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Baahubali actor Prabhas about Mohanlal and Mammootty

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Baahubali actor Prabhas about Mohanlal and Mammootty

Tollywood actor Prabhas is now a popular star all over India after his performance in the movie Baahubali. The actor is now busy shooting for the second part of the movie, Baahubali : The Conclusion.

In a recent interview, Prabhas was all praise about Mollywood’s big M’s Mohanlal and Mammootty. In the interview, he said that he has watched many movies of the two superstars and both of them have inspired him as an actor with their performances.

Prabhas also added that he recently met Mohanlal during an event and the actor was very cool and accommodative.

Bahubali 2 The Conclusion is a much awaited movie that is slated for a summer release next year. Directed by SS Rajamouli, the film will hit theatres in April 2017.

The magnum opus is said to be in its final shooting stage with two more songs and a couple of action sequences. Simultaneously the VFX works are also going on.

Recently the first look poster of the movie was released during the MAMI film festival in Mumbai.

The movie also stars Rana Daggubati, Sathyaraj, Anushka Shetty, Tammanah and Ramya Krishnan playing other important roles.

The first part, Baahubali The beginning was a smashing hit and ended up as one of the country’s biggest blockbusters ever.

A wax statue of Prabhas will be unveiled soon at Madame Tussaud’s in Bangkok, Thailand.

Kerala Box Office : Aanandam Collection Report 3 Days

Kerala Box Office : Aanandam Collection Report 3 Days

Aanandam directed by debutant Ganesh Raj was released on Friday to highly positive response from the audience.

Aanandam is a light hearted entertainer about a group of students who are on a fun trip as part of their Industrial Visit.

Aanandam focusses on the relationships, love and friendship between these youngsters. The movie is being getting unanimous appreciation from the critics and common audience alike.

According to latest collection reports, Aanandam has collected 2.2 crores gross from three days. This is a very big figure considering a movie starring new comers as the lead.

This is a very positive indication about the change for the better in Malayalam cinema. It should also be noted that the movie was released when big budget movie Pulimurugan running in theatres.

Generally only movies with big stars and directors get a great initial opening. The success of Aanandam is a great sign for youngsters and newcomers who are trying to enter the industry.

Most of the technical crew who have worked in Aanandam are youngsters who are just beginning to make their mark in the industry.

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Vineeth Sreenivasan is the only established name in the team. But that was more than enough for promoting the movie. The name Vineeth Sreenivasan has already become a brand that promotes youngsters and give quality movies.

Common audience and the industry insiders have praised Vineeth Sreenivasan for showing the willingness and courage to invest on a movie with such a new team.

Social media is flooded with positive reviews on Aanandam. Word of mouth is helping the movie a great deal. Since the movie is a light hearted entertainer with no double meaning jokes and vulgarity, audience of all age groups can completely enjoy the movie.

Trade circles confirm that shows for the movie has been increased in many theatres following the good response. Aanandam is enjoying a great run in the theatres with packed audience and is sure to end up as a super hit.

Kerala Box Office : Pulimurugan beats Drishyam collection record

Kerala Box Office : Pulimurugan beats Drishyam collection record

Mohanlal starrer Pulimurugan continues to create new records in the Kerala Box Office.

It is official now that Pulimurugan has beaten the Kerala collection records of Drishyam and now has become the highest grossing Malayalam movie in Kerala.

Pulimurugan has broken the Kerala collections of Drishyam’s 190 day run in just two-three weeks of its release. This is indeed a remarkable achievement for the team of Pulimurugan.

As per reports, Pulimurugan now has collected 45 crores from Kerala alone. Drishyam has collected 44 crores from its massive 190 day run. Ennu Ninte Moideen stands third with an amount of around 41.9 crores. Nivin Pauly starrer Premam is the next in the list with an amount of around 40 crores.

