenue in its first three weeks than the all time super hit Twenty:20 released in 2008.
Meanwhile the Tamil version of the film has been trimmed by 30 minutes and cut down from the original 3 hours 15 minutes to 2 hours and 45 minutes, making it even more slicker and racy.
05 November, 2009
Kanika opposite Mammootty in Dhrona
Kanika is the new star in the Malayalam film industry. After the tremendous success of Bhagyadevatha and the latest super hit movie Pazhassi Raja, there has been no looking back for the actress. The actress has virtually breathed life into the role of Kaitheri Makkam in Pazhassi Raja.
After that scintillating performance the actress has been roped in to perform another vital role in the upcoming Malayalam movie Droner by director Shaji Kailas, opposite Mammootty. Shwetha Vijay who had made her debut opposite Sureshgopi in the movie Kadaksham is also making her appearance onscreen as another heroine opposite Mammootty.
Apart from Mammootty, Kanika and Shwetha Vijay, the movie also features Thilakan and Manoj K Jayan in prominent roles. A K Sajan handles the script of this movie which is being produced by Aroma. The shooting has already begun in Ottappalam, Kerala.
04 November, 2009
Dhrona to start rolling from November 5
The movie is Shaji Kilas 's fifth directorial venture with mammootty, after the super hits like Valliatten,The King, The Trouth. In 'Drona' Mammootty playing the role of Vasthu Shilpi named vaishakan Namboothiri for this Myth-Action Movie,scripted by A.K.Sajan. Vijayaraghavan, Manoj K Jayan is also part of the movie.
The shooting of the film start by November 5th at Ottappalam, produced by Aroma Mani in the banner of Aroma films will hit the screen on February 18.
01 November, 2009
Kerala Cafe - Review
Movie
Kerala Cafe
Director
10 directors
Producer
Renjith
Cast
Mammootty, Dileep, Suresh Gopi, Pritviraj, Jagathy, Salim Kumar
Kerala Cafe has ten directors at the helm, each of them making a film of their own on a single theme called yathra or journey.
Kerala Cafe, for your info, is in fact a modest tea stall at a railway station and certain characters from each of the films are somehow connected to it. It's a nice concept, perhaps inspired by movies like Paris, je t'aime for instance, but the best thing about it is that the directors have held it together with some excellent ones and some okay efforts.
Among the ten films, it is perhaps Anjali Menon's Happy Journey that stands out with its intelligent use of the allotted time. A heartening, simple tale has been well told by the director. The film is set inside a bus with an insurance surveyor (Jagathy Sreekumar) with a roving eye, trying to make advances on a pretty girl (Nithya Menon) sitting next to him. But she turns out to be really smart for the man to handle.
Director Anwar Rasheed's Bridge talks about two parallel tracks, the first one involving a young boy and his pet kitten. The other story has a son (Salim Kumar), who lives in poor surroundings, deciding to leave his ailing mother (Shanthadevi) in the street. With amazing technical brilliance, the director takes things to an altogether different level and stamps his presence quite effectively.
Makal, directed by Revathy, is about the flesh trade which is happening under the guise of adoption. Sona Nair and Sreenath have done the main roles. Some of its situations are predictable, yes, but it has its moments and that hugely works to the film's advantage.
Puram Kazhchakal, directed by Lal Jose, is based on C V Sreeraman's book and narrates a bus journey where people of different mindsets, purpose and nature go along for a while. Mammootty and Sreenivasan play the main characters in it. Mammootty looks quite subtle and different from his normal self and as it happens, surprises everyone with the final shot. We start a journey back from then on in our own minds and that is exactly what the film intends to convey.
The main attraction about director Uday Ananthan's Mrityunjayam could be its genre, horror. It has some mystery surrounding an old illam and despite the warnings of the tirumeni (Thilakan), a young journalist (Fahadh Faasil) comes there for an investigative story. Anoop Menon, Meera Nandan and Rima Kallingal are also part of the proceedings. There are some loose ends but here is a film that looks different from the rest and catches the viewers' attention quite easily.
