Here’s the first look poster of Fahadh Faasil-Vinayakan duo’s Role Models

Fahadh Faasil’s Role Models has long been in the making. The movie went on the floors last year but had multiple breaks in between. Finally, this Raffi directorial is gearing up for release. The movie’s official first look poster was released yesterday.

The poster features a disinterested Fahadh in the company of three fun guys; Vinayakan, Sharafudheen and Vinay Forrt on the beaches of Goa. Role Models is a story of how the protagonist takes off to Goa to learn to take life lightly, with his friends. The four actors play college mates in the movie.

Namitha Pramod is playing the female lead. She will be seen in a different makeover as an adventure sports trainer. Srinda Arhaan, Vinayakan, Vinay Forrt, Sharafudheen, Renji Panicker, Seetha and many others will be seen in supporting roles.

Gopi Sunder is handling the music department while Shamdat Sainudeen has cranked the camera. The movie is produced by GP Vijayakumar under the banner of Seven Arts.

Mohanlal’s Mahabharata gets PM Narendra Modi’s backing

The magnum opus The Mahabharata has been in the news ever since it was announced. The movie, touted to be made on a whopping budget of Rs 1000 crores is an adaptation of MT Vasudevan Nair’s novel Randamoozham. Recently, a pro Hindu group had threatened that they won’t allow the movie’s release unless the title is changed from Mahabaratha.

But, now the film has received the backing of none other than the Prime Minister of the country. PM Narendra Modi has written a letter to producer BR Shetty announcing his total support for the ambitious project.

In the letter, Modi has said he is awaiting the release of the film, which will be a matter of pride for the entire nation. To thank the Prime Minister for his support, The Mahabharata team has sought an appointment to meet him and it has been granted. The film’s crew will be meeting the Prime Minister on July 7.

Earlier, following the threat from Hindu Aikya Vedi, producer B R Shetty had written to PM Narendra Modi expressing his concerns. In his letter, Shetty had said that the movie would be included in the government’s Make in India project. Modi has now assured his total support to the project.

MT Vasudevan Nair’s novel Randamoozham is based on the Hindu epic Mahabharatha. It is told from the perspective of Bheeman. According to KP Sasikala, the head of Hindu Aikya Vedi, the novel is a distortion of the writings in the real epic and hence it’s movie adaptation should not be titled as The Mahabharata. She warned that if the makers did not change its name, then the Kerala Hindu Aikya Vedi would not allow its screening.

BR Shetty and director VA Shrikumar Menon recently had a press meet, where they clarified that only the Malayalam version will have the title Randamoozham, in all other languages it will be titled as Mahabharata itself. They feel that only a title like Mahabharata will make sense to the global audience and hence they are sticking to the same title.

Mohanlal joins Kerala government’s initiative to plan one crore saplings

At a time when the world is facing dire consequences of climate change and global warming, the Kerala government has launched an initiative to plant one crore saplings across the state.

Actor Mohanlal inaugurated the ambitious drive at St. Xavier’s College in Trivandrum by planting a sapling. The actor shared a photo in his official Facebook page and along with that he wrote,

“Happy to be a part of Kerala government’s initiative to plant one crore saplings across Kerala.
It’s high time we pay attention to climate change and pollution.”

One crore trees will be planted across the state today as part of the World Environment Day celebrations. All government bodies, schools and voluntary associations are expected to take part in the drive.

Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has urged the people to support the initiative organized by the Forest, Environment and Agriculture departments. They have supplied saplings of about 100 varieties of fruit bearing and medicinal trees. The Haritha Kerala Mission aims to plant as many trees as possible to conserve environment and to make the state greener.

Velaikaaran; First look poster of Fahadh Faasil’s debut Tamil movie to be released today

Mollywood’s most promising young actor Fahadh Faasil’s Kollywood entry is highly anticipated by the audience. He is making his debut appearance in Tamil cinema by playing the antagonist in Thani Oruvan director Mohan Raja’s upcoming movie titled as Velaikaaran. The movie’s first look poster will be released today evening.

Velaikaaran stars Sivakarthikeyan, Nayanthara and Sneha in the lead roles. Fahadh is said to be playing a stylish villain role, similar to the one played by Aravind Swamy in the director’s previous movie Thani Oruvan.

According to reports, Velikaaran will be dealing with a very relevant social issue on the lines of Thani Oruvan. While the Jayam Ravi starrer was about medical mafia, Velaikaaran will be about food adulteration and how a slum dweller fights against it.

Prakash Raj, Thambi Ramiah, Rohini, RJ Balaji, Sathish, Yogi Babu and Robo Shankar will be seen in supporting roles in the movie. Young sensation Anirudh Ravichander is composing the music for Velaikaaran. Vivek Harshan is in charge of editing while Ramji is handling the cinematography. The movie is produced by RD Raja under his banner of 24 AM Studios.

