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Reba Monica John to pair opposite Neeraj Madhav in Paippinchuvattile Pranayam

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Reba Monica John to pair opposite Neeraj Madhav in Paippinchuvattile Pranayam

We had earlier reported that Neeraj Madhav will be playing the lead role in an upcoming romantic entertainer titled as Paipinchuvattile Pranayam.

The movie directed by new comer Domin D’silva. He has also scripted the movie jointly with Antony Jibin. The movie focuses on romance, comedy and some relevant social issues.

The makers have roped in Reba Monica John, to play Neeraj Madhav’s romantic interest in the movie. She made her debut last year opposite Nivin Pauly in the superhit Jacobinte Swargarajyam, directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan.

Paipinchuvattile Pranayam will feature Neeraj Madhav as a boy, a character tailor made for him. Reba Monica is playing the role of Tina, a girl who grew up in an island.

In a recent interview with Times of India she is quoted saying, “I play Tina who grew up in an island. My character is shown as someone tolerant to the problems that exists in such a place. Though she is brought up in a naadan way, she is neither completely traditional nor modern.

She shared more details about the romantic track in the movie. “It is not a clichéd romance but a cute love story. I will be playing an equally prominent role as that of Neeraj. In between all the love scenes, there is a serious issue happening, and how the duo go about it forms the crux of the film.

The movie will be shot at Thanthonithuruth, an island near Kochi. Bijibal will be handling the music department of the movie.

It is produced by K V Vijaya Kumar Palakunnu under the banner of Aishwarya Sneha movies. He had earlier produced Dulquer Salmaan’s romantic entertainer 100 days of Love.

Pawan Kalyan fans behind Duvvada Jagannadham (DJ) becoming the most disliked teaser in India

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Pawan Kalyan fans behind Duvvada Jagannadham (DJ) becoming the most disliked teaser in India

We had recently reported that the teaser of Allu Arjun’s upcoming movie Duvvada Jagannadham (DJ) has become the most disliked teaser in South India.

DJ’s teaser has already fetched around 1.05k dislikes within a week of it’s release. The steep increase in count has made it the most disliked teaser in India.

The reason for this bizarre dislike count goes back to the success meet of Allu Arjun’s blockbuster movie Sarrainodu. Pawan Kalyan fans from the audience had apparently asked Allu Arjun to talk a few words about their favourite star Pawan Kalyan. Allu responded back saying “Cheppanu brother“.

This response from Allu Arjun didn’t go down well with the Power star’s fans. They started making trolls on Allu Arjun alleging that he insulted Pawan Kalyan. When DJ’s teaser was released, Pawan Kalyan fans decided to hit the dislike option.

Miffed by this, Allu Arjun fans have also started the attack. Pawan Kalyan’s Katamarayudu teaser has earned 5,000 more dislikes, by Sunday afternoon, since DJ’s teaser released.

Duvvada Jagannadham stars model turned actor Pooja Hegde as the female lead. Director Harish Shankar, known for his blockbusters movies like Gabbar Singh and Mirapakay is helming this mass entertainer. Devi Sri Prasad is composing the music, marking his seventh time union with Allu Arjun.

Duvvada Jagannadham is produced by Dil Raju under the banner Sri Venkateswara Creations. The movie is scheduled to release by May this year.

Hrithik Roshan in Kaththi Hindi remake

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Hrithik Roshan in Kaththi Hindi remake

According to latest reports coming in from Kollywood media, Hrithik Roshan will be playing the lead in the remake of Tamil blockbuster movie Kaththi. Earlier, Akshay Kumar was said to play the lead but we now hear that the makers have approached Hrithik Roshan.

Kaththi starring Ilayathalapathy Vijay was directed by ace filmmaker AR Murugadoss. It was a socially relevant mas entertainer that discussed about the plight of farmers in Tamil Nadu. Vijay played a dual role in the movie. The movie was a massive success both critically and commercially. Vijay won a lot of appreciation for his performance in the movie. Kaththi is also one of the biggest ever blockbusters in his career.

