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Pazhassi Raja, after Maya Bazar :
Mammootty would resume his shooting with Pazhassi Raja team after completing his new film Maya bazaar directed by Thomas Sebastian. 'PR' final phase shooting would start in the Karnataka - Kerala forests by the end of August. Kanika, the lead lady of the film got married and now residing in US. She would come back to finish her portion. 

Rambha in dual role : Actress Ramba playing dual role in Kabadi Kabadi film starring Kalabhavan Mani and Mukesh in lead. Releasing on July 25th.
 
Kurukshetra started : Mohanlal - ( Retd ) Major Ravi's Kurukshetra film shoot started in Kargil. The film shoot will be in the real locales of Indian border. The movie will be finished in single schedule and the budget is 7 Crores. Mohanlal playing as Colonel Mahadevan. Taniya Singh is the heroine. Santhosh Damodar producing the movie. Lokanathan is the Cameraman.

Kamalini Mukherjee in Kutty Shranku :
Bengali girl Kamalini Mukherjee playing one of the love interest of Mammooty in Shaji N Karun's upcoming movie Kutty Shranku. Mamo., playing as a boat man, and 3 girls ( Kamilini, Padmapriya and Meenakumari) playing the lead roles. Sai Kumar
Siddique, and Suresh Krishna is also in the star cast. Reliance Entertainments producing the film. First schedule shooting is going on, and the balance 2 schedules will be shoot in the coming months, the film shoot is in the backwaters of Kovalam, Vaikkom and Kumarakom area. After this movie Director Shaji would do a film with Mohanlal, based on a famous novel. 

Parunthu getting ready :
Movie Parunth is under post production stage, Dubbing works is going on. TA Razak scripted the movie. Lakshmi rai and Roma playing as heroines. Star cast includes Kalabhavan mani, Jayasurya, Jagathy sreekumar, Sooraj, Cochin Hanifa and others. Alex Paul composing music. This is an action based comedy. The other movies getting ready to release on this July are : Director Kamal's Minnaminnikoottam, Mohanlal's Madambi and Jayaram's Veruthe Oru Bharya.

MACTA Vs Malayalam actors : 
The top stars including Mammootty and Mohanlal lend their support to start a new organization against MACTA, Federation of Malayalam Cine Technicians Association. The clash started between MACTA and AMMA regarding the call-sheet of actor Dileep and director Thulasidas. This paved the way for the actors to start a new organization. Director Siddique will work as the head of the adhoc committe and the committee will launch the organization within 3 weeks. Leading directors Fazil, Sibi Malayil, Hariharan, Joshy, Renjith are also in the committee

Chungakkaarum Veshyakalum, Thilakan :
Malluwood actor Thilakan is not able to visit Canada for the shooting of Chungakkaarum Veshyakalum. The Canadian embassy rejected the Visa application of the actor for not having sufficient amount in his bank account. Thilakan approached the state Cultural minister and got a certificate and re-applied for the Visa. He was suppose to be in Canada last month for the film shoot of "Chungakkaarum Veshyakalum". Thilakan accused Nedumudi Venu for back stabbing, but Venu denied the allegations. Thilakan told reporters that he is having records to prove. Chungakkaarum Veshyakalum directed by Isaac Thomas, Produced by V.B. Krishna Das and camera is handled by Jayanan Vincent.

National Awards
 
 . Priyanandanan’s Pulijanmam grabbed the best feature film award ( 54th National Film Awards )

 
 . Director Madhukaithapuram bagged the Best first film director award for Ekantham. Award shared with Kabir Khan ( Kabul express)

 
 . Major Ravi's Keerthy Chakra won the best "National integration" film award

 . Director Kamal's Karutha Pakshikal won best film with a message.

 . Thilakan - Special acting award for Ekantham.

 . Nedumudi Venu : Best narration ( commentary ) in 'Minukku’ 

 . M.P. Sukumaran Nair 'Drishtantham' - Best Malayalam film ( Regional award )

Kutti Srank to start from June 15th :
Mammootty's new film Kutti Srank with director Shaji Karun would start from this June 15th. "M" playing 3 different characters in this film and the story is all about 3 women and M. This is the first time Big M and Shaji doing a film together. Another important thing is, Reliance Big Entertainment making their debut as producers through this film in Kerala. Female lead will be announced soon. 

