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Rakshadhikari Baiju shoot was possible thanks to the aid and love of Payyoli natives

Vignesh Madhu
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Rakshadhikari Baiju shoot was possible thanks to the aid and love of Payyoli natives

Rakshadhikari Baiju shoot was possible thanks to the aid and love of Payyoli natives

Biju Menon’s next with scenarist turned director Ranjan Pramod’s Rakshadhikari Baiju is gearing up for release. The movie is expected to hit screens next month.

Rakshadhikari Baiju features Biju Menon in the title role of an irrigation department employee. His role in the movie is not a larger than life one, but one who shows his heroism in subtle ways. He is an ordinary man, who spends his life travelling from his village to work in the city and back. He doesn’t go out of his way to help people or be good, but somehow ends up doing a heroic deed.

The movie features more than 100 characters as part of the story with each tale connected to the protagonist Rakshadhikari Baiju.

In a recent chat session with Onlookers Media, director Ranjan Pramod expressed his gratitude to the natives of Payyoli for their cooperation while shooting the movie. Apparently, the team had used sync sound technology for the movie. In a sync sound system, sound will be captured from live locations as it will enhance the realistic feel of the movie. While recording sound from live locations, other noise disturbances should not be heard in an area of up to 2 kilometers. Natives of that particular locality cooperated with the shooting team and stopped their construction and other works while shoot was progressing. The director acknowledged the cooperation of the Payyoli natives while sharing with us about the experience of working in the movie.

Darwinte Parinamam fame Hannah Reji Koshy has played the female lead in the movie. Aju Varghese, Deepak Parambol, Hareesh Kanaran, Vijayaraghavan, Janardhanan, Indrans, Dileesh Pothen and Alencier Ley Lopez have played supporting characters.

Mammootty to produce his next titled as Streetlights

Vignesh Madhu
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Mammootty to produce his next titled as Streetlights

Mammootty to produce his next titled as Streetlights

Popular cinematographer Shamdat Sainudeen is making his directorial debut with Megastar Mammootty in the lead. The movie, touted to be a crime thriller has been titled as Streetlights. Shoot for the movie will kick start on March 24 in Kochi. Apart from Kochi, Chennai and Pollachi are the other major locations.

According to latest reports, Mammootty himself will be producing this movie under his banner Playhouse Pictures. Mammootty will be seen as an police officer in the movie. It is touted to be a stylish thriller with Mammootty playing an investigating officer.

Shamdat is a renowned cinematographer noted for his works in movies like Ritu, Seniors, Oozham and the recently released Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan. He has also worked with Kamal Hassan in movies like Uttama Villain and the yet to be released Vishwaroopam 2.

Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan fame Vishnu Unnikrishnan and his co- star from the movie, Lijomol Jose are also part of this Mammootty starrer. The film doesn’t have a heroine as such, as it is a tale of many characters.

Mammootty’s next release is the much anticipated movie, The Great Father. The movie, written and directed by Haneef Adeni is said to be a revenge thriller. It is scheduled to hit screens all over Kerala on March 30. Ranjith- Mammootty team’s is also scheduled to release for this Vishu season.

Sujith Vaassudev to direct Mohanlal?

Vignesh Madhu
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Sujith Vaassudev to direct Mohanlal?

Sujith Vaassudev to direct Mohanlal?

Sujith Vaassudev is one of the most wanted cinematographers in Mollywood currently. He has worked with some well established directors like Jeethu Joseph, Lijo Jose Pellissery, Ranjith Sankar and leading actors like Prithviraj, Mohanlal and Kamal Haasan. His work in the recently released horror thriller Ezra was highly appreciated by the critics.

Last year, he turned a filmmaker with James and Alice, a romantic family drama starring Prithviraj and Vedhika in the lead roles. Though the movie could not fare well in the box office, it found a few takers after the DVD release. Now we hear that Sujith is planning to don the director’s hat yet again.

Reportedly, he had narrated a one liner to Mohanlal while working with him in the upcoming war drama 1971 Beyond Borders. Mohanlal had given a thumbs up for the movie and now Sujith is developing a full bound screenpaly for this movie, which is said to be a comedy entertainer.

There are also reports that before taking forward the project with Mohanlal, Sujith will be doing a movie with Biju Menon and Jayasurya in the leads. More details regarding the project is not yet known.

