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Jude Anthany Joseph and Aju Varghese to play leads in a movie

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Jude Anthany Joseph and Aju Varghese to play leads in a movie

Aju Varghese and director Jude Anthany Joseph are teaming up for a new movie. But this it is not Jude directing Aju Varghese, instead both of them will play lead roles in an upcoming movie directed by a newcomer.

Aju Varghese is often called as the lucky charm of Malayalam film industry. In the past few years he has become one of the most inevitable actors in the industry.

He has shared screen space with almost all the lead actors ranging from Mohanlal, Mammootty to Jayasurya, Kunchacko Boban to Sunny Wayne and Unni Mukundan.

Though he is mostly limited to the hero’s sidekicks and humour roles, he has also played character roles in movies like Zachariayude Garbhinikal, Paisaa Paisaa, Mariyam Mukku and Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam. In the recent blockbuster movie Oppam, he played a role with grey shades.

Jude Anthany Joseph debuted as a director through the superhit movie Om Shanti Oshana. His recent directorial Oru Muthassi Gadha was also an average grosser in the box office.

He has acted in cameo appearances in movies like Premam, Action Hero Biju, Thoppil Joppan and his own Oru Muthassi Gadha. He is now taking a break from filmmaking and will be concentrating more on his acting.

The new movie starring Aju Varghese and Jude Anthany Joseph will be a through comedy entertainer with equal scopes of performance for both the actors.

Mohanlal plays his age in Munthirivallikalal Thalirkkumbol : Jibu Jacob

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Mohanlal plays his age in Munthirivallikalal Thalirkkumbol : Jibu Jacob

Mohanlal’s next release is Munthirivallikalal Thalirkkumbol directed by Jibu Jacob who debuted through the blockbuster Vellimoonga.

Munthirivallikalal Thalirkkumbol is written by M Sindhuraj based on the short story Pranayopanishad written by James VJ.

Director Jibu Jacob in a recent interview has said that the movie will have Mohanlal playing his age. He said, “Mohanlal has played the character Ulahannan, a panchayath secretary. Meena is playing his wife Aniyamma.

Jacobinte Swargarajyam fame Aima Rose Sebastian has played their elder daughter while Sanoop Santhosh is playing the younger kid. The story happens mostly in a house board colony and the Panchayath office.

It is a complete family entertainer that can be enjoyed the audience with families during this Christmas season.”

The movie also stars Anoop Menon, Srinda Arhaan, Kasaba fame Neha Saxena, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Sharafudheen, Sudheer Karamana, Kalabhavan Shajon, Alencier Ley, Rahul Madhav in other supporting characters.

The teaser, trailer and the recently song from the movie have all been well received by the audience creating a positive expectations for the movie. M Jayachandran is the music director for this movie.

Munthirivallikalal Thalirkkumbol is produced by Sophia Paul under the banner Weekend Blockbusters.

Film groups meeting with Minister goes in vain; Christmas releases to be cancelled

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Film groups meeting with Minister goes in vain; Christmas releases to be cancelled

In an attempt to resolve the ongoing issue between the theatre owners and the producers, minister AK Balan arranged meeting with all the groups in the Government Guest House in Wadakkanchery. But the meeting proved unsuccessful as the groups failed to reach a consensus. The meeting was attended by Producers Association, Film Exhibitors Federation and the Distributors Association.

The theatre owners association Film Exhibitors Federation have demanded a 50-50 share on the theaterical collections. Both the producers association and the distributors association have not complied with the demand stating that it will cause huge losses for them. Minister AK Balan has said that a judicial committee will be formed to solve the issues between the various film groups.

Mohanlal’s family entertainer Munthirivallikalal Thalirkkumbol, Prithviraj’s horror thriller Ezra, Dulquer Salmaan’s Jomonte Suvisheshangal and Jayasurya-Siddique team’s Fukri are the major releases from Mollywood scheduled to release this Christmas.

This new development will a massive set back for the makers as they have already invested large amounts in promotions and advertisements for a Christmas release. Not releasing during the holiday season will also have a great impact in the commercial prospects of the movie.

However there will be no issue for non-Malayalam releases. Aamir Khan’s Dangal and Suriya’s Singam 3 will be releasing as per the schedule.

Pulimurugan grossed 100 crores because of the increase in ticket charges : KB Ganesh Kumar

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Pulimurugan grossed 100 crores because of the increase in ticket charges : KB Ganesh Kumar

As the clash between Film Exhibitors Federation and Producers Association for the theatrical shares continue, ex-minister actor KB Ganesh Kumar has come out against both the groups. He has asked for the government to legally resolve the issue by controlling the steep increase in ticket rates.

The actor said, “Both the groups are responsible for the current situation in Malayalam cinema industry. Whenever there has been a commercially profitable period in the industry, a strike will be called and this has been the trend for the past many years. Both the associations are trying to take decision that are favourable for themselves and not for the betterment of the film industry. With the steep increase in ticket rates, both the producers and the theatre owners have reaped profit whatever be the shares.”