Chengazhi Nambiyar : Tovino Thomas’s character poster released

Another Mohanlal starrer Oppam, released this year during the Onam is also among the top 5 movies with a collection of 38.36 crores. Oppam is still running in the theatres. Earlier this week Oppam crossed the 50 crore mark with the overall collections.

Pulimurugan has having a phenomenonal run in the theatres even after three weeks of its release. Trade experts believe that Pulimurugan can surely cross the 100 crore mark. If it happens, Pulimurugan will be the first Malayalam movie ever to touch the coveted mark.

Pulimurugan is an action packed entertainer written by Udyakrishna and directed by Vysakh. This big budget movie is bankrolled by Tomichan Mulakupadam under his banner Mulakupadam films.

Pulimurugan also stars Telugu star Jagathi Babu, Kamalini Mukherjee, Kishore, Bala, Lal ,Vinu Mohan and others playing supporting roles.

Veeram Malayalam movie trailer released

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Veeram Malayalam movie trailer released

Veeram directed by Jayaraj is an epic historic drama is gearing up for release. The movie’s official trailer was released today.

Veeram is the most expensive movie ever made in Mollywood. This epic drama is made on a massive budget of 35 crores.

The movie is the fifth installment in director Jayaraj’s Navarasa series. It is an epic historical drama, adapted from legendary poet Shakespear’s classic Macbeth.

Bollywood actor Kunal Kapoor is playing the lead role in the movie. He is essaying the role of historic character Chanthu Chekavar in the movie.

Director Jayaraj had earlier assured that Veeram will collect around 100 crores from the box office.

The trailer shows crisply cut shots of sword fights and Kalaripayattu. Kunal Kapoor looks majestic as the warrior with his long hair and chiselled body.

Veeram is a technically superior movie with international standards being used. Production value for the Vfx and graphics for the movie alone accounted to around 20 crores.

Action choreographer Allan Poppleton, who has worked on films such as Lord of the Rings and Avatar is choreographing the action sequences in this movie.

Veeram is being made as a trilingual in Malayalam, Hindi and English. The makers are also planning to release in Tamil and Telugu languages by this year.

The film is co-produced by Chandramohan Pillai and Pradeep Rajan of Chandrakala Arts.

Chengazhi Nambiyar : Tovino Thomas’s character poster released

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Chengazhi Nambiyar : Tovino Thomas’s character poster released

Chengazhi Nambiyar is a new big budget Malayalam movie that will be written and directed by Sidhil Subramanian.

The movie will be based on the life of Chengazhi Nambiyar, Chandroth Panicker and many other historical figures who fought against Samoothiri in Maamaankam in 1505 AD.

The movie has the potential to highlight the importance of Malayalam language and the culture to a global level.

A character introduction poster of the movie was released today. Actor Tovino Thomas is playing the role of Puthumana Panicker in this movie. The team has not released the names of the other lead casts.

Chengazhi Nambiyar is planning as a multilingual made in several languages. Top stars from other industries are rumoured to play other important roles in the movie.

Chengazhi Nambiyar is the second movie in Malayalam to be based on Maamaankam. There was another movie titled Maamaankam directed by Navodaya Appachan starring legendary actor Prem Nazir.

The director, Sidhil Subramanian is an experienced technician who has been in the industry for a long tie now. He has worked as a creative director and VFX supervisor in many movies.

His latest movie Back To Life is in the post production stage. This movie had an extensive post production period of about 3 years for the VFX works.

Chengazhi Nambiyar is planned on a grand scale and will be made on a whopping budget of 100 crores.Currently the pre-production works the movie are underway.

Has Megastar Mammootty dropped Karnan ?

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Has Megastar Mammootty dropped Karnan ?

RS Vimal who made his debut through the romantic blockbuster Ennu Ninte Moideen, few months back announced that he will be doing a movie based on the life of historic character Karnan with Young Super Star Prithviraj Sukumaran playing the lead role.