AR Murugadoss was said to remake the movie in Hindi with Akshay Kumar, but the project could not take off. It is still not clear whether Murugadoss himself will be directing the movie in Hindi with Hrithik Roshan. The director is currently busy with his upcoming Telugu movie with Mahesh Babu. He has earlier remade movies like Ghajini with Aamir Khan and Vijay’s Thuppaki with Akshay Kumar as Holiday. His last Hindi release, Akira was also a remake of Tamil movie Mounaguru.

It will be exciting to watch Hrithik stepping in the shoes of Vijay. Kaththi was recently remade in Telugu as Khaidi No 150 with Chiranjeevi in the lead role. It was also a big commercial success.

Hrithik Roshan meanwhile is on a break for a fitness programme. His last release Kaabil, a revenge thriller was a commercially successful movie. Released alongside Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees, Kaabil enjoyed a fair run in the theatres.

Angamaly Diaries vs Oru Mexican Aparatha on March 3

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Angamaly Diaries vs Oru Mexican Aparatha on March 3

This coming week, it’s the battle of youngsters in the Mollywood box office. Two highly anticipated movies, Oru Mexican Aparatha and Angamaly Diaries are releasing this Friday. Here we look at the prospects of both the movies.

Oru Mexican Aparatha is a campus political drama. The movie directed by debutant Tom Emmatty features Tovino Thomas in the lead role. Neeraj Madhav, Roopesh Peethambaran, Gayathri Suresh and Kalabhavan Suresh essay other major characters. The story is set in the Maharajas campus in the early 2000s. The promo songs and trailer have caught the attention of the audience. Malayalis have always had a particular liking for political dramas and Tovino is also making rapid strides from a supporting actor to a bankable star. He enjoys an extended fan base and hence chances are high for Oru Mexican Aparatha to become a superhit success.

Angamaly Diaries, directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery stars newcomers in the lead roles. The movie reportedly features 85 new faces playing various characters. Despite being a movie with a lesser known star cast, Angamaly Diaries has been able to create the right kind of buzz prior to release. Lijo Jose Pellissery has always tried something fresh and unique in his movies and hence Angamaly Diaries is eagerly awaited. The trailer and songs have also struck a chord with the audience.

New ideas and latest film making techniques will be seen only when youngsters come into the picture. So, let’s hope both the movies become commercially successful and inspire producers to support new faces.

Five movies in the 50 crore club for Mohanlal

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Five movies in the 50 crore club for Mohanlal

Mohanlal’s latest release Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol (MVT) has also entered the elite 50 crore club. This family entertainer directed by Jibu Jacob is Mohanlal’s third successive movie to enter the club and fourth Malayalam movie and fifth overall.

Mohanlal’s Drishyam was the first Malayalam movie to cross the 50 crore mark. This Jeethu Joseph directorial was a family thriller in which Mohanlal and Meena played a couple. Drishyam set the cash registers ringing like never before for a Malayalam movie. It had a theatrical run of over 150 days. The movie was later remade in languages like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.

Mohanlal marked his Telugu debut last year with Janatha Garage. He teamed up young star Jr NTR in this mass entertainer. The superstar won over the Telugu audience with his subtle and effortless performance. The movie, directed by Kortala Siva is one of the biggest ever blockbusters in Telugu cinema. Overall business of the movie is estimated to be around 130 crores.

Last year, Mohanlal’s glorious run in Malayalam started during the Onam season. The all-time favorite duo of Mohanlal and Priyadarshan teamed up for Oppam, a crime thriller. It was both critically and commercially acclaimed. The movie had a theatrical run of over 100 days registering a worldwide business of around 65 crores.

Before the Oppam wave could settle, Mohanlal’s highly anticipated movie, Pulimurugan hit the screens. The movie released on October 7 during the Pooja holidays registered a new record in the opening day collections for a Malayalam movie. Soon, it shattered every single pre- existing box office record in the Malayalam film industry. This action packed entertainer directed by Vysakh became the first ever Malayalam movie to enter the 100 crore club. The overall business of the movie has gone well past Rs 150 crores.

Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol was released on January 20. Meena paired up with Mohanlal once again, after Drishyam. The movie is written by M Sindhuraj based on James VJ’s popular short story Pranayopanishath. The story revolves around a middle aged couple who rediscover their lost love from the boredom of their routine life. MVT has minted Rs 38 crores from the all India collections crores and another 12 crores from the overseas centres.

A chit chat session with Angamaly Diaries director Lijo Jose Pellissery

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A chit chat session with Angamaly Diaries director Lijo Jose Pellissery

Maverick filmmaker Lijo Jose Pellissery’s latest directorial, Angamaly Diaries is gearing up for releases. Like all his previous movies, Angamaly Diaries also promises to be a new experience for the audience. The movie features around 85 newcomers as part of the cast. It has grabbed the eyeballs of the audience with the impressive promos and songs.

From a director’s point of view, what is Angamaly Diaries?

There are only a few movies that have discussed about a particular area’s culture. Angamaly Diaries is one such movie that will throw light on the topography and culture of the locals of Angamaly. The movie will give an insight to the nature of the people, friendship, humour, love, crime and all sorts of emotions.

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Most directors tend to begin their career with newcomers and then try to rope in stars, but you started with big stars and is now doing a movie with around 85 new faces. What was the thought process behind that?

I didn’t plan anything like beginning my career with stars and then moving to newcomers. While reading the script I thought it would be better if we shoot the movie with newcomers. The script demanded it and that has reflected on the freshness. There are a lot of scenes that had to be shot in live locations like crowded areas and markets. So it was comparatively easier while shooting with freshers. Plus, I always had a wish to do a movie with new faces and everything just fell in place for Angamaly Diaries.

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Technical aspects of the movie

The movie was shot with a low budget but we didn’t compromise on the technical aspects. We have tried many new things for scene perfection. When you watch the movie on screen, you will get to see a lot of freshness.

All the songs in the movie are unique and new. Was it intended that way?

Like I told you, the movie is about the culture of the locals in Angamaly. So we have used the folk songs from the Angamaly region. We reworked on it and composed the tracks with a brand new orchestration.

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There were reports about a project with Megastar Mammootty. What is the current status?

We had planned on such a project but couldn’t take it forward due to many reasons. Not only that, some other projects are also there in the initial stages. Things have to fall in place at the right time. Angamaly Diaries was something that we didn’t plan but it just happened at the right moment.

Newcomer Antony Varghese is playing the lead role in this movie which is written by popular actor Chemban Vinod Jose. Girish Gangadharan has cranked the camera while Shameer Muhammed handled the editing. Prashanth Pillai has composed the music in this movie, produced by Vijay Babu under the banner of Friday Film House.

We wish all success for the team of Angamaly Diaries.

Inspiring post from the actress subjected to assault

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Inspiring post from the actress subjected to assault

We had recently reported that the popular actress who was assaulted in Kochi few days back, has returned back to work. She is currently shooting alongside Prithviraj for the upcoming movie Adam.

The actress recently took to Instagram and shared a photo of her. Along with the photo, she shared an inspiring caption. It reads, “Life has knocked me down a few times, I showed me things I never wanted to see. I experienced sadness and failures. But one thing for sure, I always get up !

The actress also thanked all those who supported and prayed for her. Her inspiring decision to return back to work leaving behind all the scars from the incident, was widely appreciated. She has sent a strong message to the society by not going down after tragedy struck. All our prayers and support with her.

Trefor Proud- Man behind the stunning makeup design in Veeram

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Trefor Proud- Man behind the stunning makeup design in Veeram

Director Jayaraj’s much awaited epic historic drama Veeram was released last week to good response from the critics and the audience. The movie is an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth based on the Northern ballads or Vadakkan pattukal of Malabar region.

Vadakkan Pattukal is not an unfamiliar theme for Malayali audience. There have been several movies right from the black and white days that were based on the characters from Vadakkan Pattukal. So, a lot of brainstorming must have happened during the pre-production of Veeram.

Veeram does not have any kind of similarity to the earlier released movies of the same theme. The setting, geography, visual language, character looks, art works everything is entirely different from what we have seen before.

