Vanitha Film Awards Announced, Mammootty bags Best Actor

Pranchiyettan and the Saint bagged five awards in the Vanitha film awards announced on Wednesday.

Ranjith who has won three awards will be the star of the award night. He is the best writer, director and the producer of the best film.

Mammootty is the best actor while Mamta walked away with the best actress award. Jagathy Sreekumar got the prestigious Lifetime achievement award.

The other awards include Biju Menon- supporting actor, Mithra Kurien- supporting actress, Yesudas- Best male singer, Shreya Ghoshal- Best female singer, Rafeeque Ahmed-  Best Lyricist, Gopi Sunder- Best Music Director, Siddique- Best Villain, Salim Kumar- Best comedian,  Kunjakko Boban, Archana Kavi Best- Best star pair, Ann Augustine- Best newcocomer, Venu- Best Cameraman.
The awards will be presented at Kozhikode on february 19th.

August 15 Postponed Again

Shaji Kailas directed Mammootty's suspense thriller August 15 produced by veteran Aroma Mani has been postponed again for the third time.
August 15 which was slated for release during Christmas was postponed to February 3, as the shoot got delayed.

The latest we hear is that Aroma has informed theatres that it has been shifted to March 30!
The film is a sequel to August 1 directed by Siby Malayil, more than 20 years back.

The reasons for the postponement are not clear, though the rumours are that Aroma does not want to release the film in February.

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