Nostalgia, directed by M.Padmakumar and based on R Venugopal's poem Nattuvazhikal, zooms in on a typical NRI. Johny (Dileep) is all nostalgic about his motherland when he is in Dubai but once he reaches Kerala, he is an altogether different man, cribbing for virtually everything that comes his way and that sadly includes his parents as well. Navya Nair plays his wife. One gets the feeling that the director has gone for a conventional format to narrate the story here, without going for some cinematic experiments.
Debutant director Shankar Ramakrishnan's Island Express looks again at the real-life Perumon tragedy involving the train that happened in 1988, but still remains as a scar in the minds of every Malayali. Prithviraj, Jayasurya,Rahman, Maniyanpillai Raju and Sukumari include the film's cast. The story meanders along in some strange ways initially but the director manages to get his act together towards the end.
Shaji Kailas' Lalitham Hiranmayam is about the angst of a married man played by Suresh Gopi, who falls in love with another girl. Jyothirmayee does the role of his wife while Dhanya Mary is the other woman in question. This is a simple tale, narrated with a lot of style, in true Shaji Kailas style.
Shyamaprasad's Off Season has been made to be seen on a lighter vein and has Suraj Venjarammood in the lead, as a tourist guide in Kovalam. He reminisces about the tryst with a Portuguese couple, who had not much money with them to spend during a vacation. The film gives a lot of promise in the beginning, but things are not happening in a great way, from then on.
B Unnikrishnan's Aviramam is about a couple, played by Siddique and Swetha Menon, who loves each other so dearly. But their lives take a drastic turn after recession hits the existence of his IT Company pretty badly. Though it has been made pretty well, the problem with the story is that it looks pretentious at times.
With a motley mix of stories, Kerala Café manages to stitch them together as an absorbing watch. There are shortcomings but here is one experiment done with some honesty, which is to be seen there on the screen. Among the highlights of the film are its technical brilliance, music quality and not to forget, the pace that never really allows the viewer to take their attention anywhere else. If there is a price to be given for the best short film of the lot, Anjali Menon’s Happy Journey is undoubtedly the pick of the lot followed by Anwar Rasheed's Bridge
The performances too help the film immensely with some sincere acting from the veterans in the business and some of the young faces, like the pretty Nithya Menon, Fahadh Faasil and Rima Kallingal. Watch out for some spectacular moments with Salim Kumar and Shanthadevi in Bridge, Jagathy Sreekumar in Happy Journey, Mammootty and Sreenivasan in Puram Kazhchakal, Jyothirmayee in Lalitham Hiranmayam, Sona Nair in Makal and Suraj Venjarammood in Off Season among others.
Get some popcorn and head straight for Kerala Café, which incidentally has been conceived and anchored by director Ranjith. It is a new experiment and not an easy one to execute as well. But those involved in its making have done a nice job and needs a pat on their back for just that. Go for it and you may not regret the idea for sure.
Verdict: Good
Kerala Cafe
Director
10 directors
Producer
Renjith
Cast
Mammootty, Dileep, Suresh Gopi, Pritviraj, Jagathy, Salim Kumar
Kerala Cafe has ten directors at the helm, each of them making a film of their own on a single theme called yathra or journey.
Kerala Cafe, for your info, is in fact a modest tea stall at a railway station and certain characters from each of the films are somehow connected to it. It's a nice concept, perhaps inspired by movies like Paris, je t'aime for instance, but the best thing about it is that the directors have held it together with some excellent ones and some okay efforts.
Among the ten films, it is perhaps Anjali Menon's Happy Journey that stands out with its intelligent use of the allotted time. A heartening, simple tale has been well told by the director. The film is set inside a bus with an insurance surveyor (Jagathy Sreekumar) with a roving eye, trying to make advances on a pretty girl (Nithya Menon) sitting next to him. But she turns out to be really smart for the man to handle.
Director Anwar Rasheed's Bridge talks about two parallel tracks, the first one involving a young boy and his pet kitten. The other story has a son (Salim Kumar), who lives in poor surroundings, deciding to leave his ailing mother (Shanthadevi) in the street. With amazing technical brilliance, the director takes things to an altogether different level and stamps his presence quite effectively.
