After two weeks of shoot at Hyderabad, Mohanlal's new movie under production ‘Shikar’ will move for its third and last schedule to Kodaikanal. The climax sequences of the movie which is planned for seven days, will feature the famous suicide point and the beautiful lake at Kodai. Mohanlal who is currently on a short break from movies for a trip to America, will return to join the climax shooting of the movie by the 17th of July. The movie which had its initial portions shot at Neriamangalam is said to offer Lal one of the memorable characters in his career. Scripted by S Suresh Babu, the movie also features four female characters donned by Sneha, Lekshmi Gopalaswamy, Ananya and Mythili, who comes up in important life stages of the central character named as Balaraman. The editing of the movie is on at full swing under the directives of Renjan Abraham. ‘Shikaar’ is all set to reach the theatres by the September 10. Tags: mohanlal, shikkar, mohanlal movies, mallu movies, shikkar pictures, shikkar wallpapers, mohanlal pictures, latest news, shikkar posters, images, 
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Shikkar at Kodaikanal
Mohanlal is now on Twitter
One of the finest actors in Indian cinema Mohanlal, the living legend and superstar of Malayalam cinema is now on Twitter. His id -@Lal_Mohanlal . It was Amitabh Bachchan who had persuaded Mohanlal to join Twitter. Amitabh had tweeted that after requesting Aamir Khan to join Twitter, he would persuade Mohanlal to join the bandwagon. Big B who was shooting with Mohanlal in Ooty was able to convince the star to join the social networking site. Today morning Bachchan tweeted that Lal has joined and he is also impressed with the Malayalam superstar’s blog which is hand written by the actor. You can also follow Mohanlal on twitter through his official website. Tags: mohanlal, malayalam actor mohanlal, mohanlal on twitter, amitabh, pictures, mallu movies, malayalam movies
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
Not decided about Kochi IPL-Vidya Balan
Bollywood star Vidya Balan has made it clear that she has not yet decided whether to become the brand ambassador of newly formed Kochi IPL team. “As no one has approached me about that, I have no clue about it” says Vidya .The actress who is a Malayalee by birth belonging to a Palakkad Brahmin family, is the most expected celebrity to endorse the team, as it is supposed to be from Kerala though with non Malayalee owners With the presence of Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Shilpa Shetty are team owners, Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone as the ambassadors of various teams, the IPL has already become the most glamorous event of Indian sport. Tags: Kochi IPL, Vidya Balan, Shashi Tharoor, kochi ipl, kerala ipl, new ipl team kerala, kerala new ipl team, kochi new ipl team, cochin ipl team, trivandrum, kerala ,latest news, ipl news, mohanlal, wallpapers
End of innings for Tharoor
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has accepted the resignation of Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor, as per reports. His meeting with the Prime Minister lasted for over thirty minutes.
Official word is awaited from the Prime Minister's office early morning on Monday.
The minister who became popular more for his tweets than political moves has been embroiled in the controversy around the new IPL Kochi team.
Tharoor drove to the prime minister's 7, Race Course residence in his private vehicle soon after after Manmohan Singh held a meeting of the Congress core committee including Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
The meeting was held to decide the minister's future in the government in the wake of controversy over an ugly IPL franchise row in which his friend Sunanda Pushkar was given a sweat equity worth Rs.70 crore.
Tharoor, who has been in the firing line of a united opposition demanding his removal, met Manmohan Singh earlier in the day for over 50 minutes to explain his side of the story.
BJP's first reaction says that it's the 'victory of truth.' Congress maintains that there is no deliberate attempt to delay Tharoor's resignation.
The parliament on Monday is set to see some fireworks as Tharoor's resignation puts opposition on the back foot. Some of the important bills including the Finance Bill are likely to come up for debate.
Tags: shashi Tharoor, kochi ipl, kerala ipl, new ipl team kerala, kerala new ipl team, kochi new ipl team, cochin ipl team, trivandrum, kerala ,latest news, ipl news
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Lal Jose to start new film
Lal Jose, after the success ofNeelathamara has started pre production work of his new film titled Elsamma Enn Aankutty. The film features Indrajith and Kunchakko Boban in the lead along with the directors regulars like Jagathy, Nedumudi Venu, Manianpillai Raju, Janardhanan , KPAC Lalitha and others. Lal Jose is on the lookout for a newcomer to play the female lead in this heroine oriented film. The script is by Sindhuraaj who wrote the story of the director’s earlier film Mulla. Rajamani will score music for the film. Rajaputra M Renjith is the producer of the film which will start rolling from May 15. Tags: lal jose, mohanlal, COUSIONS, neelathamara, elsamma enn aankutty, upcoming movies, new malayalam films, latest news
Amma expels Thilakan for life!