Meanwhile, Major Ravi’s 1971 Beyond Borders is gearing up to hit screens on April 7th. We saw glimpses of Sujith’s brilliant work in the teaser, with the war sequences. According to the makers, it is the first Indian movie to have war scenes involving battle tanks. Sujith and his team has put great efforts to execute these scenes to perfection. The team had shot in adverse conditions in the deserts of Rajasthan and the chilling conditions in Georgia.

Honey Bee 2 Review : Sans celebrations, it’s an overdose of melodrama

Krishna Veni
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Honey Bee 2 Review : Sans celebrations, it’s an overdose of melodrama

Honey Bee 2 Review : Sans celebrations, it’s an overdose of melodrama

The sequel for 2013 superhit movie Honey Bee has been released today. The first part was a sensational success among the youngsters, let’s see if Honey Bee 2 could repeat the same.

‌The movie begins with Sebastian aka Seban (Asif Ali) and Angel (Bhavana) in the hospital bed after their suicide attempt, which was shown in the first part. The Punyalan family accept their relationship and wave the green signal for their marriage. However, Seban’s parents, who are advocates settled in Bangalore, won’t accept this marriage. Seban arrived in Kochi years back after personal differences with his parents. Punyalan family decide to approach Seban’s parents with a proposal for an alliance without letting them know that Seban and Angel are already in a relationship. Rest of the plot revolves around their marriage proposal and the issues surrounding it.

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Honey Bee was targeted majorly at the youngsters and the makers succeeded in turning it into a superhit. So, naturally the sequel came in with high expectations. However, the reality is that Honey Bee 2 could not rise up to the expectations of the audience.

While Honey Bee was an entertaining movie with humour, friendship and efficient making style, the sequel gave more prominence to sentiments which paved way for a lot of dull moments. The screenplay reminded one of Krishna Poojapurra’s with it’s over dose of sentiments and melodrama, thereby teasing the patience of the audience.

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Honey Bee had was rollicking fun with Sreenath Bhasi, Balu Varghese and Baburaj lighting up the screen. Unfortunately, they were all sidelined this time for some emotional show by Lal and Sreenivasan.

Eventhough, a solid storyline is not necessary for such movies, the director has failed to weave an engaging plot and that itself is the biggest disappointment in the movie. Coming to the performance side, Sreenath Bhasi, Balu Varghese and Baburaj garner the audience applause even though the scope for performance is limited. Asif Ali, Bhavana, Lal, Sreenivasan, Lena have all done justice to their roles.

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Cinematography, music and editing were all passable with nothing noteworthy. Apart from some goofiness, the movie does not offer anything commendable.

In a nutshell, Honey Bee 2 Celebrations will not satisfy Honey Bee fans or those who expect to watch an entertainer.

Appani Ravi from Angamaly Diaries will be next seen in Pokkiri Simon, Oru Kaduththa Aaraadhakan

Vignesh Madhu
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Appani Ravi from Angamaly Diaries will be next seen in Pokkiri Simon, Oru Kaduththa Aaraadhakan

Appani Ravi from Angamaly Diaries will be next seen in Pokkiri Simon, Oru Kaduththa Aaraadhakan

While Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Angamaly Diaries continues to create waves in the box office, the rookie actors from the movie are bagging new offers. Sarath Kumar who impressed everyone with his performance as Appani Ravi will be next seen in Sunny Wayne’s upcoming movie Pokkiri Simon, Oru Kaduththa Aaraadhakan.

Sarath Kumar’s performance as the prime antagonist Appani Ravi won him a lot of appreciation. Veteran filmmaker Sathyan Anthikad rated it as one of the most realistic performances in recent times.

His physical appearance does not suit the conventional villain roles. However, Sarath with his impeccable performance showed that physical appearance is never a factor for a talented actor.

Pokkiri Simon, Oru Kaduththa Aaraadhakan, directed by Jijo Antony will start rolling from the first week of April in Trivandrum. It is about a hardcore Vijay fan and Sunny Wayne will be playing this role. The movie, written by K Ampady will focus on the energy, angst, pain, laughter, actions and pain in the life of a hardcore Vijay fan. It will be an out and out colorful entertainer.

Krishnan Sethukumar is producing this movie under the banner Srivari Films. Gopi Sunder will be handling the music department for this commercial entertainer.

Biggies to lock horns this Vishu season; Two Mammootty starrers to clash

Vignesh Madhu
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Biggies to lock horns this Vishu season; Two Mammootty starrers to clash

Biggies to lock horns this Vishu season; Two Mammootty starrers to clash

Malayali filmmakers pin high hopes on the Vishu season, which also coincides with the summer vacations. It is a favourite season for the families to throng theatres and makers try to cash in on that. Some highly exciting movies are waiting to hit screens for this year’s Vishu also.