Director Kamal Vs Mega stars :
3 big movies getting ready to release this July. Parunthu by Mammootty, Madambi by Mohanlal and Minnaminnik Koottam by Director Kamal. MK film starring Naren, Meera jasmine, indrajith, Roma, Samvrutha and Anoop. If everything goes right, these 3 films would release this July. Minamini Kottam film is almost complete, only a song to be shoot. Madambi and Parinthu shooting going on. Kargil film shooting would start next week and would release for this Onam. 

Kargil, after Madambi : 
Mohanlal right now working in the sets of Madambi, Kavya Madhavan playing the heroine role to Lalettan for the first time. The film scheduled to release on July. After Madambi, Mohanlal going to wear the Army dress for Director Major Ravi's "Kargil". The film shooting would start from the first week of June. Kargil produced by Damor Films. The film shoot would take place in Leh and Himachal Pradesh regions. Padmapriya, Biju Menon, Siddique and others in the star cast. 

News bits :

. Madambi & Parunthu on July 18 : Mohanlal's Madambi and Mammootty's Parunthu would release this July 18th. Basic story line of both the movies are same. Mammooka playing a cruel money lender role in Parunthu, while Lalettan playing a soft approach money lender in Madambi. 
 
. Dileep's new films are Body Guard and Run Gopala Run ( or Kallante Katha ). Siddique going to direct Body Guard, while a new director Deepu Karunakaran going to direct RGR. Deepu's first movie "Winter" not yet released due to some unknown reasons.

Twenty 20 on June 27th :
Malayalam film goers can see their favourite film stars in one movie and it's going to be Twenty : 20, the film scheduled to release on June 27th in more than 115 centres. Malluwood's top stars like Mammootty, Mohanlal, Dileep, Suresh Gopi, Pritviraj, Nayanthara, Bhavana, Gopika and others acting in this movie. Gopika playing the heroine to Mammootty and Bhavana as heroine to Dileep. There will be no heroine to lalettan. Nayanthara, Prithviraj, Kunchacko Bobban, Indrajit and other artiste completed their part of work. Only a 10 % of the film is balance to be shoot and a song sequence is balance. Joshy is the director, actor Dileep producing the film for AMMA. 

Parunthu next film of Big "M" :
Mollywood mega star Mammootty's next film is "Parunthu", he is playing as a money lender ( Mohanlal also doing the same type of role in "Madambi" ) in this film, directed by M Padmakumar. This is the first film for Padmakumar with Big M. Howly Pottur under the banner of Dream Team Productions producing the film. TA Rasaaq is the script writer. Jayasurya and Kalabhavan Mani doing important roles in this film. Vidhyasagar compose the songs for Parunthu. The film would release this July. Some other movies of Mammootty under production are : Twenty Twenty, Pazhassi Raja, Vande matharam. 

Ajmal Ameer's D-17 with Sandhya :
'Pranayakalam' fame Ajmal ameer is now doing a new movie titled "D-17" with Sandhya as heroine. Ajmal worked as Villain in a latest tamil film Anjathey and his acting in the film has been appreciated by all. Now, with a group of new young film makers Ajmal playing the lead role in D-17. Film D-17 will have lot of thrilling stunt sequences and lot of graphic works. Peter Hain is the stunt master, and this is the first movie in malayalam for Peter. Sandhya's latest film Cycle is running successfully and she is concentrating on Malayalam now.

Mammootty an IT man :
Mallluwood megastar Mammootty is in discussion with Software giant Microsoft to start a e-literacy programme in Kerala and he is keen to start the project to help the people in kerala to become IT savvy. He is already the brand ambassador of state sponsored Akshaya IT Project. 

Meera in trouble !
AMMA - The Association of Malayalam Movie Artists has issued a SC notice to Meera Jasmine for not giving dates to the AMMA producing film "Twenty Twenty". Top Malayalam film stars like Mammootty, Mohanlal, Dileep, Nayanthara and others acting in this film and the profit from the film will go for the improvement of AMMA. Meera jasmine who is busy in south indian films is not giving dates to this film and this irritated the top stars. AMMA sent a show cause notice to Meera for not giving her call-sheet to the film. In the mean time she gave bulk dates to Kamal's film "Minnaminnikoottam" ! 