At the same time actor-writer P Sreekumar had also announced that he will be writing a script for a movie based on the historical life of Karnan. He said that Mammootty will playing the epic character in his movie.

National award winning filmmaker Madhupal was said to be directing this movie. P Sreekumar also said that he had been working on this project for years now and the scripting is in its finishing stages.

But there has been no official confirmation about the movie as of now. Social media is abuzz with questions about Mammootty’s Karnan. There is an uncertainty regarding the movie in all the movie discussion circles and within the industry.

It has to be noted that Mammootty has not mentioned about the movie in any media interactions or events.

Mammootty meanwhile is busy shooting for The Great Father directed by debutant Haneef Adeni which is produced by August Cinemas.

He has also signed for new projects with Shafi, a mass entertainer with ace director Ranjith titled Vamban, a movie with Akhil Paul and another movie with 7th day fame Shyam Dhar.

Meanwhile, makers of Prithviraj starrer Karnan have started their extensive pre-production works in Hyderabad.

Director RS Vimal in a recent media interaction announced that the movie will be made on a large scale with a whopping budget of 300 crores. The makers are also trying to rope in top stars from other industries. This movie is planned as a pan Indian one with release in multiple languages.

Now since there are no official announcement from Mammootty’s side, people has started believing that this dream project has been dropped abruptly.

Veeram director Jayaraj apologizes to Mohanlal and his fans

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Veeram director Jayaraj apologizes to Mohanlal and his fans

Director Jayaraj who earlier made a controversial statement about Pulimurugan has now apologized to Mohanlal and his fans.

Director Jayaraj, earlier in a media interaction had said that his new movie Veeram will emulate the success of Pulimurugan and enter the 100 crore club of Mollywood.

He had also said that Mohanlal was not the major reason behind Pulimurugan’s massive success. The technical brilliance used in the movie is the reason behind such an enormous response from the audience, said director Jayaraj.

He had also asked why Mohanlal’s many other movies were flops in the box-office when he could deliver such a big blockbuster.

The director, now through his social media page has apologized to Mohanlal and his fans for unintentionally hurting them.

He has written that, Mohanlal is one of the world’s best actors. It his unbelievable acting abilities and dedication that is reason for such a tremendous success behind Pulimurugan.

He has also written that he only intended to say that technical brilliance and the grandeur of the movie was one of the reasons behind such a massive initial pull for Pulimurugan.

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Veeram directed by Jayaraj is gearing up for release. The movie is highly expected by the audience in Kerala. It is said to be the most expensive movie ever made in Malayalam with a massive budget of around 35 crores.

Bollywood actor Kunal Kapoor is playing the role of historical figure Chanthu Chekavar in the movie.

Veeram is the fifth installment in director Jayaraj’s Navarasa series. The movie is an adaptation of legendary poet Shakespear’s classic Macbeth.

Veeram is a trilingual made in Hindi, English and Malayalam. The film is co-produced by Chandramohan Pillai and Pradeep Rajan of Chandrakala Arts.

Director Vysakh predicts Pulimurugan’s success two years back

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Director Vysakhpredicts Pulimurugan’s success two years back

Mohanlal starrer Pulimurugan is continuing its dream run in the box office. The movie has already collected over 50 crores from three weeks of its release.

Pulimurugan is action packed entertainer directed by Vysakh. Vysakh two years back in a media interaction had shared his views on Pulimurugan.

He said that mass movies of superstars can create waves in the box office. And he is waiting to do a movie like that with Mohanlal.

He had said that Pulimurugan will be the perfect mass entertainer which can create a storm at the box office and pull crowd to the theatres.

Interestingly, whatever the director has said in the interview has been proved. Pulimurugan is triggering an unprecedented rush in the theatres.

This is the first time in Malayalam cinema industry where a movie is getting such a huge reception. People are flocking the theatres and celebrating this mass entertainer.

Director Vysakh should be credited for foreseeing such a big response. He had a clear picture of the audience mindset and provided them exactly what they were looking for.

