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Parvathy, Padmapriya and Revathy ask AMMA for emergency meeting to discuss about the decision to reinstate Dileep

Vignesh Madhu
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Parvathy, Padmapriya and Revathy ask AMMA for emergency meeting to discuss about the decision to reinstate Dileep

Parvathy, Padmapriya and Revathy ask AMMA for emergency meeting to discuss about the decision to reinstate Dileep

For the last few days, Malayalam film industry has once again been in a spot of bother. The decision to reinstate actor Dileep to the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) has now turned into a big issue within the industry. Dilewp was suspended from AMMA last year after his alleged involevment in the actress-abuse case. The newly formed executive committee’s decision to reinstate the actor was questioned by the Women in Cinema Collective (WCC) members. The survivor along with actors Remya Nambeesan, Rima Kallingal and Geetu Mohandas resigned from the association on Wednesday.

Following their resignation, there were talks in social media about why Parvathy, one of the founding members of the WCC, has not yet resigned and why she didn’t make any statement regarding this. Putting an end to all the talks, Parvathy along with Revathy and Padmapriya have forwarded a letter to AMMA requesting for an emergency executive meeting to discuss about their decision to revoke Dileep’s suspension.

WCC’s post on their social media handle reads,

In solidarity with our colleagues who took a brave stand yesterday! Always #Avalkoppam.

We at WCC believe that constructive dialogue as well as action is essential for real change. Each one of us are shocked at the decision made at the previous general body meeting of AMMA. Hence we as AMMA members have sought a meeting with the new executive committee as explained in our letter. All members of AMMA had condemned that heinous act of assault on the survivor. All members of AMMA had pledged complete support to the survivor.
But this last decision of AMMA directly contradicts all of that. Hence we want to know where AMMA really stands on this issue.

Sharing the official letter sent to AMMA !

To,

Shree Edavela Babu,

General Secretary, AMMA

Dear Sir,

We are writing this letter to express our concern as women members of AMMA on the recent decision to bring back the expelled member (Dileep) in the general body meeting held on 24th June 2018. At this meeting, a very crucial decision was taken regarding a member who was expelled due to his involvement in the alleged assault of one of AMMA’s women members. Considering the gravity of the circumstances and the matter being sub-judice, it is shocking that such an important matter was decided without listing it on the agenda or being discussed among all members prior to the meeting.

AMMA had publicly pledged full support to the member who survived the assault but the decision taken at the said meeting for reinstating the expelled member who is now a charge sheeted suspect, goes against the promise made by AMMA to the survivor.

As a result, yesterday, the survivor has resigned and in solidarity with her three other women members have also resigned. They have clearly stated their reasons and this does not reflect well on AMMA and what it does for the welfare of its women members. We as members of AMMA urge that AMMA upholds the promise it has made and should not go back on its word. Particularly so as this matter is still under legal and media scrutiny and there is strong public outcry about it.

We were unable to attend the said meeting as we were not in station and were unaware about this matter being discussed at the meeting. (If we had known we would have surely raised our concerns at the meeting prior to such a decision being made).

We understand from AMMA officials that under such exceptional circumstances there is a provision for an Emergency Executive Body Meeting to be called to address our concerns. We request for the same to be called so that we may participate, discuss & understand:

1. The expelled member’s reinstatement & the implications of AMMA’s decision.
2. The steps taken by AMMA to support the survivor.
3. How AMMAs bye-laws are structured to ensure welfare of all its members.
4. What AMMA can do to make women feel more included and safe.

As members who do not reside/ are not present in Kerala we are requesting the meeting to take place on either 13th or 14th of July 2018.
As members of AMMA we genuinely believe that at this critical point we will come together to serve the best interests of all our members.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

Revathy Asha Kelunni, Padmapriya Janakiraman, Parvathy.

Life Members of AMMA.
28th June 2018

I appreciate the WCC members’ courage and applaud their decision to resign from AMMA: Prithviraj

Vignesh Madhu
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I appreciate the WCC members’ courage and applaud their decision to resign from AMMA: Prithviraj

I appreciate the WCC members’ courage and applaud their decision to resign from AMMA: Prithviraj

For the last few days, Malayalam film industry has once again found itself in a mess. The actors association, AMMA’s, decision to reinstate actor Dileep has further widened the rift within the industry. Dileep’s suspension following his alleged involvement in the actress-abuse case was revoked by AMMA during the recently held executive committee meeting. The Women in Cinema Collective (WCC) members had come out strongly against the AMMA’s decision.

On Wednesday, the survivor along with actors Remya Nambeesan, Rima Kallingal and Geethu Mohandas resigned from AMMA making their stand clear. Actors Parvathy, Revathy and Padmapriya have also written to AMMA requesting for an emergency executive meeting while also questioning their stand on the survivor.