Mohanlal will do "Burning Illusion" stunt ?
Malluwood megastar Mohanlal has been training for the past 18 months to do a stunt in front of international magicians, and some say it could be really a dangerous attempt. Mohanlal undergoing this training at a Magic Academy run by Gopinath Muthukad. But Samrat, another leading magician of Kerala, advised Mohanlal not to do the stunt as Muthukad himself failed in an attempt few years back at Bahrain. Samrat planning to approach AMMA - Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes to stop Mohanlal's stunt show which is going to held at Chandrasekharan nair stadium on the month end. 

KSFA to Meera jasmine and Mohanlal :
Annual Kerala State Film Awards for 2007 has been announced and Mohanlal bag the best actor award for the film Paradesi and Meera jasmine bag the best actress award for "Ore Kadal" film .Cultural minister MA Baby announced these awards. Film "Adhyalangal" selected as best movie of the year and it's director MG Sasi bagged the best director award for the film. 
Best male singer is Vijay Yesudas for "Nivedyam" movie, and Shwetha, daughter of Singer Sujatha bagged the best female playback singer award. Special jury award to Jagathy Sreekumar, Bharath Murali as second best actor. "Katha Parayumbol" popular movie of the year. 

Mizhikal Sakshi film :
Lalettan is playing the role of Sukumari's son in Mizhikal Sakshi, a new film by director Ashok R Nath. Mohanlal playing a guest role in this film. Mizhikal Sakshi is about an intellectual son of an old lady and his rebel works. This film is also having some other specialties, and that's music director V. Dakshinamoorthy, poet O.N.V. Kurup and singer Yesudas coming together after a long gap of nearly 2 decades. This trio gave a super hit song "Vaathilppazhuthiloode" for Idanazhiyil Oru Kaalocha some twenty years back. The star cast includes Krishna Prasad, Nedumudi Venu, Jagathi Sreekumar, Vijayraghavan, Manoj.K. Jayan,and others

Kavya Madhavan in One Way Ticket & Pattanathil Bootham

Mammootty the Mega star of Malluwood will show his face as cameo appearance in a new film titled "One Way Ticket" starring Upcoming Super star of Malayalam Prithviraj in lead. Big M playing the role of "Super star" in this film, and Prithviraj as a well educated Taxi driver and president of Mammootty fan club. The film backdrop is Malappuram district where Mammootty is having big followers. The film will be a mix of comedy and racy thriller. Kavya Madhavan playing the heroine role in One way Ticket and she penning 2 songs for this film. Kavya playing heroine to Mammootty in "Pattanathil Bhootham" to be directed by Johnny Antony. Bipin Prabhakar directing One Way Ticket and script by Babu Janardhanan.

Parthan Kanda Paralokam Vs Mulla :
Actor Jayaram is in bad phase in his acting career and he is not able to give a hit in recent times. Another actor Dileep's last movie was also a flop. Now, on March 28th films of these two actors are going to release in Kerala. Both these two films are of different genre, Mulla is a serious commercial film while Parthan Kanda Paralokam will be a comedy riot. PKP story is about a man who is straight forward and become atheist after his father's death and who gets near-death experiences from his childhood. Rajan Kiriyath is the script writer and Screen Cine Entertainment is the producer and directed by Anil. Sreedevika is the heroine, Mukesh, Jagathy Sreekumar, Kalabhavan Mani and others in the star cast. We hope Parthan Kanda Paralokam will give break to the actor.

Vishu 2008 releases : 
As of now all the Top Stars in Malayalam having at least a release for this Vishu 2008. 

. Mammootty's Annan Thambi will release on 11th of April. Anwar Rasheed is the director. Lakshmi Rai and Gopika playing as heroines.

. Mohanlal's Innathe Chintha Vishayam with director Sathyan Anthikad will also reach the theatres on April 11th or a day after. Meera jasmine is the heroine in Innathe Chinthavishayam. 