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It has been a long time since a perfect mass entertainer was released in Mollywood. Pulimurugan filled the void and found the audience’s liking.

Pulimurugan is now planning to be remade in multiple languages. The Telugu dubbed version Manyampuli will be releasing soon.

The makers are also planning to release the movie in Vietnamese and Chinese languages as the theme of the movie is universal.

Meanwhile, Pulimurugan is roaring in the box office and is right on the way to end up as the highest grossing Malayalam movie ever.

If the movie can continue its good run, Pulimurugan can become the first movie in Mollywood to reach the coveted 100 crore mark.

Director B Unnikrishnan is all praise for Aanandam

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Director B Unnikrishnan is all praise for Aanandam

Aanandam directed by debutant Ganesh Raj was released on Friday. The movie has been getting good response from the audience.

Aanandam is a fun entertainer revolving around a group of students in an engineering college who are going for fun trip as part of their Industrial Visit.

The movie features Vishak Nair, Annu Antony, Thomas Mathew, Arun Kurian, Siddhi Mahajankatti, Roshan Mathew and Anarkali Marikar in the lead roles. All the 7 main leads are new comers.

The movie has getting great response and appreciation from the critics and common audience. Many celebrities have appreciated the movie through their social media pages.

Director B Unnikrishnan who has made films like Grandmaster and Madambi recently took to his Facebook page to congratulate the team of Aanandam.

In his post the director says, he enjoyed the movie for its the youthfulness and freshness. He praised director Ganesh Raj for his writing as well as direction. He also mentioned about the good work behind the cinematography, editing and music.

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The director also complimented Vineeth Sreenivasan for showing the willingness and guts to produce this movie with new comers and supporting them wholeheartedly.

The cinematography for the movie is handled by Premam fame Anend C Chandran and music is composed by singer turned composer Sachin Warrier. Editing is handled by Abhinav Sunder Nayak.

Vineeth Sreenivasan and Vinod Shornur has produced the film under the banner of Habit Of Life and Cast N Crew.

Director Lal Jose’s distribution company LJ films Pvt Ltd distributed the movie in Kerala. After getting good response from the audience, number of shows have been increased in many theatres.

Outside Kerala, the movie will be releasing on November 4th.

Mammootty’s range of acting is incomparable : Veeram hero Kunal Kapoor

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Mammootty’s range of acting is incomparable : Veeram hero Kunal Kapoor

Bollywood actor Kunal Kapoor is debuting in Malayalam cinema with the period drama Veeram. He is a noted actor in Bollywood with his performances in movies like Rang de Basanti and Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana receiving wide spread appreciation.

Veeram is the fifth installment in director Jayaraj’s Navarasa series. The movie is an epic historical drama, an adaptation of legendary poet Shakespear’s classic Macbeth.

Kunal Kapoor is playing the role of historical figure Chanthu Chekavar in the movie. Megastar Mammootty has earlier acted as Chanthu Chekavar in Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha for which he even bagged the national award.

Kunal Kapoor has said that Mammootty’s acting cannot be compared with his performance in Veeram. He also added that Mammootty’s acting cannot be compared with any other actor on the world.

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The actor said that he is a very big fan of Mammootty’s historic movies and has learned about sword fight from watching his movies. But he said that he has no seen Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha.

After signing Veeram he purposely stayed away from watching Mammootty’s such kind of movies because naturally an actor will get inspired from him and will try to imitate his performance.

Kunal Kapoor also said that he is a very big fan of Malayalam cinema. Drishyam was the last movie he saw in Malayalam. He said he could learn a lot from Mohanlal’s detailed acting. He is waiting to watch Mohanlal’s Pulimurugan next.

Veeram is made on a grand scale with a budget of 35 crores. It is made as a trilingual in Tamil, Malayalam and English. Director Jayaraj has earlier said that he is confident that the movie will touch the 100 crore mark.