Porinchu Mariam Jose: Joshiy’s next with Joju George launched

As we had reported recently, Joju George will be playing the lead in ‘Porinchu Mariam Jose’ directed by Joshiy. The veteran filmmaker is making a comeback after a brief hiatus with his movie. A customary pooja ceremony was held today in Trissur. Almost all the cast and crew members were present for the pooja and switch on.

‘Porinchu Marian Jose’ is scripted by Abilash N Chandran. The movie is said to be a Trissur based family drama cum thriller. Nyla Usha has been signed as the female lead. Chemban Vinod Jose and Innocent will also be seen in prominent roles in the movie. In the technical front, Ajai David Kachappilly will be wielding the camera and music is by Jakes Bejoy of ‘Ranam’ and ‘Queen’ fame. Shyam Shashidharan will be handling the edits.

Rejimon is producing the movie. David Kachappilly Movies will be presenting it in association with Kirthana Movies.

Midhun Manuel Thomas confirms that Kottayam Kunjachan is happening!

Last year, during the success celebration event of ‘Aadu 2’, Vijay Babu of Friday Film House announced the sequel to Mammootty’s cult hit film ‘Kottayam Kunjachan’. Midhun Manuel Thomas of ‘Aadu’ fame was signed as the director. However, controversy soon struck as the original makers of ‘Kottayam Kunjachan’ made it clear that they had not sold the sequel rights for anyone and that the announcement was made without informing them.

Ever since that, there has been no updates about the project. After nearly a year, director Midhun Manuel Thomas revealed that the movie has still not been dropped. In the recently held awards ceremony of popular Facebook group Cinema Paradiso Club (CPC), Midhun, while interacting with the group members, informed that the project is on and they are currently working on the script.

‘Kottayam Kunjachan’, released back in 1990, was directed by TS Suresh Babu. Mammootty as Kunjachan, a Kottayam-based ruffian, gave one his finest performances in a comedy role. His styling, the Kottayam dialect and the foul-mouthed dialogues went on to become hugely popular. Kunjachan enjoys an iconic status and is still regarded as one of his most loved characters of all-time.

Needless to say, it will be a tough task for Midhun Maneul Thomas and team to bring back the old Kunjachan on screen. Let’s hope he succeeds in it.

Lucifer team to release character posters for the next 26 days

Prithviraj’s directorial debut ‘Lucifer’, starring superstar Mohanlal in the lead, is one of the most awaited Malayalam films in recent years. The movie is getting ready for a grand release on March 28. With only a month away from release, promotions are commencing in full swing from this week. As a first, the makers will be releasing character posters for the next 26 days, starting from Wednesday (February 20).

‘Lucifer’ scripted by Murali Gopy is mass action-packed political entertainer. Mohanlal plays a big shot politician, Stephen Nedumbally in the movie. Along with him, the movie also has some other big stars like Tovino Thomas, Vivek Oberoi, Indrajith Sukumaran and Manju Warrier. ‘Lucifer’ also has an elaborate supporting cast comprising of Kalabhavan Shajohn, Saniya Iyyappan, Sai Kumar, Nandu, John Vijay, director Fazil, Sunil Sughatha, Thara Kalyan, Praveena Thomas and Maala Parvathy.

In tbe technical crew, camera is handled by Sujith Vaassudev and music by Deep Dev. Samjith Mohammed is the editor. The movie is being produced by Mohanlal’s own banner Aashirvad Cinemas.

Dileep assures that Professor Dinkan will be a visual treat

Dileep starrer Professor Dinkan has been in the making for a long time now. The movie got delayed due to multiple reasons. The makers are yet to complete a few portions owing to Dileep’s busy schedule. But the actor assures that when the comes out, it will be an absolute visual treat. Shot entirely in 3D format, the movie is being made on a lavish budget.

‘Professor Dinkan’ is directed by veteran cinematographer-turned-filmmaker Ramachandra Babu. Rafi has scripted the movie which has Dileep playing the lead role of a magician. The movie revolves around this ambitious magician whose aim is to astonish the world with a risky magic trick. But one such attempts fails miserably and ends up affecting a lot of people. How he tries to patch up with the people and undo the damage through minor magic tricks forms the plot.

Namitha Pramod, Srinda, Aju Varghese and Vishnu Unnikrishnan are also part of the cast. Last year, the team had travelled to Bangkok to shoot some fight sequences. Renowned action choreographer Kaecha Kampakdee is helming the stunt portions. The movie is being produced by Sanal Thottam under the banner of New TV

Anwar Rasheed’s Trance starring Fahadh Faasil is an anthology!

‘Trance’, the Fahadh Fassil’s starrer directed by Anwar Rasheed has been in the making for nearly two years now. The movie is being shot in multiple schedules across various locations. The team has revealed only very less details about the movie, which includes its genre. But talks within the industry suggest that the movie is being made as an anthology with different interesting segments.

‘Trance’ is scripted by newcomer Vincent Vadakkan. The movie marks the comeback of hit-maker Anwar Rasheed, as a director, after a five-year-long gap. Interestingly, his last outing as a director was also for an anthology film, ‘Anchu Sundharikal’, in which he helmed the segment, ‘Aami’.

‘Trance’ has a solid cast comprising of Nazriya Nazim, Soubin Shahir, Chemban Vinod Jose, Vinayakan, Dileesh Pothan and Sreenath Bhasi. In the technical crew, Oscar award winner Resul Pookkutty handles the sound design and Amal Neerad cranks the camera. Debutant Jackson Vijayan is in charge of the music department.

Director Anwar Rasheed himself is funding Trance under his banner Anwar Rasheed Entertainment. The movie is said to be the most expensive film in Fahadh’s career and naturally expectations are on the higher side. If reports are to be believed, the makers are planning to release the movie by the second half of this year.

Merin Philip to play the female lead in Kalidas Jayaram’s Happy Sardar

As reported by us recently, Kalidas Jayaram has signed for a new film titled ‘Happy Sardar’. Writer-director couple Sudip Joshy and his wife Geethika Sudip are making their debut this movie. Kalidas is playing a Punjabi Sardarji named Happy Singh in the movie. The movie is supposedly a fun entertainer with a love story between a Sardar and a Malayali Christian girl at its core.Merin Philip has been signed as the female lead. The actress has previously appeared in a brief role in ‘Poomaram’, also starring Kalidas Jayaram.

‘Happy Sardar’ has Bollywood actor Javed Jaffrey playing Kalidas’ father. There is also an elaborate supporting cast comprising of Siddique, Sreenath Bhasi, Balu Varghese, Shanthi Krishna, Suraj Venjaramoodu, ‘Aanandam’ fame Siddhi Mahajankatti, Vishak Nair, Ramesh Pisharody, Dharmajan Bolgatty, Praveena and Baiju Santhosh.

On the technical front, cinematography will be handled by Abhinandam Ramanujam and music by Gopi Sunder. Shameer Muhammed is the editor. The movie is being produced by Achicha Cinemas and Malayalam Movie Makers. Major portions of the movie will be shot in Punjab. Hyderabad and Alappuzha are the other locations.