. Dileep's "Mulla" created much expectations among the audience, his last movie was a flop and he need a hit. Dileep, Meera Nandan starring Mulla is directed by super hit director Laljose. 

. Action Star Suresh Gopi's "Bullet" with different characterization for Suresh will also hit the theatres for this Vishu.

Sreenivasan's "Pachamarathanalil", Jayaram's "Paarthan kanda Paralokam" are also in the list.

Suresh Gopi Bullet :
Police specialist Suresh gopi doing a Sanyasi role in his new film Bullet. Nizar coming back to malayalam cinema after a gap. The story is about an astrologer accused for murdering a famous singer.  "Bullet" is a thriller movie and having Kalabhavan Mani, Vijayaraghavan, Jagathy Sreekumar and others in the star cast. 

Innathe Chinthavishayam Mohanlal film :

Mohanlal - Sathyan Anthikad film titled as Innathe Chintha Vishayam, Meera jasmine is the heroine and the film scheduled for Vishu.  

Mammotty in Vande Matharam :
Mammooty's new bi-lingual film is Vande Matharam. In malayalam it's Vandematharam and in Tamil it's Aruvadai. Action star Arjun playing another lead role in this movie. Sneha is the heroine to Big M and Shradha Arya playing as heroine to Arjun. It's a police story with patriotic background. Film produced by Henry of Pankaj Productions. In the 80's Henry produced a movie in Malayalam. Nearly after 2 decades he is coming back to Malayalam. Sneha's glamour stills in this movie are all hot ! There is also an unconfirmed news that, Mammootty and Mohanlal would do a new film with the combination of "Hello" and "Mayavi" but not any official announcement yet.

Three Minus will make a Plus ?
Team consisting of Director Jayaraj, Actors Suresh gopi and Jayaram will make a new film and the official rolling of the movie will start in the mid of March. Director Jayaraj experiencing a downtrend in his film career and his latest movies washed out at box office, and regarding Jayaram, giving a flop movie becomes his regular and Suresh gopi also not able to give a hit. Jayaram, Suresh gopi and director Jayaraj gave blockbusters but their current movies not going well at box office. They are all coming together for a new film, we hope this film will be a blockbuster and victory for the actors as well as the director.
          
Actor Sreenivsavan, new superstar in Market ?
Actor Sreenivsan's recent films doing well at the box office and he is the new superstar in the market and producers like to utilize his market value. Srinivasan presently doing Pachamarathanalil and his film with Director Haridas titled Aravindante Athmakatha will start rolling from May. TA Shahid scripted the story, Suganya, Lal and Jagathy will be in the star cast. Another important film would be with Sathyan Anthikad. Srini - Mohanlal - Sathyan combo worked well in the 80s and the director might do a film with this box office king soon, announcement awaited.

Reel Wifes :
This is a round up about the reel wives of film stars. Model and Actress Shwetha Menon playing the heroine role to Mohanlal in Aakasagopuram, an offbeat film of Mohanlal .Shwetha, a former Miss India-Asia Pacfic appeared in few films in Malayalam and Hindi and currently busy in modeling. Praveena acted in several films and her latest one is Rock N Roll Cameo appearance, playing the wife role to hero and character artiste Kalabhavan Mani in Swarnam film. Venugopan directs the movie Swarnam. As per sources it's a remake of tamil film "Chidambarathil oru appasamy". Another pair is Sreenivasan and Meena, their chemistry worked out well in Udayananu Tharam and Kadha Parayumpol and this pair coming together for the third time which will start rolling from next month. Suresh Krishna directs the film. Srinivsan's another film is Pachamarathanalil, Padmapriya playing the heroine role and directed by Liyo Thaddhevoos a debutant director.

Cycle, pedaling fast !
The recent release "Cycle" starring Vineeth Sreenivsan, Bhama, Sandhya and Vinu mohan in lead is getting good reviews across the state and this racy comedy flick might create a new trend in malayalm movies. Jagathy Sreekumar, Murali, Sai Kumar, Cochin Haneefa, Shammi Thilakan in the star cast of Cycle film. The young new comer Vineeth and others carry the movie on their young shoulders. Script writer James Albert and Director Johnny Antony combination worked well. James Albert was the script writer of "Classmates". Well, we hope that the success of this film might give producers a new courage to start films with newcomers.

