Neelakasham Song From Jomonte Suviseshangal
Watch the Official Teaser of the Melodious song Neelakasham from Jomonte Suviseshangal, an upcoming Malayalam Movie directed by Sathyan Anthikad and starring Dulquer Salmaan, Mukesh, Aishwarya Rajesh, Anupama Parameswran among others. Music composed by Vidyasagar, Lyrics by Rafeeq Ahammed & Produced by Sethu Mannarkkad under the banner of Full Moon Cinema. Muzik247 is the official music label.
Song: Neelakasham
Singers: Sujatha Mohan & Najim Arshad
Mohanlal sir is my favorite actor in Malayalam : Trisha
Kollywood’s top actress Trisha has been among the top league of heroines from South India for nearly over a decade now. She has been part of many super hit movies with all the top stars from Kollywood only except superstar Rajinikanth. She also enjoys great popularity among the masses in Kerala.
The actress said she was extremely happy and thankful for the love the audience from Kerala have always showered on her. The pretty actress told that, Malayali audience have always welcomed movies from other languages and that she would love to do a movie soon. Trisha also added that Mohanlal is her favourite actor from the industry.
Her character Jessie in Gautham Menon’s classic love story Vinnaithandi Varuvaya was well received by the audience. In the movie she played a bold Malayali Christian woman.
Recently there were reports that Trisha has signed her first Malayalam movie with young sensation Nivin Pauly in the lead. Ace filmmaker Shyamaprasad would be helming this project titled as Hey Jude. The movie is said to be a typical Shyamaprasad love story.
The actress’ perfomance as Rudra, a character with grey shades in Dhanush’s recent hit movie Kodi was highly appreciated by the critics and common audience. She will be next seen playing the female lead opposite Aravind Swamy in Sathuranga Vettai 2.
Happy New Year : Support for Mohanlal from a kid !
Recently we had shared the trailer of a short film Happy New Year in which Mohanlal and many other stars from other industries are seen spreading awareness about child abuse. The trailer was first shared on Mohanlal’s official Facebook page. It later went viral across all social media platforms.
The short film is directed by TR Ratheesh and produced by KN Diljith and Athira Diljith. In the video, Mohanlal talks about his dream of a world where there is no abuse against children. At the end of the video, a kid is seen saying “I support Lalettan”. Even though there are many other stars in the video, the kid Surya Narayanan’s part looks very interesting.
Nowadays, abuse against children even kids are increasing at alarming rates. It is high time everyone start playing their parts to make this world a better place to live in for the kids, a world where they will not be subjected to any sort of abuse be it physical or mental.
The trailer also stars many other prominent actors like Kunchako Boban, Kavya Madhavan, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Shwetha Menon, Sanusha Santhosh, Nadirshah, Shruthi Lakshmi, Aju Varghese, Anoop Menon, Unni Mukundan, Priyamani, Pearly Maaney, Menaka, Kaniha, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy, Mia George and Aparna.
Box Office Collection : Dangal Collection Report 5 Days
Aamir Khan’s latest release Dangal has been getting immensely positive response from all the centres and it is reflecting on the soaring box office numbers as well. The movie has now crossed the 200 crore mark worldwide within 5 days of it’s release. The sports drama directed by Nitesh Tiwari was released on December 23rd.
The movie also stars Sakshi Tanwar, Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra, Suhani Bhatnagar along with Aamir Khan. The movie is about the real-life story of a wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat from Haryana who trained his daughters in wrestling and turn them into world class wrestlers.
Dangal has so far collected Rs 155.35 crore from the domestic market in five days and has broken many records in the process. The movie has collected Rs 29.78 crore, from Friday, Rs 34.82 crore on Saturday and a whopping Rs 42.35 crores on Sunday, Christmas day. It has topped off with a massive collection of Rs 25.48 crore on Monday, which is also the highest collection for any movie on a Monday this year. The record was previously held by Salman Khan’s blockbuster movie Sultan which collected 15.54 crore on its first Monday. The Aamir Khan starer has collected Rs 23.07 crore on Tuesday.