Mammootty’s two movies- The Great Father and Puthan Panam, Mohanlal’s 1971 Beyond Borders and Nivin Pauly’s Sakhavu are the most exciting releases scheduled to hit screens this season.

The Great Father, directed by debutant Haneef Adeni is the most hyped movie of the year. The promos and teasers have sky rocketed the expectations of the audience. Fans have organised extensive fans shows and are going all the way out to ensure a massive opening. Sneha, Arya, Shaam, Malavika Mohanan and IM Vijayan will be seen in pivotal characters. The movie, said to be a revenge thriller, hit screens all over Kerala on March 30.

Major Ravi- Mohanlal team’s war drama 1971 Beyond Borders is all set to hit screens on April 7. It is a big budget war drama based on the 1971 war between India and Pakistan. In a bid to make it as a pan Indian movie, the director had roped in a huge star cast comprising of actors from many other industries like Allu Sirish, Arunoday Singh, Srushti Dange, Priyanka Agarwal, Zoya Zayed Khan, Neha Khan and many others. The movie will be released in four languages- Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Hindu. Telugu version, titled as 1971 Baratha Sathiradu will also hit screens on April 7.

One of the most awaited movies of the year, Puthan Panam will reach the Malayali audience as a Vishu gift. The movie marks the reunion of one of the most favourite actor-director combos of Mollywood, Mammootty and Ranjith. It will be a socially relevant movie discussing about the current financial situation and black money circulation in the country. Puthan Panam will be a different perspective on director Ranjith’s National Award winning movie Indian Rupee. So naturally, expectations are on the higher side. The movie features Ineya and Sheelu Abraham as the female leads. Siddique, Sai Kumar, Renji Panicker, Mamukoya, Harish Kanaran, Aanandam fame Vishak Nair, Ganapathy and many others will be seen in supporting roles.

Sakhavu, scheduled to release on April 15, will be Nivin Pauly’s first release of the year. The movie, directed by National award winner Sidharth Siva features Nivin in the role of Krishnakumar, a student leader from the Left front. Sakhavu will be an intense movie and not just another political drama. It will have equal doses of romance, humour and machismo. Aparna Gopinath, Gayathri Suresh and Kollywood actress Aishwarya Rajesh are playing the female leads in the movie.

Oru Visheshapetta BiriyaniKissa; Bhavana to play a pivotal role

Vignesh Madhu
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Oru Visheshapetta BiriyaniKissa; Bhavana to play a pivotal role

Oru Visheshapetta BiriyaniKissa; Bhavana to play a pivotal role

Actress Bhavana of late has been on a signing spree, all of them featuring her in substantial roles. The actress, who recently got engaged to Kannada producer Naveen, is now shooting for Kannada movie Tagaru starring Shivaraj Kumar in the lead.

In her latest movie, Oru Visheshapetta BiriyaniKissa, she will be seen as a radio operator. The movie directed by Kiran Narayanan is a fantasy drama set in a fictional village in Kerala, which is known for a mosque and the free weekly biriyani meal it provides.

The director in a recent interview to Times Of India, revealed the plot of the movie. He is quoted saying,
“The free biriyani offered by the head of the mosque every Sunday is so famous that people from across the State regardless of religion and caste, visit the mosque to taste it. The twist comes when the free meal programme comes to a standstill following the unexpected demise of the cook. From then on, a search is launched to find the best chef to resume the programme.”

Bhavana is essaying the role of a smart entrepreneur named Kamalambika, who runs Kumari Kamalambika FM channel. The movie is shown as being narrated to Kamalambika by popular North Malabar chef Ummi Abdulla in an interview. Nedumudi Venu, VK Sreeraman, Joju George, Lena, Vinay Forrt and Aju Varghese also play important roles in the movie.

Bhavana recently completed her portions for the first schedule of her upcoming Malayalam movie Adam Joan, starring Prithviraj in the title role. Narain, Rahul Madhav and Bollywood actress Mishti Chakraborty are also part of the cast. The movie marks the debut directorial of scenarist Jinu Abraham.

Bhavana’s Adventures of Omanakuttan, directed by debutant Rohit is scheduled to hit screens next month. She will be seen as Asif Ali’s romantic interest in the movie. She is also playing the female lead in the Telugu remake of superhit Malayalam movie Charlie, where she will be reprising Parvathy Menon’s role from the original.