Gopika, a new addition in Annan Thambi :
Director Anwar Rasheed's Annan Thambi film with Mammootty as the hero is fast proceeding in Pollachi. To the surprise, Gopika has been signed for the heroine role now, another heroine is Lakshmi Rai. Mammootty playing dual role in this movie. So, Gopika and Laskhmi rai are the pairs for Annan and Thambi. Remember, Gopika - Mammootty starrer Mayavai was a great success at box office. Gopika celebrated her birthday last week, a birthday gift by the director ?

Malayalam script attracts whole India 
The Malluwood super hit movie Kadha Parayumbol starring Mammootty, Sreenivasan and Meena in the lead is attracting all the Indian film industries. The film is already started remaking in Tamil and Telugu. Rajnikanth, Pasupathi and Meena playing the lead roles in Tamil, whereas Rajni, Jagapathi Babu, Meena / Tabu playing in Telugu. Now, the latest news is, the movie would be remake in Hindi too. The badshah of bollywood Shah Rukh khan is interested with script and as per the sources he is ready to produce and act in the movie. OK, who is going to direct ? For the surprise, Multi-lingual director Priyadarshan would direct the film, Priyadarashan showed Shahrukh the original Malayalam film and the superstar was impressed with story line and the characters of mammootty and srinivasan. So, there is a much possibility that Shahrukh and Priyadarshan would do the film in Hindi. Already Manichithrtahz and other malayalam movies had been remaked in Hindi. Through this news, we can come to a conclusion that Writer Srinivasan has dominated the Actor Srinivasan.

Super hit Hero & Super flop Hero : 
Prithviraj is the hot young hero in malayalam & tamil who simultaneously giving success in both the languages. On the other hand Jayaram is also a bi-lingual hero, but his recent films not doing well in the box office. Eventhough he is not the only person to be blamed for the flops, his selection on the scripts is bad. Prithviraj is currently doing Vellithirai in Tamil and the film getting ready for release. In Malayalam he is doing Thalappavu, and another new film with Director Shafi, Rafi-Mecartin as script writers, the movie will be launched soon . He gradually rising his career towards the Top star post. All the best Prithvi. Jayaram's latest film Novel with Sada was also a flop. Jayaram presently doing tamil movie as police officer in "Saroja" directed by Venkat Prabhu. Jayaram's comedy movie Paarthan Kanda Paralaokam is in progress and directed by Anil. Another film of Jayaram is with actress Gopika, the film will start rolling from Feb 15th and direction by a new comer Akku akbar. Gopika is a lucky star in malluwood, we hope atleast the luck of Gopika will help Jayaram to give a super hit film. All the best Jayaram. 

Gopiettan is no more :
Veteran Malayalam movie actor Bharath Gopi is no more, Bharath popularly known as "Gopiettan" to malayalees. Bharat gopi was hospitalized last week after heart attack while in the shooting spot of "Dey Engotu Nokiya". Gopi made his first film with Adoor Gopalakrishnan debut movie "Swayamvaram" in 1972. He won National award as best Actor for Kodiyettam film. Gopi acted in nearly 100 films and produced a few movies. Padhyam starring Mammootty was produced by Gopi. As per mammootty 'His space can never be filled'. That's true.

Anwar Rasheed the luckiest director :
Anwar Rasheed seems to be the luckiest director in Mollywood. He is doing movies with super stars just like that. After Rajamanikam with Mammootty, at present Anwar directing "Annan thambi" again with Mammootty in lead and the film is due for Vishu. Rasheed directed Mohanlal in Chotta Mumbai and the film suffered an initial set back but climbed the ladder later, which was also a hit movie. Now, the latest news is that Anwar will do a movie with Mohanlal again. This film would start after the release of "Annan Thampi". Sree Bhadra films will produce the new film and Sachi - Sethu of 'Chocolate' fame will be the script writers.

Malluwood Movie Directors upcoming films :

Blezzy :
Calcutta News : Long awaited movie starring Dileep and Meera Jasmine.
 
Renji Pannickar
Raudram : Mammootty's republic day release for this year. 
 