Meanwhile, the rift within the industry has become a talking point in social medias. Many, who stand by the WCC, have questioned the silence of actors like Prithviraj, Manju Warrier and others who were initially vocal about their support to the survivor. Prithviraj in a recent interview has made it clear that he is not someone who minces his words and hinted that he will be making a statement very soon.

Prithviraj praised the boldness shown by the four actors to resign from AMMA. In his interview to the The Week, he is quoted saying, “I completely understand why Remya, Geethu, Bhavana and Rima resigned from AMMA. I appreciate their courage and applaud the decision. I am with them. There may be people who criticise them but I believe that right or wrong depends on one’s perception.”

When asked about his silence so far, the actor said, “I am not someone who will keep silent if I have to say something. I will certainly make my position clear soon at the right time and space.”

Sasikumar to play Dhanush’s brother in Enai Noki Paayum Thotta!

Vignesh Madhu
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Sasikumar to play Dhanush’s brother in Enai Noki Paayum Thotta!

Sasikumar to play Dhanush’s brother in Enai Noki Paayum Thotta!

Gautham Menon’s Enai Nokki Paayum Thotta (ENPT) has been in the making for sometime now. The movie touted to be a romantic-thriller has Dhanush and Megha Akash in the lead roles. ENPT actually went on floors in 2016 but got stalled midway as both the director and Dhanush got busy with other commitments.

As per latest reports, shoot for the movie is nearing completion with only a few more days left. Actor-filmmaker Sasikumar will be joining the final schedule. Buzz is that he will be seen as Dhanush’s brother in the movie. Sasikumar is definitely a part of the movie but it is not yet confirmed if he is playing the role of Dhansuh’s brother.

This is the first time Sasikumar and Gautham Menon are working together for a film though they have been friends for long time. While the former is known for his rural and rustic style of acting, Gautham Menon has only done films set in the urban milieu. So it will be will be interesting to see how things work out in ENPT. The movie also has ‘Baahubali’ star Rana Daggubatti and Sunaina in brief cameo roles.

Darbuka Siva of ‘Kidaari’ fame is handling the music department. A couple of tracks from the movie – Maruvarthai and Visiri – have turned out to be sensational hits. Cinematography is by Jomon T John and Manoj Paramahamsa. Director Gautham Menon himself has produced the movie in association with Escape Artists Motion Pictures.

‘Take Off’ director Mahesh Narayanan’s next is with Dulquer Salmaan!

Vignesh Madhu
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‘Take Off’ director Mahesh Narayanan’s next is with Dulquer Salmaan!

‘Take Off’ director Mahesh Narayanan’s next is with Dulquer Salmaan!

Editor-turned-filmmaker Mahesh Narayanan’s directorial debut ‘Take Off’ is widely rated as one of the finest Malayalam movies in recent years. The movie starring Parvathy, Kunchako Boban, Fahadh Faasil and Asif Ali in major roles emerged as a huge critical and commercial success. It also won several awards at the state and national level. Director Mahesh Narayanan won a special jury award while Parvathy won the award for best female actor at the prestigious International Film Festival of India.

After a year now, Mahesh Narayanan is planning to wear the director’s hat once again. If latest reports are to be believed, the director’s next will be with Dulquer Salmaan. Initial talks are on and they are planning to go on floors by next year. More details regarding the project is not yet known but the star’s fans are already excited about it.

Dulquer, who lately has been busy with Tamil and Hindi films, is now set to make a comeback to Malayalam cinema. He has committed for a movie with debutant director BC Noufal which is being scripted by Bibin George and Vishnu Unnikrishnan. The ‘Charlie’ actor is also in talks for a mass entertainer to be scripted by Midhun Manuel Thomas of ‘Aadu’ fame.

Dulquer is currently busy with the final leg of shoot of his Tamil movie – ‘Kannum Kannum Kollai Adithaal’. He also has a romantic travelogeue ‘Vaan’ with debutant Ra Karthik coming up in Tamil. His maiden Hindi film, ‘Karwaan’ is gearing up for release on August 3rd. He has also been signed to play the lead along with Sonam Kapoor in the big screen adaptation of best selling novel, ‘The Zoya Factor.

Excellent response for Karwaan trailer; Bollywood welcomes Dulquer Salmaan!

Vignesh Madhu
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Excellent response for Karwaan trailer; Bollywood welcomes Dulquer Salmaan!

Excellent response for Karwaan trailer; Bollywood welcomes Dulquer Salmaan!