Manju Warrier is like my second mom: Niranjana Anoop

Vignesh Madhu
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Manju Warrier is like my second mom: Niranjana Anoop

Manju Warrier is like my second mom: Niranjana Anoop

Manju Warrier’s C/O Saira Banu, continues to get good reports from all the release centres. Families have lapped up the movie with critics rating it as a decent watch that can be enjoyed with families. The movie is scripted by RJ Shaan and directed by newbie Antony Sony. Bipin Chandran has written the dialogues.

Manju Warrier is playing the titular role in this movie which also features yesteryear actress Amala Akkineni and Kismath fame Shane Nigam in major roles. Amala Akkineni made a comeback to Mollywood after a gap of over two decades through this movie.

Superstar Mohanlal has also lent his voice for Shane Nigam’s father’s character Peter George, a photographer. Another prominent role in the movie is Arundhathi, played by two film old Niranjana Anoop. She played Shane Nigam’s romantic interest in the movie. Her performance as the bold and vibrant Arundhathi was appreciated by the critics.

Manju Warrier is a family friend of Niranjana Anoop for several years and the two are very close to each other. In a recent interview, she said that Manju Warrier, whom she calls ‘Mema’, is more like a second mother. She also added that Manju is her partner in crime and that they both shares a very deep bond. Eventhough they are close to each other, Manju did not dwell to much on Niranjana’s acting. She just commented that it was cute and good.

Manju Warrier has played the role of a post woman in the movie while Amala Akkineni is seen in the role of advocate Annie John Tharavady in the movie. Shane Nigam portrayed the character of Joshua Peter, who is adopted by Saira Banu. He is a law college student who is passionate about photography.

C/O Saira Banu’s technical team comprises of mostly youngsters. Abdul Rahim cranked the camera in the movie while Sagar Dass is in charge of the edits. Mejo Joseph is the music director. The movie is produced by Eros International.

Parvathy Menon starts shooting for her Bollywood movie with Irrfan Khan

Vignesh Madhu
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Parvathy Menon starts shooting for her Bollywood movie with Irrfan Khan

Parvathy Menon starts shooting for her Bollywood movie with Irrfan Khan

We had earlier reported that Parvathy Menon will be entering Bollywood through an upcoming movie directed by scriptwriter Tanuja Chandra of Dil Toh Pagal Hai fame.

One of India’s most versatile actors Irrfan Khan is playing the lead role in this movie. The film is said to to be a romantic comedy, and the protagonists apparently fall in love with each other, during a road trip. Rishikesh, Gangtok and Bikaner would be the shooting locations of the film.

Parvathy has started shooting for the movie. In a recent chat with Times Of India, she elaborate more about her experience working in a Bollywood movie.

She told, “I am shooting for it right now. I am not allowed to say much about my character or the film. It is a wonderful opportunity. It’s unbelievable that I landed this but I am in no way viewing this as some sort of big break or launch or anything. It doesn’t even feel like a Bollywood film. The way they are working and the sets, it’s like doing another Malayalam film. There is no nonsense, just work.”

Parvathy Menon will be next seen in My Story, an intense romantic movie. Directed by debutante Roshni Dinaker, the movie features her Ennu Ninte Moideen co-star Prithviraj as the male lead. The two shot in Poland extensively last year and another schedule in Kochi is yet to be completed.

Mammootty, Vijay, Jr NTR, Allu Arjun; Varun Dhawan’s favourite South Indian stars

Vignesh Madhu
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Mammootty, Vijay, Jr NTR, Allu Arjun; Varun Dhawan’s favourite South Indian stars

Mammootty, Vijay, Jr NTR, Allu Arjun; Varun Dhawan’s favourite South Indian stars

Bollywood’s young star Varun Dhawan is a very active social media users who regularly interacts with his fans in Twitter. In a recent chat with his followers, Varun was asked about his favorite actors in South India.

The actor instantly replied that he has many favorite stars but took the names of Telugu actors Allu Arjun, Jr NTR, Megastar Mammootty and Ilayathalapathy Vijay.

His tweet reads,

“oh have so many yaaar Ntr jr, vijay, allu Arjun, Mammootty”

Varun Dhawan’s latest release, Badrinath Ki Dulhaniya is doing good business in the box office. This romantic comedy is the second installment of the franchise that started with Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya. The movie, directed by Shashank Khaitan features Alia Bhatt as the female lead. Varun and Alia’s chemistry has been appreciated unanimously by the critics.

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