Adoor Gopalakrishnan : 
Oru Pennum Randaanum : After the success of Naalu Pennugal, adoor is doing Oru Pennum Randaanum and will release this year. Thakazhy Shivashankaran Pillai's story is the base for the film.
 
Lal Jose : 
Mulla : Dileep is the hero and Vishu 2008 release. 
Cousin : Mohanlal is the hero, would be a Ramzan release of this year. 
 
K A Devarajan : 
Swapanamalika : The director is a new one and got the chance to direct mohanlal through Swapanamalika in his first film itself.
 
Anwar Rasheed :
Annan Thampi : Mammootty plays dual role in this film and Lakshmi Rai is one of the heroine. This will be a Vishu release.
  
Sathyan Anthikkad :
Untitled film with Mohanlal and Meera Jasmine, would be release on April 14th.
 
Director Hariharan :
Pazhassi raja : Mammootty is the hero and it's a historical subject of pre-independence era. Kanika plays the maharani role. Writer Vasudevan Nair.
 
K P Kumaran :
Aakashagopuram : Mohanlal's off beat film, but not get any attention by the film goers as of now.
 

Thulasidas :
College Kumaran : Mohanal comedy crapper will hit the screen on Jan 26th
 
B Unnikrishnan :
Maadambi : Scriptwriter Unnikrishnan is the director of 'Maadambi', Jagathy, Sreenivasan, Siddhique, Jayasuriya and others in the star cast, Kavya Madhavan plays the heroine role.
   

Malayalam film releases : 
This Republic day, mallu fans can watch Mohanlal & Vimala Raman starrer "College Kumaran" and Vineeth Srinivasan's debut film "Cycle" directed by Johnny Antony. Mammootty's Rowdram release would be a day before republic day. Mammootty plays a police officer role in Roudram after a long time. Jayaram - Sada starring "Novel" will release on Jan 11th . Sada debuts into Mollywood, she already done an item number in Malayalam. Meera Jasmine - Dileep starring Blessy's "Kolkata News" would hit the theatres by Jan 18th. Suresh Gopi's "Sound of Boot" would release on Jan 11th.

Kolkata News on Jan 18th :
Long awaited Dileep / Meera Jasmine Starring "Kolkata News" will reach theaters on Jan 18th. This film has been delayed for various reasons, now the producer able to release it for Jan 2008.
 

Navya Nair's 2008 : 
Navya nair films in the year 2007 were all disasters. Her movie Alibhai with Mohanlal, Kitchamani MBA with Suresh Gopi and Mayyakannadi with Cheran ( Tamil) were all left the theaters without any trace. She is now acting in SMS with Bala which will be her first release for 2008 in Malluwood. Navya Nair also doing a Tamil movie with director Jayaraj titled "Sila Nerangalil" and another movie with actor Srikanth titled "Ettappan". The recent news is that Navya nair got an opportunity to pair with Suresh Gopi again. The new film is "Kavyam". Will start rolling from Feb.
 

Watch 'Cycle' in March :
Mallu film goers can able to watch the 'Cycle' ride from March in Theatres. The film starring debutant Vineeth Sreenivasan, Vinoo Mohan, Sandhya and Bhama in lead will reach the theatres in March 2008. Noted character actor Sreenivasan's son Vineet is the lead man in the movie Cycle. Vineeth is a well known play back singer and he sung songs in Udayananu Tharam and Rasathanthram. The film is directed by Johnny Antony who directed CID Moosa, Kochi Rajavu, and Thurupugulan. The film shooting went on well in Mumbai and now the cast and crew getting ready to fly to Germany to shoot the final portion of the film. James Albert's recent movie "Classmates" as script writer is still running and it's a blockbuster hit movie. He is the script writer for "Cycle" too. So, the mallu film audiences eagerly awaiting the release of "Cycle" film.

Upcoming movies : 2008 releases

Mammootty : Pazhassi Raja, Twenty:20, Raudram with Renji Paniker, Annan Thambi, Vande Matharam with Arjun and Sneha, Theepetti Chandran.
 
