Gayathri Suresh is now one of the popular actresses in Mollywood. She had shot to fame through the Kunchacko Boban starrer flick Jamna Pyari which released last year. She is now acting in Sidharth Siva’s Nivin Pauly starrer which is filming now in thissur. We have some of her latest stills with us and lets have a look at it by visiting our onlookers Media gallery.
It is really a wonderful thing that big production and distribution houses in Mollywood has started to support small films and it will help more and more newcomers to come forward with their creative outputs. Earlier we reported that the award winning movie Ozhivu Divasathe Kali by Sanal Kumar Sasidharan will be distributed by Aashiq Abu and it will hit the screens on June 17.
Now, on the same day another film also hit the screens here in Kerala and it is titled as Lens. The popular production and distribution banner named LJ Films owned by master director Lal Jose had took up the responsibility to distribute this film here.
This film is scripted and directed by Jayaprakash Radhakrishnan who is a debutant here in Mollywood. The team who worked behind this project are also newcomers in this industry. Lal Jose said that he saw this film and it had really touched his heart. The film discusses a relevant subject and Lal Jose said that he does not want this film get ignored due to the absence of big stars in it. That’s why he chose to take up the responsibility of distributing this film.
The film will come to screens on June 17 and at first it will release only in 25 screens which are selected by the team. If people loved this movie, then it will be increased to more screens. Lal Jose requested us to support this film by watching it as early as possible and said that the encouragement from audience will help a few talents to become a part of the Malayalam Film Industry.
At last it seems that popular actor Jayaram will get a box office success after some years. His latest release Aadupuliyattam had got decent reviews from the audience and now getting a steady collection from screens here in Kerala. This horror-comedy thriller is attracting the children and family audience and that is helping this movie to move smoothly towards a box office success.
The flick was directed by Kannan Thamarakkulam and scripted by Dinesh Pallathu. Ratheesh Vega’s music and DOP by Jithu Damodar was really made the film technically perfect as well. Performances from Baby Akshara Kishore, Sheelu Abraham, Ramya Krishnan, Saju Navodaya, Ramesh Pisharody, Sreekumar, Om Puri, Sambath etc also made the film a good one. The team is planning the release of its Tamil and Telugu version as well.
Jayaram is looking for a box office success for some years. He is one of the most loved actors in Kerala and has the power to attract family audience to the theaters. But for last few years he is really struggling with his box office power. Selection of mediocre screenplays had let down this actor. But now it seems Jayaram had got the right track.
His last success was Swapna Sanchari directed by Kamal in 2011. Later a film named Lucky Star directed by Deepu Anthikkad had got decent reviews but failed to create any impact at box office. Anyway the good going of Aadu Puliyattam is really a sigh of relief for Jayaram and it once again proves that if he get a decent screenplay, he is still a decent crowd puller here in Mollywood.
Kasaba, now this Mammootty starrer is the talk of the town after the trolls it had received from social media. The first look poster of this film had went viral in Facebook thanks to the trolls made by social media pages. The director of the film himself admitted that the trolls had helped the poster of this film to reach to more people.
Now, a report coming in from our sources in the industry that, Kasaba is going to be the biggest release in Mammootty’s career and there is all chance that it may well be one of the biggest Malayalam release Kerala ever witnessed. Reports saying that the team behind Kasaba is planning to release the movie in almost 150 screens all over Kerala on this coming Eid and if it happens, then this film will create a new history in Mollywood.
Mammootty’s previous best was Pazhassi Raja which released around 125 screens in Kerala. The biggest Malayalam releases in Kerala right now are Mohanlal starrer flicks Loham (around 145 screens) and Casanovva (around 136 screens). If Kasaba gets around 150 screens in this coming July, it will create a new record. Another record also waiting for Kasaba if it gets 150 screens. It can become the film which gets the highest opening day collection as well. Now, top 4 highest first day grossing films in Malayalam are Kali (2.33 cr), Charlie (2.18cr), Loham (2.14 cr) and Casanova (2.10 cr). Kasaba can make its mark right there at the top as well if everything goes as per plan.
Reports are doing its round in Mollywood industry that the director Nithin Renji Panicker had wrote a fantabulous screenplay for this movie with lots of twist and turns. People believes that this Mammootty film can become the biggest hit in his career so far and will help him to enter to the 30 crore club of Mollywood for the first time.
