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Mammootty’s One to be shot in Kerala Legislative Assembly for the first time in history!

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Mammootty’s One to be shot in Kerala Legislative Assembly for the first time in history!

Shoot for Mammootty’s ‘One’ is progressing at a brisk pace. The film is directed by Santhosh Viswanath of ‘Chirakodinja Kinavukal’ fame and scripted by Bobby-Sanjay. This political drama has Mammootty playing a Chief Minister’s role in the film. It is being produced by Ichais Productions.

‘One’ is majorly shot in the State capital, Trivandrum. For the last few weeks, the makers have been shooting in and around the major political destinations. Recently, they acquired permission to shoot some crucial portions in the old complex of Kerala Legislative Assembly. This is said to be the first time that the complex is being opened for film shooting.

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Mammootty’s One to be shot in Kerala Legislative Assembly

While Mammootty plays the Chief Minister, ‘One’ has Murali Gopy and Joju George in prominent roles as opposition leader and party secretary respectively. The film also has a big supporting cast comprising of Nimisha Sajayan, Ranjith, Mathew Thomas, Gayathri Arun, Balachandra Menon, Sudev Nair, Suresh Krishna, Salim Kumar, Shankar Ramakrishnan, Alencier Ley Lopez, Mamukoya, Balaji Sharma and many others.

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Mammootty’s One to be shot in Kerala Legislative Assembly

Kaattumundedye: Watch this new song from Omar Lulu’s Dhamaka

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Kaattumundedye: Watch this new song from Omar Lulu’s Dhamaka

Director Omar Lulu’s new film ‘Dhamaka’ is gearing up for release. Meanwhile, makers have shared a new video song online. Titled as ‘Kaattumundedye’, it is a romantic number set in Bangkok. Pranavam Sasi has sung the track and the rap portions are rendered by Niranj Suresh. BK Harinarayanan has penned the lyrics.

‘Dhamaka’ promises to be a typical Omar Lulu style colourful entertainer. Gopi Sunder has composed all the songs in the film. Millennium Audios had recently bagged the audio rights of the film for a whopping Rs 25 lakhs. This is said to be a huge figure considering the fact that the film has no big star presence in it.

‘Dhamaka’ stars Arun Kumar and Nikki Galrani in the lead roles. The film has its story penned by Omar Lulu, while screenplay and dialogues are written jointly by Sarang Jayaprakash, Venu OV and Kiran Lal. As per the makers, it is a full-on comedy entertainer revolving around the hero’s impotency issue.

Senior actors Mukesh and Urvashi will be seen in prominent roles. Neha Saxena, Sabumon Abdusamad, Dharmajan Bolgatty, Shalin Zoya, Hareesh Kanaran and many others are part of the supporting cast. MK Nassar is producing the film under the banner of Good Line Productions.

Bollywood actress Yami Gautam paired with Ajith in Valimai?

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Bollywood actress Yami Gautam paired with Ajith in Valimai?

Ajith’s new film titled as ‘Valimai’ is set to go on floors soon. After the success of ‘Nerkonda Paaravai’, the trio of Ajith, director H Vinoth and producer Boney Kapoor are teaming up once again. ‘Valimai’ is touted to be an action thriller made on a big budget. It has been confirmed that Ajith plays a police officer in the film.

Latest buzz is that Bollywood actress Yami Gautam has been approached to play the female lead. The pretty actress is noted for her roles in films like ‘Vicky Donor’, ‘Kaabil’, ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’ and ‘Bala’. She has also acted in a couple of Tamil films namely ‘Gouravam’ and ‘Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum’.

‘Valimai’ has been planned to be shot extensively in foreign countries. Yuvan Shankar Raja will be composing the music and Nirav Shah will be handling the cinematography. There are rumours about a couple of other Bollywood stars acting in the film. An official word regarding the full cast is still awaited.

‘Valimai’ has been scheduled as a grand Diwali release in 2020.

Excellent weekend on the cards for Mamangam

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Excellent weekend on the cards for Mamangam

Mammootty’s period film ‘Mamangam’ got released last Friday (December 12) amidst massive expectations. The film had a simultaneous worldwide release. In Kerala, it was released in 389 screens. As expected, the film has taken a huge opening at all the centres, especially in the home state Kerala. The makers had claimed that the first day collections from the worldwide box office account to around Rs 23 crore.

The film is having excellent bookings at all major centres for the weekend shows. Almost all the main theatres are having high occupancy. In Kerala, special shows were added in several centres on the opening couple of days. On the first day alone, ‘Mamangam’ had over 1800 shows. Apart from the original Malayalam version, the dubbed Tamil, Telugu and Hindi versions have also been released simultaneously.