It is already known that Malayali actor Dulquer Salmaan is foraying into Bollywood with ‘Karwaan’, directed by Akarsh Khurana. Irrfan Khan, Dulquer and Mithila Palkar are playing the lead roles in the movie which is a ligh-hearted fun entertainer. The movie’s trailer was released last day and has been getting great response in social medias.

Many leading B-Town celebrities have shared the trailer and extended a warm welcome to Dulquer Salmaan to the world of Bollywood. Filmmakers like Nitesh Tiwari, Karan Johar, Ashwini Iyer Tiwari and Anurag Basu shared the trailer. Actors like Rana Daggubati, Aditi Rao Hydari, Neha Sharma, Rakul Preet, Pulkit Samrat, Akhil Akkineni etc also wished luck for Dulquer and team Karwaan.

Bejoy Nambiar has penned the story of Karwaan which traces the story of three people who are on a journey. The characters of Irrfan Khan, Mithila Palkar and Dulquer are from different walks of life who come together at one juncture of their lives. It is a slice of life kind movie with prominence to realistic humour. From the trailer, it looks like a fun-road movie revolving around the three lead characters’ journey from Banglore to Kochi.

Director Akarsh Khurana, who has previously scripted movies like Humshakals and Krrish 3, has co-written Karwaan’s screenplay with Adhir Bhatt. Hussain Dalal, the dialogue writer of Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and 2 States, has written the dialogues for this movie as well. Ronnie Screwvala is funding Karwaan under the banner of RSVP Films in association with Ishka Films. The movie is all set to hit screens on August 3.

Minsiter Kadakampally Surendran’s best wishes for team Lucifer!

Vignesh Madhu
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Minsiter Kadakampally Surendran’s best wishes for team Lucifer!

Minsiter Kadakampally Surendran’s best wishes for team Lucifer!

Pre-production works for the much talked about Lucifer is progressing at a brisk pace. Actor Prithviraj is turning a filmmaker with this movie that has superstar Mohanlal playing the lead. Murali Gopy has scripted this movie which is all set to on floors from July 18. Antony Perumbavoor is producing the movie under the banner of Aashirvad Cienmas.

Recently, Prithviraj had paid a visit to Kerala State tourism minister Kadakampally Surendran at his residence in Trivandrum. According to our sources close to the unit, Prithviraj along with Sidhu Panakkal, the production controller of Lucifer, met the minister to seek permission for shooting in the Sports Hub, Trivandrum. The capital city is one of the movie’s major locations.

Reportedly, the meeting ended amicably and the makers have been granted the permission to shoot in the stadium. Kadakampally Surendran shared photos of Prithviraj’s visit in his social media account. The minister and Prithvi’s father – actor Sukumaran, who was also a left supporter, were close friends. In his note, the minsiter has written about how he admires Prithvi for his acting skills and his strong views on the current social issues. He also wished luck for the entire team of Lucifer.

Lucifer, according to the makers, is a mass entertainer. Prithviraj and Murali Gopy have said that they are hoping to utilize both the star and actor in Mohanlal. Vivek Oberoi, Tovino Thomas, Manju Warrier and ‘Queen’ fame Saniya Iyappan are rumored to be part of the cast but the makers are yet to give an official word. In the technical crew, Sujith Vaassudev will be cranking the camera and Deepak Dev has been signed as the music director.

Lucifer will officially start rolling from July 18.

Pranav Mohanlal’s next with Arun Gopy all set to go on floors!

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Pranav Mohanlal’s next with Arun Gopy all set to go on floors!

Pranav Mohanlal’s next with Arun Gopy all set to go on floors!

As we already know, Pranav Mohanlal’s next is with director Arun Gopy, of ‘Ramaleela’ fame. Tomichan Mulakupadam is producing the movie under his banner Mulakupadam Films. The movie will start rolling from July 9 with a customary pooja ceremony in Anchumana temple in Ernakulam. Pranav Mohanlal along with the whole cast and crew of the movie are expected to be part of the pooja.

Arun Gopy is making his debut as a scriptwriter with this upcoming movie. According to trustworthy reports, he has scripted a romantic-thriller with much prominence to action. A newcomer has reportedly been cast as the female lead after conducting many rounds of auditions in Kochi and Dubai.

Peter Hein, one of India’s most wanted action choreographers, has been roped in for this movie. It is worth a mention that Hein has previously worked with Mulakupadam Films in the all-time blockbuster Pulimurugan. Pranav has already proven his ability to pull off spectacular stunts with his performance in Aadhi. So, it will be interesting to see how Peter Hein choreographs action sequences for Pranav.