Movies like Pulimurugan and Premam crossed 100 and 50 crores majorly because of the high ticket price. Ticket prices ranging from 350-500 are truly unjustifiable. According to the law prevailing currently, the State minister in charge of cinema cannot interfere and compromise the issue between the two issues. This rule should be amended and made like the one in Tamil Nadu.”

The theatre owners association, Exhibitors Federation have demanded for half of the theatrical shares of the upcoming releases.

Distributors and producers have firmly opposed this demand made by theatre owners. As a result a cinema strike was called for and many highly expected releases scheduled to release for Christmas had to be postponed to later dates.

Dulquer Salmaan’s Jomonte Suvisheshangal was initially scheduled to release on December 16th but got postponed. Prithviraj’s Ezra and Mohanlal’s Munthirivallikalal Thalirkkumbol are the other biggies which were scheduled to release for this Christmas.
Only the release of Malayalam movies will be affected due to the issue. Aamir Khan’s Dangal will release as per schedule on December 23.

Pulimurugan beats Sultan, Rustom and MS Dhoni : The Untold Story

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Pulimurugan beats Sultan, Rustom and MS Dhoni : The Untold Story

Superstar Mohanlal’s blockbuster film, Pulimurugan continues to do phenomenal business at the Box Office. The action packed entertainer was released during the Pooja holidays on October 7. The movie is still running more than 100 centers in Kerala theatres.

Ever since the release, the movie has been busy breaking pre existing records and creating new ones. It became the first Malayalam movie to enter the 100 crore club.

The movie is not only doing well in the Kerala Box office, it is creating waves in other centres also. Recently the movie completed it’s 11th successful week in Mumbai.

It is a phenomenal achievement considering that some of the Bollywood blockbusters released this year like Salman Khan starrer Sultan, Akshay Kumar’s Rustom and Sushant Singh Rajput’s MS Dhoni :The Untold Story struggled to run past 50-theatrical days in Mumbai.

With this astounding achievement Pulimurugan is now one of the highest running movies of 2016 in Mumbai along with Marathi films Katyar Ghusal, Natsamrat and Sairat.

Mohanlal’s other blockbuster Oppam released for Onam this year also had a tremendous run in Mumbai.

Pulimurugan is written by Udhayakrishna and directed by Vysakh. The movie told the story about a village which is frequently attacked by man eating tigers and how a wild hunter Murugan comes to their rescue.

Mohanlal played the title role while Kamalini Mukherjee played his lead pair. Other cast members include Tollywood actor Jagpathi Babu, Lal, Vinu Mohan, Siddique, Namitha, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Kishore, Bala, Makarand Deshpande, Nandu, Gopakumar etc.

The movie also shattered many box office records in the overseas centres as well. Pulimurugan became the highest grossing South Indian movie in UAE by beating the previous records set by SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali: The Beginning and Superstar Rajinikanth’s Kabali.

Pulimurugan is also the all-time highest grossing Malayalam movie in other overseas centres like UK, USA and New Zealand .

Telugu version of the movie titled as Manyam Puli was released recently. The movie has already been labelled as a superhit by the Telugu medias after raking in crores from the initial few days itself.

Action Hero Biju fame Anu Emmanuel to debut in Tamil

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Action Hero Biju fame Anu Emmanuel to debut in Tamil

Anu Emmanuel made her entry into the film industry as a child artist in Jayaram’s Swapna Sanchari. She later made her debut as a lead heroine earlier this year through Nivin Pauly’s blockbuster movie Action Hero Biju.

She is now making her debut in Kollywood through Vishal’s next movie titled as Thupparivaalan. The movie is directed by revered filmmaker Mysskin. Popular South Indian actress Rakul Preeth Singh was earlier roped in to for playing the female lead in the movie but she later opted out owing to schedule clashes.

Kamal Haasan’s daughter Akshara Haasan is playing the role of an antagonist in Thupparivaalan. The movie also features Prasanna, Andrea Jeremiah, Vinay Rai and Bhagyaraj in other important roles.

Thupparivaalan is said to be a fantasy film produced by Vishal’s home production banner Vishal Film Factory.

Anu Emmanuel also made her debut in Tollywood through Nani’s Majnu. She is also playing the second heroine in superstar Pawan Kalyan’s upcoming movie. Right now the actress has a handful of projects in Tollywood.

The US brought up actress was initially cast as the heroine in Dulquer Salmaan- Amal Neerad’s new movie before she was replaced by debutant Karthika Muraleedharan.

Director Ram waited years for Mammootty’s dates because no one else play this character

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Director Ram waited years for Mammootty’s dates because no one else play this character

National award winning filmmaker director Ram’s next film, Peranbu with Megastar Mammootty in the lead will hit the screens in February next year.

According to sources, the director waited for years to get Mammootty’s dates because he felt that apart from him, no one else could play that character. Finally, shoot for the movie started in the beginning of this year.

Mammootty is playing the character Amuthan in the movie. Popular actress Anjali is playing the female lead in this movie. Sarath Kumar, Kaniha and Suraj also play pivotal characters in Peranbu.

It is said that Mammootty’s character Amuthan in the movie has the potential for yet another National award if the jury does not turn blind eye towards him as has the case been for many deserving performances in recent years.