Mohanlal Movies 2016 : Hit Flop Overview
Dangal has been doing great business in the international market also. According to trustworthy trade sources, the film has collected Rs 76.16 crores from the overseas centres. In USA, the collections stand at Rs 22.76 crore, Canada – Rs 3.72 crore, Middle East region – Rs 18.20 crore, UK and Ireland – Rs 5.25 crore and Rs 3.59 crore from Australia. The movie has already become the all time highest grosser in North America, a record which was previously held by another Aamir Khan starrer Dhoom 3.
After the movie touched the 200 crore mark Aamir Khan thanked the auidence through his twitter account. The tweet reads,
“Thank you for all the love and warmth, and thank you for owning our film. Love. Team Dangal.”
Dangal now has a domestic collection of Rs 155.35 crore. It is now the third highest grosser of 2016 after Sultan and Jungle Book, Sultan collected Rs 300.45 crores while Jungle Book raked in Rs 181.75 crore from the Indian box office. Dangal is expected to overtake the lifetime collections of MS Dhoni : The Untold Story with its Tuesday earnings. The movie will soon enter the 200 crore club from Indian box office as there is no other big releases scheduled for this week.
Pelli Choopulu’s Malayalam version Oru Pennu Kanal Kadha gearing up for release
We had earlier reported that Telugu blockbuster Pelli Choopulu is being dubbed in Malayalam as Oru Pennu Kanal Kadha. This rom-com entertainer is now gearing up for release.
Pelli Choopulu is about a beautiful rom-com story of a boy and a girl brought together by a business proposition. It was made on a shoestring budget of Rs 1.30 crores, but it went on to do a massive business of around Rs 60 crores. Upon release, the movie was received with extremely positive reviews both from the common audience and the critics. It is widely acclaimed as one of the best movies released in Telugu industry in recent years.
Oru Pennu Kanal Kadha is directed by Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam. According to the producer Sunil AK, a single track from the movie will be released as a new year gift. The movie will be distributed in Kerala by Surya Films.
Vijay Devarakonda and Ritu Varma have played the lead roles in the movie which also stars Priyadarshi Pullikonda, Nandu, Abhay Bethiganti, Anish Kuruvilla, Sujatha, Kedar Shankara, Padmaja Lanka and Gururaj Manepalli in other major supporting characters.
Aanandam fame Roshan Mathew’s next titled Vishwasapoorvam Mansoor
Roshan Mathew who debuted as one of the seven main leads in the recent superhit movie Aanandam has bagged his next movie. He will be seen playing the title character in the upcoming movie Vishwasapoorvam Mansoor directed by PT Kunjimuhammed.
Roshan Mathew is the second actor from the Aanandam gang after Vishak Nair to sign his second movie. Vishak Nair who played Kuppi in Aanandam will be next seen in Ranjith’s upcoming movie Puthan Panam starring Mammootty in the lead.
Vishwasapoorvam Mansoor is a story that will discuss about the current socio-political scenario prevailing in the society. Roshan Mathew will play the character Mansoor, a youngster from a wealthy Muslim family who dreams of a careeer in cinema. But destiny has something else written for him. The movie is set in the north Malabar region.
PT Kunjimuhammed has written the dialogues and screenplay for the movie for Jayakrishnan Kaavil’s story. The movie is produced by KV Mohanan under the banner Vergin Plus Movies. Pandit Ramesh Narayan will be composing the music for lyrics written by Rafeeq Ahmed, Prabha Varma and Premdas.
Current heartthrob Prayaga Rose Martin will play the female lead in the movie opposite Roshan Mathew. Apart from the lead pair, the movie also features a host of supporting actors like Gauthami, Shwetha Menon, Renji Panicker, VK Sreeraman, Leona Lishoy, Santhosh Keezhattoor, Sajitha Madathil, Sunil Sughada, Shivaji Guruvayoor and many others.
Mohanlal Movies 2016 : Hit Flop Overview
If there is one man from Malayalam film industry who ticked all the boxes correctly in this year, it should be Mohanlal. The actor was going through a rough patch after delivering the all time blockbuster Drishyam in 2013. Eventhough he had a few hits, the actor was not part of any quality movies that could showcase his skills as an actor. But come this year, and Mohanlal rose back in sensational style delivering 4 back to back successes including two 100 crore movies.