Abhinandan Ramanujam, well known for his works in movies like ‘Amen’ and ‘Mosayile Kuthirameenukal’, will be cranking the camera. Gopi Sunder has been signed as the music director and National award winner Vivek Harshan will be handling the edits. Sound designer Renganth Ravee, costumer Dhanya Balakrishnan and art director Joseph Nellickal are also part of the technical team.

An official announcement with the title and first look are expected to be made in the coming days. If reports are to be believed, the makers are planning to wrap up the shoot by November to ensure a grand release for this year’s Christmas season.

Watch the trailer of Nayanthara’s Imaikka Nodigal here!

Vignesh Madhu
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Watch the trailer of Nayanthara’s Imaikka Nodigal here!

Watch the trailer of Nayanthara’s Imaikka Nodigal here!

‘Demonte Colony’ fame Ajay Gnanamuthu’s crime thriller Imaikka Nodigal has been in the making for a long time. The movie starring Nayanthara, Anurag Kashyap and Atharvaa Murali in the lead roles is finally getting ready for release. The movie’s official trailer has now been released today in social medias. This slickly cut trailer gives glimpses of a gripping thriller centred around a cat and mouse game between a CBI officer and a psychotic killer.

Nayanathara plays the role of officer Anjali Vikramadityan in the movie while Bollywood filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, in his Tamil debut, is playing the ruthless antagonist. Raashi Khanna is paired with Atharvaa in the movie. Vijay Sethupathi, is also there in brief cameo as Nayanthara’s husband. Ramesh Thilak, Devan and Uday Mahesh are also part of the supporting cast.

Imaikka Nodigal is scripted by director Ajay Gnanamuthu and dialogues are penned by the renowned novelist Pattukkottai Prabakar. The movie has its music composed by Hiphop Tamizha. RD Rajasekhar is cranking the camera and Bhuvan Srinivasan is in charge of the edits. CJ Jayakumar is finding the movie under the banner of Cameo Films India.

Malayali audience will get to see something that they have not seen before: Fahadh Faasil about Trance

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Malayali audience will get to see something that they have not seen before: Fahadh Faasil about Trance

Malayali audience will get to see something that they have not seen before: Fahadh Faasil about Trance

After bagging all major awards last year, including the National award, Fahadh Faasil is unarguably in the form of his life-time. His only release this year, Carbon earned him widespread appreciation and once again proved why he is the most talented among the current lot of Malayali actors. The actor has very some exciting films coming up which includes the much-awaited Anwar Rasheed directorial Trance as well.

Trance went on floors in August last year and a couple of schedules have were completed in Kanyakumari and Mumbai. The team has been on a break for sometime now. In a recent interview, Fahadh revealed that they still have about 60-70 days of shoot left. The movie is shaping up as the biggest film in the his career. He added that the Malayali audience will get to see something that they have not seen before, as far as his character is concerned and the way the film is shot.

Anwar Rasheed, the man with the midas touch who cherry picks his projects, is making a comeback after a five-year-long gap. So, expectations are naturally on the higher side. Besides that, Trance has some big names associated with it like Oscar award winnning sound designer Resul Pookkutty and cinematographer Amal Neerad.

Vedhika, Vinayakan, Soubin Shahir, Sreenath Bhasi, director Alphonse Puthren and Chemban Vinod Jose are part of the movie’s supporting cast. Vincent Vadakkan is scripting this movie which has music by Jackson Vijayan. The director himself is producing the movie under his banner Anwar Rasheed Entertainment.

Watch the fun trailer of Dulquer Salmaan’s Karwaan here!

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Watch the fun trailer of Dulquer Salmaan’s Karwaan here!

Watch the fun trailer of Dulquer Salmaan’s Karwaan here!

As informed earlier by the makers, the official trailer of ‘Karwaan’ has been released today in social medias. Dulquer Salmaan is making his Bollywood debut with this movie which has him co-starring with the ace Irrfan Khan and internet sensation Mithila Palkar. From the trailer, the movie looks like a road-fun revolving around the three lead characters’ journey from Banglore to Kochi.

Noted actor/theatre personality Akarsh Khurana is directing this movie and its story is penned by noted filmmaker Bejoy Nambiar. According to the makers, Karwaan is a light hearted movie which traces the story of three friends who are on a journey. The characters of Irrfan Khan, Mithila Palkar and Dulquer are from different walks of life who come together at one juncture of their lives. It is a slice of life kind movie with prominence to realistic humour.

Director Akarsh Khurana, who has previously scripted movies like Humshakals and Krrish 3, has co-written Karwaan’s screenplay with Adhir Bhatt. Hussain Dalal, the dialogue writer of Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and 2 States, has written the dialogues for this movie as well.

Ronnie Screwvala is funding Karwaan under the banner of RSVP Films in association with Ishka Films. The movie is all set to hit screens on August 3.

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