Peranbu is a movie about a father daughter relationship. Thanga Meengal fame Baby Sadhana is playing the role of Mammootty’s daughter in the movie.

Shoot for the movie was completed few months and the post production works are in full swing to ensure a smooth release in February.

The movie will also have a dubbed version in Malayalam after Mammootty insisted that the movie has an universal theme that will appeal to the Malayali audience as well.

Director Ram’s Thanga Meengal won the National award for best feature film in Tamil for the year 2013. Yuvan Shankar Raja is composing the music while National award winner Sreekar Prasad is the editor.

Pernabu is produced by PL Thennappan under the banner Sri Rajalakshmi Films.

Prithviraj talks about his next film Vimanam

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Prithviraj talks about his next film Vimanam

Vimanam directed by debutant Pradeep M Nair stars Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lead. Official first look poster of the movie was released recently. The movie is inspired from the real life of Saji Thomas, a hearing and speech impaired person who built a light weight aircraft on his own.

Recently, Prithviraj talked about how he signed for the movie. He said “Pradeep told me about the movie back in 2012. I asked him for the script for discuss further discussions.

He came to meet me in 2014 when I was shooting for Sapthmasree Thaskaraa in Thrissur. The shoot was planned for day night and there were breaks in between the shifts. So I told Pradeep that to narrate the screen but also said that I will have to go back to the sets when they call me.

But what happened was the exact opposite. I listened to the whole script even when they were calling me from the location for shoot. I was really impressed after hearing the whole script. I told Pradeep that I will produce the movie itself if no one else is coming forward.”

Vimanam is not a biography about Saji Thomas’ life. It will have an endearing romantic track also. The movie will have two time periods and so the lead character played by Prithviraj will have two different appearance look wise.

Nedumudi Venu, Sudheer Karamana, Shanthi Krishna and many other prominent supporting actors are also part of the cast. The female lead will be a new comer who has not yet been finalized.

Vimanam will be a big budget movie that will involve lot of VFX works for the flying scenes. Prithviraj will also be taking flying courses for playing the part on the movie. Gopi Sunder is composing the music for this movie which will be produced by Listin Stephen.

The movie will go on floors on January 20. Shoot will majorly happen in Batkal in Mangalore. Kochi and Delhi are the other locations

Aamir Khan would love to play Lord Krishna in SS Rajamouli’s Mahabharatha

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Aamir Khan would love to play Lord Krishna in SS Rajamouli’s Mahabharatha

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan is widely regarded as the Mr Perfectionist of Indian cinema because he rarely puts a foot wrong be it his selection of movies or the efforts he takes to portray a character convincingly.

The actor recently in a media interaction said that he would love to play the role of Hindu god Krishna. He was reply to a question about his thoughts on ace filmmaker SS Rajamouli’s plans on making a movie on the Indian epic Mahabaratha.

He said, “If a film is being made on the epic Mahabharata, I would like to play the role of lord Krishna.”

Of Late, Aamir Khan has been releasing only one movie in a gap of two years. But the actor has said that his next movie will be out in eight months time.

He said, “They say that my film releases once in every two or three years. I thought I must address that complaint. So, within eight months you will see my next film,”

He also said that he would like to work with south Indian stars like Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan, adding that he was open to act in a South Indian film, if an exciting script came his way.

Aamir Khan’s next release, Dangal is gearing up to hit the screens worldwide on December 23. The movie directed by Nitesh Tiwari is a sports drama in which Aamir Khan is playing the character of a wrestler inspired from the real life of Mahavir Singh Phogat.

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Dangal is a movie about how a father trains his two daughters in wrestling to bring glory to the country. The movie has been declared tax-free in Uttar Pradesh.

The distribution team of Disney has applied for tax exemption in all the states so that maximum people watch the movie. Recently Zee TV brought the satellite rights of the movie for a whopping 75 crores which is the highest for any movie in the country.

The actor meanwhile is sporting thick beard and moustache apparently for his next movie Thugs of Hindustan directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya which will see him sharing screen space with Amitabh Bachchan for the first time in his career.

Who is this talented toddler who has impressed KS Chithra

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Who is this talented toddler who has impressed KS Chithra

KS Chithra is one of the most legendary play back singers that the country has ever seen. The six time national winner has sung in almost all the Indian languages for over 25,000 songs.

Music lovers fondly call her Vanambadi (nightingale of Kerala) for her soothing and melodious voice. There aren’t many singers currently who can match up to KS Chithra’s voice and grace.

But a small kid seems to have won the singer’s hearts with her rendering of the famous song “Manjal prasadavum nettiyil charthi”. The talented kid has sung the song beautifully with her sweet and innocent voice. Chithra posted the video on her Facebook wall enquiring about the whereabouts of the kid.

The above mentioned song from the movie Nakakshathangal has won Chithra a National award. The song was written by legendary poet ONV Kurup and composed by Bombay Ravi.

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The video posted by Chithra in Facebook has already been shared by 12000 people. Let’s hope that it soon reaches someone who personally know the kid because it is not a small thing to have grabbed the attention of such a legendary singer.