‘Mamangam’ directed by M Padmakumar is an epic film made on a huge budget. Mammootty and Unni Mukundan play fearless warriors in the film, which is the story of chaaverukal. Child actor Achuthan also plays a very important role in it. The supporting cast includes Kaniha, Anu Sithara, Prachi Tehlan, Siddique, Sudev Nair, Tarun Arora, Suresh Krishna, Manikuttan, Manikandan, Ineya and Sudheer Sukumaran.

Venu Kunnappilly of Kavya Films has produced this mega budget film.

Prithviraj’s rising stardom helps Driving Licence bag massive pre-release business

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Prithviraj’s rising stardom helps Driving Licence bag massive pre-release business

‘Driving Licence’ is one of the most anticipated among the Christmas releases in Malayalam cinema this year. Starring Prithviraj in the lead, the film is written by Sachy and directed by Jean Paul Lal aka Lal Jr. Prithviraj’s growing stardom over the last few years has helped the film achieve huge pre-release business.

Asianet has bagged the satellite rights for Rs 6 crore while Amazon Prime has bagged the streaming rights for around Rs 4.5 crore. In addition to that, Phars Films Co Llc have bagged the overseas rights for Rs 2.55 crore, which is said to be the highest for a Prithviraj starrer till date. Almost the entire budget of the film has been recovered through pre-release business. It speaks volumes about the kind of expectations on the film.

‘Driving Licence’ recently got censored with a clean U certificate and is confirmed to hit screens on December 20. The film has Prithviraj playing the role a top film star and Suraj Venjaramoodu as a vehicle inspector, who is also a big fan. The story is centred around the dynamics between the star and his fan. Deepti Sati and Miya George play the two female leads.

Prithviraj’s own banner is producing the film jointly with Listin Stephen’s Magic Frames.

Forensic is special as I’ve never tried something like this before: Tovino Thomas

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Forensic is special as I’ve never tried something like this before: Tovino Thomas

After shooting for almost 50 days, Tovino Thomas has wrapped up his portions for ‘Forensic’. The film directed by Akhil Paul and Anas Khan has Tovino playing the lead character named Samuel John Kaattookaran. He is a medico legal adviser working in the Kerala police’s forensic science lab. As he finished his portions, Tovino took to his official social media handle to pen down a note in which he explained why ‘Forensic’ is a special film for him. He has written,

And it’s packup for me from the shoot of ‘Forensic’.
This one was special in many ways..portraying something I’ve never tried before…A big Thanks to writer-director duo @akhilpaul and @khanfactor90, producers Navis Xaviour, Siju Mathew and Raju Malliath.. And the entire team behind Forensic..
Being Samuel John Kaattookaran for 49 days without a break, has been a unique and fun experience.. Waiting to entertain you all on 2020 March. (sic)

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Tovino Thomas has wrapped up his portions for Forensic

This is the first time a full-length film about forensic science is being made in Malayalam. So the film is expected to have a lot of freshness unlike the regular thrillers. Mamta Mohandas, ‘Bigil’ fame Reba Monica John, Saiju Kurup, Giju John, ‘Lilli’ Dhanesh Anand, Anil Murali and many others are part of the supporting cast. DOP Akhil George, music director Jakes Bejoy and editor Shameer Muhammed form the film’s main technical crew.

Fahadh Faasil sheds around 15 kilos for Malik

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Fahadh Faasil sheds around 15 kilos for Malik

‘Take Off’ director Mahesh Narayanan’s new film, ‘Malik’ is currently on the floors. Anto Joseph Film Company is producing the film, which is being made on a budget of close to Rs 30 crores. Fahadh Faasil plays the lead role and we hear that the actor will be appearing in multiple looks in the film. He has even lost over 15 kilos as his character in the film demanded it.

‘Malik’ scripted by director Mahesh himself is actually based on a real life incident that occurred few years back in Kerala. It is conceived as a political thriller that is centred around a sensitive coastal area where there was a resistance against this constant threat of displacement of a minority community. There was a person who was responsible for making his people rise up.

Fahadh Faasil plays this lead character named Sulaiman, who is actually the leader of the community. His character is actually inspired from a real-life person. The film spans over different timelines from 1960s to the present and hence the different looks for the actor.

Though ‘Malik’ is based on a true incident, director Mahesh is not intending to recreate the exact events but instead it is his interpretation of what actually occurred. The focus will be on the evolution of the coastal area from the 60s to present age.