Manamantha/Vismayam
Mohanlal started the year with his Telugu debut as a hero, Manamantha directed by Chandrasekhar Yeleti. The movie was made as a multlingual in Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil. Malayalam version of the movie was titled as Vismayam. It was a family entertainer where Mohanlal was seen as a common man, the kind of role Mohanlal stayed away post Drishyam. Vismayam was a critically acclaimed movie but could not reap a big commercial success. The movie was declared an average grosser by the Telugu media.
Janatha Garage
Mohanlal’s second release of the year was again a Telugu movie. Janatha Garage, directed by Kortala Siva was also dubbed and released in Malayalam. Mohanlal played the lead role alongside young superstar Jr NTR. The movie was a mass entertainer where Mohanlal played a do-gooder Sathyam, who runs a garage where people knock the doors for any help. The actor gave a restrained but terrific performance that was rarely seen in Telugu movies. Mohanlal won over the Telugu audience and opened the market for Malayalam movies in Andhra Pradesh and Telengana states. Janatha Garage became a massive blockbuster and successfully entered the 100 crore club. It ended up as the biggest blockbuster in Telugu cinema this year and finds it’s name among the highest grossing Telugu movies of all time.
Oppam
Oppam marked the return of the all time favourite combo Priyadarshan and Mohanlal. The movie was released for the Onam season, a few days after the release of Janatha Garage. Oppam was a crime thriller in which Mohanlal played the character Jayaraman, a blind man. This was the first time in his career where he played a full fledged character of a blind man. Oppam had all the Mohanlal-Priyadarshan moments, pleasant songs, occasional humour and strong content. Mohanlal once again did not fail to impress the audience with his performance. Oppam crossed the 50 crore mark and is currently the second highest grossing Malayalam movie.
Pulimurugan
Mohanlal’s next release was the highly anticipated Pulimurugan, which hit the screens for Pooja holidays. Directed by Vysakh, Pulimurugan was in the cine-news columns ever since it’s announcement. Staying true to the hype, Pulimurugan set a new record for the opening day figures in Mollywood. But that was merely a sample for what was to follow. The next few weeks witnessed an unprecedented rush for a Malayalam movie. The movie started shattering every single box office record. In no time, Pulimurugan became the fastest to 25, 30 and 50 crore marks. Pulimurugan soon became the highest grossing Malayalam movie beating Drishyam.
Whole of the industry was waiting for the movie to enter the elite 100 crore club. And the wait did not last longer as Pulimurugan became the first movie from Mollywood to touch the coveted mark. It is still continuing the glorious run in theatres even after touching the 150 crore mark from almost 3 months of its release. Mohanlal played the title character in this action packed entertainer written by Udhayakrishna. Mohanlal’s extraordinary performance backed up by Peter Hein’s action choreography and the VFX sequences involving the tigers were the major plus points of the movie.
Pulimurugan was dubbed and released in Telugu as Manyam Puli on December 2nd. The Telugu version also opened to great numbers in the box office and was declared a superhit.
Mohanlal’s upcoming movie, Munthirivallikalal Thalirkkumbol was initially scheduled to release for this Christmas season, but got postponed to next year due to the ongoing strike between the theatre owners and film producers association.
I don’t select movies based on whether the director is experienced or a newcomer, says Prithviraj
Prithviraj Sukumaran belongs to a rare breed of younger generation actors who do not shy away from doing a mixed genre of movies.
He rarely repeats himself and is constantly in the look for new exciting scripts where he can showcase his skills. If we take a closer look at his recent few movies we can see that there most of them are directed by new comers.
It all started in 2015 with the mega blockbuster movie Ennu Ninte Moideen (ENM) based on the heartbreaking real life love story of BP Moideen and Kanchanamala.
ENM was a huge success entering the 50 crore club. His next movie was the superhit multistarrer Amar Akbar Anthony. It marked the directorial debut of popular mimicry artist Nadirshah. After that he did Anarkali, again a debutant’s movie. Anarkali was the debut movie of script writer turned filmmaker Sachy.