Murali Gopi, son of one of the greatest actor ever graced Indian Cinema, late Bharath Gopi, is now one of the most prominent screen writers in Mollywood. He is a popular actor as well. He had given us some great films like Left Right Left and Ee Adutha Kalathu as writer, both directed by Arun Kumar Aravind. His upcoming film will be Tiyaan starred by Prithviraj and Indrajith, which will be directed by Kanchi fame Jiyen Krishna Kumar.
Now, a report coming from the industry that, after Tiyaan, Murali Gopi will start writing the screenplay for none other than the complete actor Mohanlal and it will be produced by Antony Perumbavoor under the banner of Ashirvad Cinemas.
The project will start next year and the other details regarding this project will be updated later. Earlier Murali Gopi and Late Rajesh Pillai had planned a project named Lucifer for Mohanlal. Ashirvad Cinemas was all set to produce that film as well. But the unfortunate demise of Rajesh Pillai rang the last bell for that project also.
Murali Gopi is one of the most powerful writers in Mollywood and everyone is sure that only he can write a powerful and challenging character for Mohanlal who is known for his beyond the world acting skills. Mohanlal can pull off any character with absolute ease and making a character which challenges him as an actor is very difficult. If anyone in the current generation of writers can do it, then it will be Murali Gopi for sure.
Starring : Hima Shankar Seemati, Arun C Kumar
Direction : Jithin Rajagopal
Producer : Unnikrishnan D
Screenplay, Dialogues : Lalji Kattipparamban
Concept & Cinematography : Rajeev Somasekharan
Original Soundtrack : Gopikrishnan
Editor : Linoy Varghese
Rajeev Ravi directorial film Kammattipaadam continues its run here in Kerala and the film had almost entered in its 3rd week. This Dulquer Salmaan starrer had got great reviews from film critics and also from eminent personalities from film industry. Appreciation even came from Bollywood when director like Anurag Kashyap had appreciated the film by telling that Kammattipaadam is one of the best gangster or brotherhood film ever made in India.
The common people even though had given mixed response to this film which is natural for a film like this one, which tells the story realistically without much entertaining elements. The film had got adults only certificate as well. That had affected the collection of the film, specially, after the first week. Kammattipaadam had collected an amount around 9.5 crore from 12 days of its theatrical run here in Kerala.
From the first 9 days of its run the flick had earned around 7.6 crores. Even though the collection is decent, it is dropping after each day. The lack of support from family audience had affected it big time and the multiplex collection of this film from Ernakulm is around 70 lakhs as of now.
On Holidays, the film showing decent performance at box office but the performance on working days was not that healthy.
Suriya’s 24 movie had almost completed a month in screens all over the world. The film had took a great opening and after that maintained a steady collection from its screens all over. As per the latest reports that coming in from trade guides in industry, the total worldwide gross collection of this film had crossed the magical figure of 150 crores.
It is Suriya’s first ever entry to the prestigious 150 crore club as well. Vikram Kumar had directed and scripted this movie and he is the real hero in this film with his master craftsmanship.
Suriya had done a great job playing 3 characters in this movie including the villain character named Athreya, which had won him great appreciation from all around. Samantha and Nithya Menon played the female lead in this AR Rahman musical film. This science-fiction fantasy thriller is noted for its technical perfection as well and the film is made using almost 70 crore rupees as per reports. Suriya is one of the producers of this film also.
From Kerala alone, the film had crossed 8 crore gross collection. His previous best was Singam 2 which had collected around 7 crores from here. The film had got great reception from overseas market as well.
Poi Maranju Parayathe is the film released on this Thursday in Mollywood. The film had released with the claim that it is the last film of late actor Kalabhavan Mani. Earlier another film named Yathra Chodikkathe also released with the same claim here in Mollywood and ended up as a disaster. Martin C Joseph had directed this film and the main characters in this film is played by artists like Gautham, Maqbool Salman, Kalabhavan Mani, Babu Raj, Vimala Raman etc. The film is of 129 minutes length and it is a family drama. Pradheep Sivasankar had wrote the screenplay of this movie.
This film had completed its filming in 2012. But the flick not got the chance to hit the screens. The title of the film at that time was Turning Point. After the death of Kalabhavan Mani, they changed the title and released the film using his name. The plot of this movie revolves around the unnatural deaths and murders that happened in an ancient home in Kerala. After 20 years some other incidents happens related to those events that had happened in the past. The film progresses from there.
First thing first. The director had failed miserably to hold the audience glued to their seats. The screenplay was very weak without any purpose and there is nothing in the movie which can keep the audience engaged. It was like insulting some good actors by making them portray some terrible characters. Even the technical side was total failure. Editing was poor as there was no connection and continuity between scenes. Camera work was also not up to the mark. The only plus point was a song sung by Kalabhavan Mani, which was tuned by Vidhyadharan Master.