Makal, directed by Revathy, is about the flesh trade which is happening under the guise of adoption. Sona Nair and Sreenath have done the main roles. Some of its situations are predictable, yes, but it has its moments and that hugely works to the film's advantage.
Puram Kazhchakal, directed by Lal Jose, is based on C V Sreeraman's book and narrates a bus journey where people of different mindsets, purpose and nature go along for a while. Mammootty and Sreenivasan play the main characters in it. Mammootty looks quite subtle and different from his normal self and as it happens, surprises everyone with the final shot. We start a journey back from then on in our own minds and that is exactly what the film intends to convey.
The main attraction about director Uday Ananthan's Mrityunjayam could be its genre, horror. It has some mystery surrounding an old illam and despite the warnings of the tirumeni (Thilakan), a young journalist (Fahadh Faasil) comes there for an investigative story. Anoop Menon, Meera Nandan and Rima Kallingal are also part of the proceedings. There are some loose ends but here is a film that looks different from the rest and catches the viewers' attention quite easily.
Nostalgia, directed by M.Padmakumar and based on R Venugopal's poem Nattuvazhikal, zooms in on a typical NRI. Johny (Dileep) is all nostalgic about his motherland when he is in Dubai but once he reaches Kerala, he is an altogether different man, cribbing for virtually everything that comes his way and that sadly includes his parents as well. Navya Nair plays his wife. One gets the feeling that the director has gone for a conventional format to narrate the story here, without going for some cinematic experiments.
Debutant director Shankar Ramakrishnan's Island Express looks again at the real-life Perumon tragedy involving the train that happened in 1988, but still remains as a scar in the minds of every Malayali. Prithviraj, Jayasurya,Rahman, Maniyanpillai Raju and Sukumari include the film's cast. The story meanders along in some strange ways initially but the director manages to get his act together towards the end.
Shaji Kailas' Lalitham Hiranmayam is about the angst of a married man played by Suresh Gopi, who falls in love with another girl. Jyothirmayee does the role of his wife while Dhanya Mary is the other woman in question. This is a simple tale, narrated with a lot of style, in true Shaji Kailas style.
Shyamaprasad's Off Season has been made to be seen on a lighter vein and has Suraj Venjarammood in the lead, as a tourist guide in Kovalam. He reminisces about the tryst with a Portuguese couple, who had not much money with them to spend during a vacation. The film gives a lot of promise in the beginning, but things are not happening in a great way, from then on.
B Unnikrishnan's Aviramam is about a couple, played by Siddique and Swetha Menon, who loves each other so dearly. But their lives take a drastic turn after recession hits the existence of his IT Company pretty badly. Though it has been made pretty well, the problem with the story is that it looks pretentious at times.
With a motley mix of stories, Kerala Café manages to stitch them together as an absorbing watch. There are shortcomings but here is one experiment done with some honesty, which is to be seen there on the screen. Among the highlights of the film are its technical brilliance, music quality and not to forget, the pace that never really allows the viewer to take their attention anywhere else. If there is a price to be given for the best short film of the lot, Anjali Menon’s Happy Journey is undoubtedly the pick of the lot followed by Anwar Rasheed's Bridge
The performances too help the film immensely with some sincere acting from the veterans in the business and some of the young faces, like the pretty Nithya Menon, Fahadh Faasil and Rima Kallingal. Watch out for some spectacular moments with Salim Kumar and Shanthadevi in Bridge, Jagathy Sreekumar in Happy Journey, Mammootty and Sreenivasan in Puram Kazhchakal, Jyothirmayee in Lalitham Hiranmayam, Sona Nair in Makal and Suraj Venjarammood in Off Season among others.
Get some popcorn and head straight for Kerala Café, which incidentally has been conceived and anchored by director Ranjith. It is a new experiment and not an easy one to execute as well. But those involved in its making have done a nice job and needs a pat on their back for just that. Go for it and you may not regret the idea for sure.
Verdict: Good
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