With eight films in 2009, Mammootty's on a roll

Malayalam superstar Mammootty pleased all his fans with as many as eight of his films releasing in 2009 but the actor says he was just doing his job.

The eight films that hit the screens this year were 'Love in Singapore', 'Daddy Cool', 'Eee Patanthil Bhootham', 'Loud Speaker', 'Kutty Shrank', 'Pazhassi Raja', 'Paleri Manickam' and 'Chatambi Nadu'.

While the last three films are still running to packed houses across the state, 'Kutty Shrank' was screened at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) held recently in Goa and is expected to be released commercially soon.

But the superstar was modest about his work in the year gone by.

'The world has become one more year older. From my side, I will say that things went well and happiness need not be and cannot be measured about what has happened. I am doing a job and I will continue doing it in the same spirit as I have always done all these years,' Mammootty told IANS.

Besides his acting assignments, Mammootty launched his own production house called Play House, which will produce and distribute films.

The actor was also appointed brand ambassador by the Kerala Volleyball Association to promote the sport across the state.

Pokkiri Raja launched

The pooja of superstar Mammootty's next film Pokkiri Raja, directed by debutant Vyshakh (former assistant of Joshi and Johnny Antony) and produced by Tomichan Mulakupadam, was held today (Wednesday) at Changanacherry. Mammootty, Prithviraj, Shriya Saran and all crew members of the film were present during the occasion.

Regular shooting will begin on January 11 and the schedule will run for 65 days. Scripted by Udhay Krishna-Sibi K. Thomas, the film marks the re-entry of South India's sensational music composer Jassie Gift to Malayalam. Kaithapram has written four songs for the film.

After playing a crazy fan of Mammootty in One Way Ticket (2008), Prithviraj will be seen as Mammootty's younger brother in Pokkiri Raja, which also has Nedumudi Venu, Thilakan, Siddique, Saikumar, Innocent, Sooraj Venjaranmoodu and Salimkumar playing major roles. Pokkiri Raja will be Mammootty's big summer release.

Chattambinadu Mammootty another Megahit Movie

Chattambinadu-Mammooty's festival film, Mammooty's character Vijendra Mallaya from Karnataka is arriving in place called Chattambinadu which is full of chattambis..Film is about the friction between Vijendra mallaya and siddique's character which is very strong in the film..Lakshmi rai has a good role as mammootys heroine..Suraj and Salim makes the audience go giggle throughout the film..2 Songs in the film and background score was done by Alex Paul gone with the movie..Script was done by Benny p nayarambalam which is the backbone of the Movie..Elements Like dialogues and fights are superb..which is like a treat for Mamooty’s fans ..although the film lacked publicity, Initial collections doing great and mouth2mouth publicity will do for the film..its a must watch film..

Chattambinaadu’s grand opening

Chattambinaadu, starring Mammootty, opened in 80 centers. Directed by Shafi, the film has Mammootty sporting a different look and style as he plays Veerendra Mallaya, a Kannadiga.

The public response to the movie has been very good, as they have ranked the movie along the lines of Rajamanickyam and Mayavi. The film’s screenplay has been praised. However, the people haven’t liked the songs and audiences have found them below average.

The film ran houseful in Kerala in the opening shows. With the response that Chattambinaadu has got, it looks like Mammootty will have a positive ending to 2009.

Mammootty to receive Doctorate

The University of Calicut will soon be honouring the megastar Mammootty with an honorary D.Litt in appreciation of his contribution to the field of are and culture. Mammootty will be the first actor to receive the honour from this University.

Mammukka already has got similar honour from The University of Kerala earlier.

Mammootty and Blessy team up

Superstar Mammootty will be appearing together with Blessy again for a film. They had earlier teamed up for “Palunku’. The story of the film will be written by Blessy himself. The film will be directed by “Mayabazar’ director, Thomas Sebastian.

Scripted by Viju Ramachandran, the film’s story is about a simple man who goes to the Middle East, looking for a job but is not able to find a good one because of the economic meltdown. The role of the simple man is played by Mammootty.

Blessy started his career with “Kazhcha’, starring Mammootty.

Sneha to replace Kavya in Pramaani

Actress Sneha will replace Kavya Madhavan in the upcoming Pramaani opposite Mammootty. Sneha will play the role of a Panchayat Secretary, who accidentally starts playing a crucial role in the life of the corrupt Panchayat President, played by Mammootty.

B. Unnikrishnan of Madambi fame is the director and also has penned the script. B.C. Joshy will produce the movie and Playhouse will release it. The last film in which they were together was Thuruppugulan which was a big success at the box office.