Mohanlal : College Kumaran, Karthika Thirunaal Kaarthikeyan, Yugapurushan, Bheeshmar, E Irupatthiyonnaam Noottaandu, 
 
Dileep : Calcutta News, Mulla, Kuttanadan Express, Twenty:20
 
Prithviraj : Thalappavu, Vellithirai & Abhiyum Naanum in Tamil. 

Discuss about who will be the Malayalam Top hero of 2008

 
Katha Parayumbol and Romeo rules the chart :
Latest new films released for Xmas - Katha Parayumbol and Romeo rules the chart, Kangaroo by Prithviraj is in 3rd position. Romeo Song "Killi Chundan" is in the first position of music chart, followed by "Maambulli" from Katha Parayumbol - Music by Jayachandran sung by Vineeth Sreenivasan. "Mazha manimukile" from Kangaroo is in 3rd position, music by Saji Ram, Sung by Vidhu Prathap and Rimi Tomy. Vidyasagar's "Chandamama" from Rock N Roll still able to occupy the chart in 4th position, Singers Anitha and Rijia. "Istamalle" by Alex Paul from Chocolate is in 5th position. Regarding box office chart - Mammootty's Katha Paryumbol able to be in 1st position, Sreenvisan proved himself as a good script writer and actor. Director Rajasenan's Romeo is in 2nd position. Pirthviraj's Kangaroo is in 3rd. Sibi Malayil - Mohanlal movie Flash not upto to the mark as expected, so it's in 4th and Prithvi's Chocolate is in 5th.

Annan Thambi Twins : 
Megastar playing dual role in Anwar Rasheed's Annan Thambi film. It's not only going to be a dual role but it will be Twins, so director Anwar was in search of twins in the age of 10 for the childhood character of Mammootty. The screening test held at Kochi and Kozhikode. First screening test held at Kochi on Dec 9th and the second one at Kozhikide on Dec 22nd. Finally, Anwar got the twins. They are Sonu and Monu living in Kozhencherry in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala. Anwar Rasheed screened nearly 157 twins and he feels Sonu and Monu are the right pairs to do the childhood of Mammootty in Annan Thambi. The shooting of the film will start from Jan 5th in Pollachi and will release for Vishu 2008.

Suresh Gopi as police officer and collector :
Action star Suresh Gopi getting ready to reach the audience as an investigative officer through "Sound of Boot" film. Shaji Kailas directs the movie. The film was previously titled as "Boot", but the name was already booked by some other person and as per sources he demanded a big amount to transfer the registration, but the producer of "Boot" movie Pyramid Saimira refused his deal and renamed the title as "Sound of Boot". Suresh Gopi plays an investigative officer role, who make his full effort to find out the culprits behind a murder in a hill station. Suresh, plays as a Collector in his forthcoming movie titled "Collector", he plays the Kochi Collector role and work against the real estate mafia gang. Actress Mohini is the Kochi Mayor in the film. Directed by Anil C. Menon.

Prithviraj as Robinhood :
The rising star of malluwood Prithviraj is having a lot of good movies in his hand. The shooting of his most expected movie Thalappavau has been completed and the team is under post production works now. The movie would be screened on theatres from March 2008. Madhupal directed the movie and Prithvi plays a young activist role in Thalappavu. This is a real life story. After Kangaroo, Prithvi is currently working on a Producer Prakash Raj's tamil movie, From Jan 2008 Prithvi will work for Director Fazil's tamil film. Robinhood is a new movie which would start rolling from April 2008. Sachi and Sethy the duo penned for Chocolate film will pen Robinhood too. Joshi is the director. Prithviraj's film career is getting in the right route and his graph rising steadily.

Swapnamalika Next film by Mohanlal :
Actor Mohanlal's next film is Swapnamalika. The muhurat of Swapnamalika held at Vismaya Film studio here in Thiruvananthapuram. Mohanlal plays a 55 year old magician role and actor Prithviraj likely to be play the role of his son. The relationship between the magician and his son is the basic story line. Meera jasmine plays female lead role. K.A.Devarajan is the director of the movie, his daughter and 10th Std student Aparna Karimpil debut as song writer through Swapnamalika. Unnikrishnan is the script writer. "Yes, this is something unique, the role which I play. Basically, the story delves into the philosophical realms and the trials and tribulations of a magician. It is a commercial film. The story also looks into the relationship of mine with my son and also with my assistant, played by Meera Jasmine," said Mohanlal, who was unwilling to reveal anything more.