Anoop Menon joins the sets of Mohanlal’s Velipadinte Pusthakam

Shoot for Mohanlal – Lal Jose team’s Velipadinte Pusthakam is currently progressing in Trivandrum. The movie, written by Benny P Nayarambalam is a campus based entertainer.

Anoop Menon joined the sets of Velipadinte Pusthakam today. The actor shared a photo of him sporting a thug like avatar from the movie’s location. The actor of late has been very selective with his projects. He was last seen in a pivotal role in Mohanlal’s Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol. He played the role of Venukuttan, a fun loving philanderer. His performance was appreciated by the critics as well as the common audience.

Reportedly, Anoop Menon will be seen in a very prominent role in Velipadinte Pusthakam and his character appears in the back story of the film. The actor shares a very good rapport with Mohanlal as we have seen in movies like Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol, Grandmaster and Kanal. So we can be assured of a good performance from the actor.

Mohanlal is playing the role of professor Mathew Idicula in Velipadinte Pusthakam. He is also producing the movie under the banner of his own production house Aashirvad Cinemas. The movie will explore the relationship between teachers and students.

Angamaly Diaries fame Anna Reshma Rajan is playing the female lead in this film. Priyanka Nair, Angamaly Diaries fame Sarath Kumar, Aanandam fame Arun Kurian, Siddique, Jude Anthany Joseph, Alencier Ley Lopez and many other supporting actors are also part of the cast.

Shaan Rahman is composing the music while youngster Vishnu Sarma will be cranking the camera. The makers are eyeing an Onam release.

Prithviraj meets ‘God’ Sachin Tendulkar

Prithviraj is currently in England for the shooting for his upcoming movie Adam Joan, which is directed by scenarist turned filmmaker Jinu Abraham. As the schedule was wrapped up yesterday, the actor found time to catch up the high voltage India – Pakistan cricket match at Edgbaston.

The actor had posted a photo from the ground earlier today before the play commenced. India is playing against Pakistan after an year and as always several former players and officials are in Edgbaston to watch the most exciting cricket match of the year.

And guess who Prithviraj bumped into! None other than the cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar. The elated actor shared a photo of him with Sachin in his Facebook page. He has captioned it as, “I believe in God coz I’ve seen him… many times!

This is not the first time Prithviraj is meeting Sachin Tendulkar. Earlier, in an interview he has revealed about how he accidentally met Sachin during a flight and spent quality time with him talking passionately about one of their common interests- cars.

The Mahabharata to be released as Randamoozham in Malayalam

Recently, there have been a lot of talks surrounding the title of Mohanlal’s upcoming magnum opus The Mahabharata, which will be directed by renowned ad filmmaker VA Shrikumar Menon. The Mahabharata, touted to be the most expensive movie in
Indian cinema was recently embroiled in a controversy after a pro-Hindu group threatened that they would not allow the movie’s release unless they change the title.

The controversy was set rolling by Hindu Aikya Vedi chairperson KP Sasikala. In a recent addressing, she stated that the movie should be titled as Randamoozham, the novel on which the movie is based on, and not Mahabharata.

Randamoozham, written by Jnanipath award winner MT Vasudevan Nair, is based on the Hindu epic Mahabharatha. It is told from the perspective of Bheeman. According to Sasikala, the novel is a distortion of the writings in the real Mahabharatha and hence it’s movie adaptation should not be titled as The Mahabharata. She warned that if the makers did not change its name, then the Kerala Hindu Aikya Vedi would not allow its screening.

However, the makers has now revealed that only the Malayalam version will be titled as Randamoozham. All the other versions will be titled as The Mahabharata, as they feel that only a title like Mahabharata will make sense to the global audience and hence they are sticking to the it. It was announced officially by producer BR Shetty who also made it clear that they changed the title not fearing any backlash.

BR Shetty informed that the movie will be made as two parts, each having a of 3 hours. The movie will go on floors in Abu Dhabi next year. The casting process will begin soon and he assured that some of the best talents across the globe will be part of this prestigious project. Governments and local administration have extended their support for the team for the shoot.

VA Shrikumar’s team is currently working on the pre-production for this mammoth project. UAE based Indian businessman Dr BR Shetty is investing Rs 1000 crores for this epic project. Mohanlal has already been confirmed to play the central character of Bheema in this movie. The makers had informed that several leading actors from other industries will be part of this movie. Telugu superstar Nagarjuna has been approached to play the role of Karnan.

Some big names from Indian and world cinema will be associated with this project. The Mahabharata will go on floors by September next year and will hit screens in 2020.