The film lags a lot and it will test your patients for sure. They had tried to tell the story in the background of some superstitions and wrong rituals that has been prevalent in our society. But nothing had reached to the mind of the audience due to the poor narration and unimaginative direction. Dialogues will make you remember some Television serials as well.
The performances from actors also too bad. Gautham who played Vinayan and Maqbool Salman who played the character Jo were really struggled to make their characters convincing with their performance. Even Kalabhavan Mani was not at his best playing the character named Rahulan Master. Vimala Raman’s performance was too artificial as well. Other artists like Mala Aravindan, Urmila UnnI, Babu Raj, Lakshmi Sharma, Kalashala Babu, Kulappulli Leela, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Meghanathan etc were done whatever they got decently.
On the whole, Poi Maranju Parayathe is a disastrous attempt to make a horror family thriller. They tried to include elements like romance, revenge etc as well to make it more entertaining. But the poor screenplay and bad direction had made it a futile effort. They showed the videos from Kalabhavan Mani’s cremation after the interval of the film. It was more or less insulting Kalabhavan Mani and trying to cash in on the sentiments that Malayalees had towards Kalabhavan Mani.
Director : Martin C Joseph
Release Date : 02/06/2016
Cast : Kalabhavan Mani, Babu Raj, Vimala Raman
Review : Abhilash Kiran
Happy Wedding, the Malayalam movie which released on May 20 has come from a young team. The film is directed by debutant Omar and screenplay is written by Sandeep Mundoor. KC Maneesh and Praneesh Vijayan had wrote the dialogues for this flick. The film got the attention from the audience due to its star cast first. The major characters in this film is played by Siju Wilson, Sharafudeen, Soubin Shahir, Justin etc and they are very familier to Malayali audience through the blockbuster film Premam. Eros International had distributed this film all over Kerala and the flick has been produced by Nazir Ali.
The plot of the film revolves around a group of friends played by Siju Wilson, Sharafudeen, Justin, Soubin Shahir etc. Harikrishnan, played by Siju Wilson is the central character of this movie. He is a civil engineer and the film opens with his efforts to propose a girl with whom he is working. His cousin Manu Krishnan played by Sharafudeen is always with him and he is a playboy kind of character as well. The film shows us Hari’s efforts to make his love story success with the help of his friends and also gives us the glimpse of what happened in his college life when the character played by Soubin Shahir appears on screen, who is a motivation speaker.
We have to say that this debutant Omar had given a fantastic entertainer for the youngsters here in Kerala. The film is a hilarious one and it’s a laugh riot to say the least. Each and every scene in this movie is filled with some comedy or the other and the director had made a fabulous effort to make each and every part of the movie interesting. The dialogues were the highlight of this film as each and every oneliners making the audience to laugh their heart out. The college life and the incidents at college was shot superbly and the screenplay was an interesting one as well with superb situations to create romance and comedy.
Performance from artists was the backbone of this film. Siju Wilson had done a great job as Hari who is lover boy or Prema Rogi in the language of Manu Krishnan, his cousin. He looked promising in comedy and romance as he performed each scene with a cool head. Sharafudeen was the real show stealer of this flick as he got great applause from the audience every time he opened his mouth to say the least. His counter punches and oneliners were so hilarious and natural. He just created laugh in the cinema hall with his mere looks and smile at places.
Soubin Shahir was the another great performer in this film. Artists like Justin, Abi, Anu Sithara, Sudhi Koppa, Saiju Kuruppu, Kalabhavan Niaz, Ambika Mohan, Thesni Khan, Sivaji Guruvayoor, Vinod Kovoor etc also did a great job in this flick. Specially, in a scene in the low floor KSRTC bus, Saiju Kuruppu, Kalabhaavan Niaz, Soubin Shahir, Siju Wilson and Sharafudeen was at their comic best. Arun Muraleedharan’s songs were decent and Vimal TK had given great background score for the film. Sinu Sidharth also given decent visuals for this romantic-comedy.
Happy Wedding is an absolute fun film which will make you relax to the core. This will make you laugh your heart out in the theaters and you will feel more lighter when you come out from the cinema halls. As the title suggests, it’s like a happy celebration of love and fun. Just enjoy it with your friends.
Director : Omar
Release Date : 20/05/2016
Cast : Siju Wilson, Sharafudeen, Soubin Shahir
Review : Harikrishnan