Director Kamal in "2 Crore Apple Megastar" :
Leading malluwood film director Kamal has been roped in as the director of "2 Crore Apple Megastar" reality show. One of Kerala's leading TV Channel Jeevan TV getting ready to launch a reality show for male and female singers and dancers. Total prize money worth Rs 20 million. The contest will be open to youngsters in the age 15 - 30. If you are interested get in touch with the TV Channel before Jan 15th. Playback singer Chithra, actress Sukanya and music director Deepak Dev will be the jury team.

Chirstmas malluwood releases :

 
Malluwood getting ready to serve the Xmas treat to the audience : 

 
1. Mammootty - The mega star of malayalam industry will hit the theatres with his "Katha Parayumbol", starring Mammootty, Meena, Sreenivasan and others. Directed by Mohanan. The film will be released on Dec 20th.
 
2. Prithviraj : The young actor is in hot news now-a-days. His "Kangaroo" with Kavya Madhavan and Jayasurya will also release on Dec 20th.
 
3. Mohanlal : Mohanalal's Flash with director Sibi Malayil will also be released on the same day Dec 20th. Parvathy is the heroine. Mohanlal badly need a hit now.
  
4. Dileep - Dileep, Vimala and Samvrutha starrer Romeo will be release on Dec 14th.
 
There is going to be a tough competition this Xmas. All the major heroes' films are going to hit the theatres. Dileep's Romeo will release 1 week before others.

Sibiu malayil Flash :
Director Sibi Malayil and actor mohanlal getting ready with their "Flash" to entertain the audience. Flash is a psychological thriller subject and music composed by a debutant Gopi Sunder, Camera by Sajan Kalathil. Lal and Sibi's last movie was released five years back and big flop one. Now, Flash getting ready for Christmas release.

"M" Directors in "T" Films :
In the past, directors like Fazil, Priyadarshan made tamil movies. Now, some more directors are also interested to direct movies in Tamil, due to big budgets. Usually Tamil and Telugu film budgets will be high comparable to malayalam. So, Malayalee directors looking for opportunities in other regional films. Siddhique just finished his 'T' movie "Saadhu Mirandaal". Shaji Kailas is getting ready to remake the Chintamani Kola Case in "T" with new faces, and the mega one is by director Jayaraj, he just completed "Sila Nerangalil" with Navya Nair. Malayalam film directors always trying to do movies with good scripts, but in Tamil and Telugu only few are there and most of them doing fancy movies which attracts large crowds to the theatres. So, we hope Malayalee directors will do their best in Tamil. 

Meera in Demand : 
National award winner and top actress Meera jasmine is in demand. She's having good reputation in south indian films and the latest news is that she is going to do a film with director Kamal. The title is not yet decided, few young stars would appear with meera. Kamal and meera done 3 films earlier. The actress just finished her portion in Nepali film with young upcoming actor Bharath. She is doing Calcutta news with Dileep and another film with Mohanlal going to start next year.

Meena and Kushboo returns :
Actresses Meena and Kushboo returns back to Malluwood. Meena is working in Katha Parayumbol with Mammootty. The film is co produced by Mukesh & Sreenivasan. The film story is all about a film star who happens to meet his old buddies as barber and teacher. Meena's another project is with Jayaram in Magic Lamp., both films will hit the theatres this month. Kushboo's film is with Mohanlal and the movie is not yet titled. Sathyan Anthikad is the director. Kushboo plays a character role while Meera jasmine playing the lead role. 

Asin launched a Social networking portal :
Malayalee girl Asin, the top actress of South Indian regional films and the brand ambassador of CavinKare brands launched a new social networking portal "Spinz.in" . The portal would be a tough competitor to Sunsilk gang of girls. The executive director of the company Mr.Ramesh Viswanathan said that the website has been launched as it will be easy for a brand to set a two way interaction with its consumers and can become the mainstay of brand communication in future. Asin is the brand ambassador for "Spinz" Talcum powder which hold 6 % market share.

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