If we take the case of make up for the artists, we notice a lot of detailing behind each character’s looks. Almost every character, including the artists in the background are seen sporting medieval coiffure and accessories.

Academy Award winner Trefor Proud was the in charge of the make up department in Veeram. He has worked in several Hollywood movies and TV shows, which include Gladiator, Lewis and Clark, Spy, Jack Reacher, London Dreams, Octane, Underworld, The Princess in Love, Star Wars, The Gospel of John and John Adams.

Trefor researched for several months for understanding the costumes and makeup during that period. The costumes represent the clothes worn by 13th century warriors in North Malabar. Body paints and tattoos were also used to give a fierce look to the charecters. His work in the movie has been highly appreciated for bringing a lot of novelty to the character’s looks.

Mammootty is a strict and short tempered professor in an upcoming mass thriller

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Mammootty is a strict and short tempered professor in an upcoming mass thriller

We had earlier told you that Mammootty has signed for a new movie with Rajadhiraja fame Ajai Vasudev. The movie will be written by Udhayakrishna, who is fresh from the historic success of Pulimurugan.

This yet to be titled movie will be a mass thriller set in the backdrop of a government arts college. Mammootty will be seen as a strict and short tempered professor in the movie. The actor previously played a college professor in Kamal’s Mazhayethum Munpe, released back in 1995.

According to director Ajai Vasudev, Mammootty’s role in the movie is a larger than life character that we are used to see in mass entertainers. Ajai Vasudev- Mammootty- Udhayakrishna team’s previous movie, Rajadhiraja was also a full on full mass entertainer.

Unni Mukundan is also playing a pivotal character in the movie. He will be sharing screen space with Mammootty for the third time after Bombay March 12 and Fireman. Unni Mukundan will also be working as an assistant to screenwriter Sethu in his debut directorial which stars Mammootty in the lead role.

Veteran actor Mukesh will be seen in the role of a vice principal in this mass thriller. Salim Kumar and Maqbool Salmaan are also part of the cast.

Shaji Kumar who handled the camera in Pulimurugan is the DOP. Anal Arasu will be choreographing the high voltage stunt sequences in the movie. CH Mohammed is producing this movie which will go on floors by April first week.

Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol enters the 50 crore club; Jibu Jacob thanks the audience

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Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol enters the 50 crore club; Jibu Jacob thanks the audience

Mohanlal’s latest release Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol has officially entered the 50 crore club of Mollywood. Earlier in the day, Mohanlal shared the happy news with his followers through his Facebook.

The movie is directed by Jibu Jacob. His debut movie, Vellimoonga starring Biju Menon in the lead was a sleeper hit, one of the highest grossers in 2014. MVT was initially scheduled to hit screens during the Christmas season but had to be postponed due to the theatre strike. Jibu Jacob had expressed his disappointment over the lost Christmas season. But director is now elated about the success of the movie and thanked the audience on behalf of his team.

Mohanlal and Meena played the lead roles in the movie. MVT is Mohanlal’s third successive Malayalam movie to enter the club after Oppam and Pulimurugan. Telugu movie Janatha Garage, released before Oppam was a 100 crore grosser. So that makes it his fourth successive movie across all languages to enter the 50 crore club.

Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol is written by M Sindhuraj based on James VJ’s popular short story Pranayopanishath. The story revolves around a middle aged couple who rediscover their lost love from the boredom of their routine life.

Upon release, the movie garnered widespread appreciation from the critics and common audience. Families took a particular liking for the movie and flocked the theatres in large numbers.

Mohanlal essayed the character of Ulahannan, a panchayath secretary while Meena played his wife Aniyamma, a homemaker. Jacobinte Swargarajyam fame Aima Rose Sebastian and Sanoop Santhosh played their kids in the movie. Anoop Menon, Neha Saxena, Srinda Arhaan, Alencier Ley, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Rahul Madhav, Kalabhavan Shajon and many other actors played the supporting characters.

Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol was produced by Sophia Paul under the banner Weekend Blockbusters.