Along with Fahadh Faasil, the cast also includes Nimisha Sajayan, Dileesh Pothan, Vinay Forrt, Indrans, Sudhi Koppa, Chandhunath and yesteryear actress Jalaja. DOP Sanu John Varughese, composer Sushin Shyam, production desinger Santhosh Raman and sound designers Vishnu Govind and Sree Sankar form the core technical team. Besides directing and scripting, Mahesh Narayanan is also editing the film.

Aan Mega Media will be releasing ‘Malik’ in Kerala. The makers are eyeing an April release next year.

Stand Up opens to unanimously positive reviews!

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Stand Up opens to unanimously positive reviews!

‘Stand Up’ starring Nimisha Sajayan and Rajisha Vijayan in the leads hit screens last day (December 13). The film has opened to unanimously positive reviews all over. Rajisha’s performance is the stand out in the film and rightly full, she has been getting widespread appreciated from all corners.

‘Stand Up’ directed by Vidhu Vincent is not a fun, feel-good comedy centred around the stand up comedy scene. Instead, the title has an inner meaning which sounds apt for the film. Stand up comedy is just a tool to narrate a story that’s very relevant and important in today’s times.

Since the film is helmed by a woman director, it is very sensitively made with almost zero male gaze. Director Vidhu has done extremely well to capture the trauma of women who suffer from abusive relationships. Along with that, the film also puts forward its criticism against the society’s narrow mindset, the importance of consent and how policing system work according to the whims of influential people.

‘Stand Up’ is scripted by Umesh Omanakuttan. The film also stars Arjun Ashokan, Venkitesh, Nisthar Sait, Seema, Sajitha Madathil, Jolly Chirayath, Rajesh Sharma, Sunil Sukhada, Divya Gopinath, Junice and Sethulekshmi in supporting roles. All the aforementioned actors have done their parts well and have been getting their due praise. B Unnikrishnan and Anto Joseph have produced the film, which is expected to have a long run in theatres.

Prithviraj and Indrajith team up for Ayalvashi

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Prithviraj and Indrajith team up for Ayalvashi

We were among the first to report about the Sukumaran brothers, Prithviraj and Indrajith coming up for Irshad Parari’s debutant film. The film has been titled as ‘Ayalvashi’ and Prithviraj Productions will be producing it. This will be the banner’s third production venture after the sci-fi thriller ‘9’ and the upcoming ‘Driving Licence’.

Prithviraj himself revealed this bit of information in a recent interview with The Cue. According to him, though ‘Ayalvashi’ falls under the commercial, mainstream category, it is not just another usual film. Details regarding the genre or when shoot begins are not yet known.

Irshad Parari is the elder brother of Muhsin Parari, who directed ‘KL 10 Path’ and co-wrote ‘Sudani From Nigeria’ and ‘Virus’. Irshad had also assisted Prithviraj in his directorial debut ‘Lucifer’. Incidentally, brothers Prithviraj and Indrajith also last worked together in ‘Lucifer’.

Meanwhile, Prithviraj is awaiting the release of ‘Driving Licence’. The star is currently on a three-month long break as he is prepping up for ‘Aadujeevitham’. Indrajith, on the other hand, had a release last week in the form of ‘Thakkol’. His maiden web series ‘Queen’ is also set to premiere on December 14.

Ponniyin Selvan starts rolling; Here’s the full cast and crew details!

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Ponniyin Selvan starts rolling; Here’s the full cast and crew details!

For the last few years, ace filmmaker Mani Ratnam has been working hard to get his dream project ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ on the floors. That has finally happened as the team started shooting on December 10 in Thailand. The film has actors from various industries, probably the biggest ensemble in Indian cinema. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Vikram, Karthi, Jayam Ravi, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Trisha, Vikram Prabhu, Sarath Kumar, Prabhu, Kishore, Rahman, Jayaram, Lal and Ashwin Kakumanu are confirmed in the cast.

Jayam Ravi, Karthi and Aishwarya Lekshmi have already started shooting for their portions. ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ is actually a historical Tamil novel written by Kalki Krishnamurthy. In five volumes, or about 2400 pages, it tells the story of early days of Arulmozhivarman, who later became the great Chola emperor Raja Raja Chola I. Mani Ratnam has adapted its screenplay along with Siva Anand and Kumaravel. Jayamohan has penned the dialogues.

Cinematographer Ravi Varman, editor Sreekar Prasad and composer AR Rahman form the core technical crew. Dance choreographer Brindha, costume designer Eka Lakhani and art directors Thotta Tharani and Wasik Khan are also part of the team. Mani Ratnam’s own banner Madras Talkies and Lyca Productions are collaborating for this mega budget film’s production.