His next movie was Pavada with Marthandan who had directed only one movie before that. It was followed by another one film old director, Jijo Antony’s Darwinte Parinaamam. After that he stared in James and Alice which was the directorial debut of cinematographer Sujith Vasudev.
His next release, Ezra is also directed by a debutant. Ad film maker turned director Jay Kay has made the movie.
Recently when asked about the trend in an interview, Prithviraj said that he never minds whether the director is senior or a newcomer while choosing a movie.
“I don’t choose scripts based on the experience of the director. I trust those people who can narrate the script with proper clarity.
It is well and good if they have also written the movie, because they create a movie. I commit myself to the project right from the scripting stages and enjoy my time during every aspect of film making.”
Prithviraj is currently shooting for the romantic entertainer My Story again directed by a debutante Roshni Dineker. After that he will be joining the sets of Vimanam, also directed by a debutant – Pradheep M Nair.
Post that he will be acting in Adam directed by debutant Jinu Abraham who has scripted movies like London Bridge and Masters. Prithviraj has already finished his portions for the socio-political drama Tiyaan directed by debutant Jiyen Krishnakumar. Another movie the actor has committed to is debutant Nirmal Sahadev’s Detroit Crossing.
Fukri Malayalam movie : Director Siddique and actor Siddique join hands after 25 years
Actor Siddique is one of the most versatile actors in the film industry. He has shined equally in humour, emotional characters, villainous roles etc. He will be next seen playing a pivotal character in Jayasurya starrer Fukri. His role in Fukri has a lot of specialities behind it.
Fukri is directed by popular filmmaker Siddique. The last time actor Siddique played a part in the veteran director’s movie was back in 1991 in the blockbuster movie Godfather.
The two are working together again after a gap of 25 long years. Also this is the first time in his three decade long career that Siddique will be playing the title character in a movie.
The two have been close friends and stay in the same locality in Ernakulam. They regularly meet and talk about movies. It was only recently during casual talk that both of them realised it has been 25 years since they have worked together. Both of them scaled new heights during this time period.
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Siddique even directed other industry superstars like Vijay and Salman Khan, while actor Siddique played many memorable characters in Malayalam during this period.
The actor recently in an interview has said that his role in Fukri will ba an interesting one. He is playing actor Lal’s father in the movie. Interestingly, this is also the first time Siddique is playing such an old character.
Director Siddique had mentioned in an interview that he chose to cast him because Fukri is a wealthy businessman who had his establishments in North India. The role demanded a certain grace and looks that only Siddique could bring to the table.
Fukri also stars Prayaga Rose Martin, Anu Sheetal, KPAC Lalitha essaying other important characters. The movie is jointly produced by Jenso Jose, Vaishak Rajan and director Siddique under the banner S Talkies.
Vinayan to direct a movie on Kalabhavan Mani’s life
2016 was a commercially great year for Malayalam cinema but the year was equally heartbreaking due to the bereavement of many dear artists from the industry. One among them was the shocking death of Kalabhavan Mani. The multifaceted actor passed away in March in a mysterious circumstances.
Starting from a humble background as an auto driver in Chalakudy, Kalabhavan Mani went on to become one of the most sought after actors in the industry. His talents knew no boundaries as he crossed the language barriers and made a mark for himself in all the South Indian industries.
Kalabhavan Mani’s life is now being made into a movie which will be directed by Vinayan. The director himself announced the news through a Facebook post he updated after taking charge as the chairman of the Kerala State Horticultural Products Development Corporation.
Kalabhavan Mani has acted in several movies directed by Vinayan, notable among them include Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum, Karumadi Kuttan, Rakshasa Rajavu etc.
He won a National Special Jury award for his performance in Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum. Vinayan recently came out with severe criticisms against the organisers of IFFI Goa and IFFK Kerala for disregarding Kalabhavan Mani.
Kalabhavan Mani’s death came as a huge shock to the industry. He was hospitalised by his close acquaintances after he vomited blood and fell unconscious in his outhouse.
He finally succumbed to death on March 6. There are still many unanswered questions and mystery surrounding his death. The police are investigating the case for the past 8 months.