Thilakan has been expelled from the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) for life! His membership of the association was revoked after he appeared before its executive committee on Monday (April 5) in Kochi. Thilakan refused to apologise for the comments and criticism that he made about AMMA and its members. Following this, the organization was forced to expel him. Innocent, president of AMMA, said: “We were forced to take action against him as we have to maintain the decorum of the organisation as Thilakan stuck to his allegations and was not willing for any kind of compromise. However AMMA made it clear that the ban would have no effect on Thilakan’s acting career and members of the association had no reservation in acting along with him. Thilakan as usual went on the overdrive and raved and ranted about AMMA and its members. Thilakan also complained that he was denied justice at the meeting, adding that he was insulted after being invited for presenting his case and the decision to expel him was predetermined. Tags: AMMA, thilakan, malayalam movies, upcoming movies, new malayalam movies, thilakan issue
Kerala State Film Awards 2009 announced
The prestigious Kerala State Film Awards for 2009 were announced today (April 6) . Paleri Manickamhas swept the awards in the best film, Best actor(Mammootty) , Best actress(Shwetha Menon) category. Hariharan is the best director while MT Vasudevan Nair is the best screenplay writer for their Pazhassi Raja. The complete list of those who won the Kerala State Film Awards Best Actor : Mammootty (Paleri Manikyam, Pazhassi Raja, Kutty Srank) Best Director : Hariharan (Pazhassi Raja) Tags: malayalam film awards, state award 2010, mohanlal, mammootty, suresh gopi, bhramaram, yesudas, jagathy, swetha menon, Shreya Ghosal
Best Actress : Swetha Menon (Paleri Manikyam)
Script Writer : M T Vasudevan Nair(Pazhassi Raja)
Best Film – Paleri Manikyam oru Pathira Kolapathakathinte Katha
Popular Film : Ividam Swargamaanu
Supporting Actor: Manoj K Jayan ( Pazhassi Raja )
Supporting Actress : Pathmapriya (Pazhassi Raja)
Music: Mohan Sithara (Sufi Paranja Katha )
Cameraman- KG Jayan (Sufi Paranja Katha)
Comedian : Suraj Venjaranmood (Ivar Vivahitharayal)
Singer (Male) : Yesudas (Madhya Venal)
Singer (Female) : Shreya Ghosal (Banaras)
Editor : Sreekar prasad (Pazhassi Raja)
Art Director: Muthuraj (Pazhassi Raja)
Child Artist : Niveditha (Brahmaram)
Special Jury Award : Jagathi Sreekumar
Debutante Director: P Sukumar (Swa Le)
Choreography: Dinesh Kumar (Sagar Alias Jacky)
Dubbing: Shobi Thilakan (Pazhassi Raja)
Costume: Natarajan, George (Palery Manickyam)
Mollywood- Crisis in the industry!
There is crisis and tension in the Malayalam film industry. From Friday April 16, there will not be any new releases, as Film Distributors Association Kerala (FDAK) and Film Exhibitors Association Kerala (FEAK) are at each others throat, over terms and conditions regarding screening of films. Joining the melee is Kerala Film Producers Association, which will also stop producing new Malayalam films, as the “cost of production has gone through the roof and filmmaking has become commercially not viable due to star prices and attitude.” From April 16, no new film can be started, only shooting and production work of films which started earlier will be allowed. And the Kerala Film Chamber (KFC) and AMMA are daggers drawn. KFC has demanded that stars including actors and singers should stop taking part in reality shows and other shows meant for Malayalam television channels. The KFC also wants actors to reduce their remuneration. More shocking is that distributors and producers want a crackdown on other language films (OLF) like Tamil, English and Hindi films which have eaten into the collections of Malayalam films. Says Siyad Kokker, president of FDAK: “After Vishu from April 16, we will not allow the release of any new films in Kerala, unless our terms and conditions are accepted by the theatre owners. We have also made it clear that OLF can release in Kerala only two weeks after its worldwide release.” Tags: AMMA, Mohanlal , Mammootty, Malayalam films, malayalam movies, new movies,mollywood
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Bobanum Mollyyum to screens
Hardly could any Keralite forget the cartoon characters Boban and Molly, sketched by cartoonist Toms, which appeared for three decades in popular weeklies. Thereafter, Toms took initiatives to publish its compilations in magazine format which was also very popular. The biggest success with its characters like Appy Hippy, to President and Unnikuttan and the entire package were its sharp criticisms on the society and on Malayalee attitudes. Now the good news for the fans of the series is that the cartoon characters are expected to be presented as a full length feature film in a short while. Vijayakumar Thiruvalla is the director of this venture which will be scripted jointly by Toms and the director. The movie will present the arrival of the entire group of characters to a village and will depict how they progressively interact with the societal problems of the village. To be produced by Kiran Varma and Shyja Vijay, the movie will be cinematographed by Nambyathiri. The director and his crew is presently in the lookout for the apt artists and fresh faces who can adequately present the mannerisms of some of the best known cartoon characters of Malayalam. Tags: bobanum mollyyum, cartton characters, malayalam cartoon, upcoming movies
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Kochi and Pune are two new IPL teams
Sahara Adventure Sports Group was the highest bidder at $370 million (Rs.1,702 crore) and bagged Pune as the host city. Kerala-based consortium Rendezvous Sports bid $333.33 million (Rs.1.333.33 crore) to get Kochi as the other franchisee to make the IPL a 10-team affair from 2011.
