Mammootty's Kannada Film coming soon

Mamookka is sure going places these days. Mammootty has reportedly given his consent to act in a film in Kannada, directed by Abhay Simha, who had made his debut with ‘Gubbachchigalu’, a much acclaimed film that’s being screened at many international festivals.
The Abhay Simha-Mammootty film, titled ‘Shikaari’, will be produced by N.R. Shetty and will have story and script by the director himself.
‘Shikaari’ will feature music by Anmol Bhave and cinematography by Vikram Shrivastava (both of whom were also part of the ‘Gubbachchigalu’ team). Grapevine has it that Konkona Sen Sharma is being considered as the leading lady and that she is likely to accept the offer. We are waiting for confirmation and more details.

PazhassiRaja for Onam?

The long in the making Mammootty magnum opus Pazhassi Raja which was finally scheduled for release for Vishu 2009, has now been postponed.

The film produced by Gokulam Gopalan, written by the legendary M.T Vasudevan Nair and directed by veteran Hariharan was one of the most eagerly awaited films of the year. The film has Mammootty in the lead role along with 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.
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. He is regarded by historians as the first freedom fighter of India. The movie will showcase his heroic fights against the British in the jungles of Wayanad during the 1790s.

Now the entire shoot of the film is over. The post production work of the film is to start in Chennai and will have a lot of special effects and graphics.

Added to that the maestro Ilayaraja has composed songs for the film and will start his re-recording only after Editor Sreekar Prasad completes his editing. All this will take three or four months, hence the delay in release.
It looks like Pazhassi Raja has been pushed to Onam 2009.

Mammootty is now Dr.Mammootty

India's most versatile actor, the star legend Padmashree Bharath MAMMOOTTY is now Dr.Mammootty. Kerala University decided to confer honorary doctorates on ace filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan, veteran malayalam Superstar Mammootty and mrudungam expondent umayalpuram K Sivaraman. Mammootty told IANS that he was delighted on being conferred with the honour. "yes, this is my first honorary doctorate. I am elated because i am being given it alongside two great people. I am being told that another university in Kerala is also considering me. Any award is a recognition and i am really happy about this one." said Mammootty who has decided to take a day off from work wednesday. "I have been working hard this year which comes to a close and i am off again New years day when i commence my newest film 'Pattanathil Bhootham'," said the superstar.