Another bilingual project Vande Mantaram, featuring the two, is in final stages of production. The shooting of Pramaani is expected to start in the first week of January.

Chattambinaadu release on December 24

After the super hits like ‘Mayavi’ and ‘Thommanum Makkalum’, Mammootty and director Shafi are teaming up once again to create another super hit. Titled ‘Chattambinaadu’, this will be a comedy based action movie made in the scripts of Benny P Nayarambalam.

Mammootty will be presented as Veerendra Mallaya, a Karnataka based estate owner. He will speak a Kannada based new accent in this movie, which will be one of the highlights of the movie.

‘Chattambinaadu’ will feature three heroines for Mammootty. Mukesh will also play an important character in the movie. Produced by Mammootty's own distribution house “Playhouse”, the movie will start

Vande Matharam for Republic Day

Mammootty and Tamil actor Arjun starrer movie Vande Matharam is proposed to get released on Republic Day. Mammootty comes as a CBI Officer in the movie. Arjun plays the role of an investigative cop. Sneha is the heroine of the film and does the role of a pilot.

The movie, which is also released in Tamil, bears the same title. Earlier the Tamil version was titled Aruvadai. It got changed for title value. The movie is directed by T Aravind and produced by Henry. Vidyasagar has scored the music.

Chattambinaadu completes shooting

Mammooty's upcoming film Chattambinaadu, directed by Shafi has completed its shooting in Pollachi. Mammootty plays the role of Virendra Mallya, who hails from Karnataka and knows Malayalam little. He is a goonda in the film who has a criminal background.

Siddique and Manoj K Jayan plays the role of fuedal lords of two rival families. Manoj brings Mammootty to beat Siddique in the story. Actor Vinu Mohan plays the role of Mammuootty's brother. Lakshmi Rai and Maithily play the heroines.

Benny P Nayarambalam is the script writer. Produced by Anto Joseph and Noushad, movie is released by Mammootty's launched Play House. Alex Paul has scored the music for the film while Manoj Pillai handles the camera.

Paleri manikyam First report

Renjiths "Paleri Manikyam Oru Pathira Kolapathakathinte Katha" is a different cinema. It has Suspense, Drama, life and Mammootty in three different roles. Another good effort from Renjith, after his creative Production Kerala Cafe. An investigative story visualized in a very different perspective.
The story telling, the characters and the backgrounds are new to Malayalam especially in an investigative suspense thriller. The investigation of Manikyam's murder is the major storyline. The storyline goes like this: Haridas, a private detective, is investigating the murder of a young woman, Manikyam, which happened over 50 years back. But it is different.

Hats off to Mammootty. He is critically outstanding by his performance. All actors specially Sreenivasan, siddique, shwetha menon and all new faces are perfectly rendered to the craftsmanship of Director Renjith.

The film is based on T.P. Rajeevan's novel, by the same name, which was serialised in a Mathrubhumi weekly. Director Renjith was fascinated by the novel's theme, which is based on a true incident that happened shortly before the first ministry of Kerala was sworn in.

Cinematography by Manoj Pillai and Music by Sharreth is in tune with the story.

Produced by A.V. Anoop & Subair under the banner of AVA Productions and Varnachithra Big Screen. PMOPK will be a good treat to serious movie lovers.

Shriya Saran goes to Malayalam!

If you do a sting operation on how desperate stars become, if offers dry up, then our heroines take the cake.

Shriya Saran after doing films with top heroes like Rajnikanth, Jayam Ravi, Vijay and Vikram, she has now reportedly signed a film opposite Malayalam superstar Mammootty written and directed by debutant Vysakh.

The buzz is that Shriya quiet liked the script and they needed only 30 days call sheet from her. This film titled Pokkiri Raja is a mass masala action entertainer where Mammootty and Pritviraj play brothers.

When contacted, Shriya confirmed the news and says that she will start shooting for the film from January 2010. She also added that reports about her doing a film opposite Srikanth is baseless and talks are on with Super Good films for a film with Jeeva in the lead.

Navya plays Mammootty’s wife!

Navya Nair who had announced her wedding to Mumbai-based Santhosh Menon hasn’t yet made up her mind about her career after marriage.

Now, she wants to complete all her pending projects before tying the knot in January 2010.

Anyway she is now fulfilling one of her long cherished dreams of playing Mammootty’s wife in a film.

Navya is playing wife to Mammootty in Drona directed by Shaji Kailas where he plays Pattazhi Madhavan Namboodiri, a college principal and an oracle.

Navya is thrilled that she is “playing Mammootty’s wife in reel life”, an actor whom she is a big fan and likes his style of acting.