"There were five qualified bids and the bidding was extremely competitive. I hope they make good business," IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi said, announcing the bid results here Sunday.
In the first IPL auction three years back, eight teams were sold for Rs.2,840 crore while this time the two new teams fetched an astronomical Rs.3,035.53 crore.
"It only shows there is no recession for the IPL and it is in the upswing," Modi said.
Two other bidders in fray, Adani Enterprises and Videocon, who were part of the cancelled bidding process March 7, lost out.
Modi said the Sahara Group had the option of choosing from Ahmedabad, Nagpur and Pune as their home. The corporate from Lucknow picked Pune as its host city.
"Sahara bid for Ahmedabad, Nagpur and Pune and was asked to settle for one city. The franchisees is given for the next 10 years," Modi said.
He said the base price for bidding was $225 million. He also said that the franchisee fee for the two new teams was for 10 years.
The two new teams will join eight franchisees that have been part of the IPL for three years: Mumbai Indians, Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Deccan Chargers, Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab.
With 10 teams, the next edition of the IPL will have a total of 94 games under the existing format, which now has 60 matches involving eight teams.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Rajat Kapoor replaces Thilakan
Dam 999, a English film produced and directed by NRI Sohan Roy has been in the news for the wrong reasons. After Thilakan was removed from the film, a compensation of Rs 7 lakhs had to be paid to him. Now the latest we hear is that .Bollywood actor and model Rajath Kapoor has replaced Thilakan in Dam 999. The movie is directed by Sohan Roy. Buzz is that Rajath has already started shooting for the film. Another new addition to the film is Thampi Antony, whose performance in Sufi Paranja Katha, has been critically appreciated. Thampy will be joining the next schedule of the film in Hyderabad in May. Tags: Thilkan, Rajat Kapoor, Dam 999, Christian Brothers, Latest news, Malayalam films
Kudos to Dr. Mohanlal!
The Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit has conferred honorary doctorates to pride of Indian cinema Mohanlal, and Oscar winner Resul Pookutty at a special convocation held at the Kalady University campus, near Kochi on Tuesday March 16. The Kerala Governor RS Gavai awarded the doctorates to Mohanlal and Resul Pookutty. The governor in his speech said- “Mohanlal is an excellent performer the world over. He has an inborn flair for spontaneous acting. Ranging from that of a rustic, innocent lover to a crafty villain, from a devoted patriot to a passionate father, Mohanlal has essayed a rich variety of roles with equal ease and poise.” Mohanlal dedicated the award to his late father Viswanathan Nair. He said his father a bureaucrat wanted him to go for higher studies but never stood in his way once he decided to become an actor. The actor said: “I would like to dedicate this honor to my late father". Mohanlal’s mother Santhakumari, uncle Radhakrishnan Nair and wife Suchitra were present on the occasion. Tags: Mohanlal, Dr.Mohanlal, Mohanlal new movies, Latest news, Upcoming movies
Friday, March 12, 2010
Mohanlal gets S Class Mercedes!
Mohanlal has become the first actor in Kerala to purchase the new luxury iconic S Class Mercedes Benz 350!
The actor's new white Mercedes has become the cynosure of all eyes in Thiruvananthapuram where he is shooting for producer Manian Pillai Raju’s TK Rajiv Kumar directed Oru Naal Varum, written by Sreenivasan.
Mohanlal has managed to get a fancy registration number KL- 01-AW-999, as his number plate for the luxury sedan which cost around Rs 1 Crore.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Mammootty attempts peace
Mammootty has taken the first step to put an end to the Malayalam Super Stars Vs Thilakan controversy.
Talking to the media on the location of his latest movie, ‘Pokkiri Raja’ on Saturday, the super star said he never called for a ban on the veteran actor. “We never called for a ban of Thilakan. I have nothing against Thilakan and I am ready to act with him, if he is ready to act with me. The issue with Thilakan will be resolved by AMMA soon. In fact, he should be an elder brother to all of us and guide us when we are wrong. But when he stands away from AMMA and criticises us, that hurts,” he said.
Mammootty also said that statements made by orator-critic Sukumar Azhikkode were unwarranted. “His statements on Mohanlal’s personal issues are totally baseless and unfair. I have known Mohanlal for the last 30 years and I very well know that the statement is wrong. It is also very upsetting,” he said.
Thilakan is in dispute with various film associations including the AMMA, for his utterances against some superstars and select directors. The dispute led to a public slugfest and turned ugly when non-film personalities like Sukumar Azhikkode entered the scene.
Reacting to Mammootty’s statement, Thilakan said: “Honestly I have nothing against Mammootty and Mohanlal and I do respect their talents. I will talk to Mammootty if he calls me.”
Tags: Mammootty, Mohanlal, AMMA, Thilakan, Latest news
