Chatambinadu-Mammootty Shafi Team again after Mayavi

Prithviraj, Kunchako Boban, Jayasurya, Roma and Bhavana enacted characters in Shafi’s last flick Lollypop.


Lollypop was miserable and a failure. Now Shafi is experimenting his old formula with Mammootty as hero.

Shafi, who is the brother of Rafi of Rafi Mecartin, rose to fame with his through out comedy movies. He reached his peak was Pulival Kalyanam and Kalyanaraman. From there his movies started downhill.

Shafi put all his faith again with writer Benny.P.Nayarambalam for this Megastar movie. The film was titled Malabar Chattambi but is now changed as Chattambi Naadu.

This is Mammootty’s third flick with Shafi. The duo has earlier teamed up successfully for Mayavi and Thommanum Makkalum.

Chattambinadu is comedy based action thriller where Mammootty plays Veerendra Mallaya, a Karnataka-based Malayalee estate owner with Kannada accent, his accent and mannerisms are the highlights of this movie.

Lakshmi Rai is the lead actress. This is third time Lakshmi Rai teams up with Mammootty, the earlier being Annan Thambi and Parunthu. Mukesh will be seen in an important role. Salim Kumar and Suraj Venjarammood will add glittery to the film.

Mammootty's latest films Pattanathil Bhootham and Daddy Cool haven’t made much impact among viewers. Both were targeted to children. His mega movie Pazhassiraja has hit the screens last week. Earlier to Pazhassiraja, Mammootty film 'Loudspeaker' became a success.

The movie is produced and distributed under the banner Playhouse. Playhouse is Mammootty’s production company which was started last month

Chattambinadu, starring Mammootty commenced shooting on September 9 at Pollachi. The movie is expected to be a Christmas release.

Mohanlal Shaji Kailas team again.......

Shaji Kailas has started preparation for his movie which was titled Raman Police. The movie will have Mohanlal in the lead role.



Shaji will complete a movie with Mammootty in the lead role before attempting Mohanlal.Shaji Kailas has started preparation for his movie which was titled Raman Police. The movie will have Mohanlal in the lead role.

Shaji will complete a movie with Mammootty in the lead role before attempting Mohanlal.

After playing a soft spoken IPS officer in Baba Kalyani directed by Shaji Kailas, Malayalam super star Mohanlal has tailored a khakhi uniform for another Police officer in Raman Police, scripted by A.K. Sajan.

Interestingly Mohanlal’s last outing with Shaji was the unforgettable Red Chillies.

Raman Police is an attempt of Shaji to bring to life another super human police officer character. This movie which is expected to release during Onam 2010 has a big budget.
Shaji is presently involved with the shooting of his Prithviraj starrer movie Raghupathy Raghava Rajaram, at the locations of Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode. Raghupathi, Raghav and Rajaram are the names of Prithviraj's three characters who lives in these three cities.

After playing a soft spoken IPS officer in Baba Kalyani directed by Shaji Kailas, Malayalam super star Mohanlal has tailored a khakhi uniform for another Police officer in Raman Police, scripted by A.K. Sajan.

Interestingly Mohanlal’s last outing with Shaji was the unforgettable Red Chillies.

Raman Police is an attempt of Shaji to bring to life another super human police officer character. This movie which is expected to release during Onam 2010 has a big budget.
Shaji is presently involved with the shooting of his Prithviraj starrer movie Raghupathy Raghava Rajaram, at the locations of Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode. Raghupathi, Raghav and Rajaram are the names of Prithviraj's three characters who lives in these three cities.

Bollywood Releases for November

There were some big releases last month in Bollywood like Blue, All the Best, Aladin, London Dreams etc. Now the industry is gearing up for another set of releases.

The expected releases are Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, Jail, Tum Mile, Aao Wish Karein, Kurbaan, Shaabash! You Can Do It, and De Dana Dan.

Neil Nithin Mukesh, Saif Ali Khan, Akshay Kumar, Aftab Shivdasani and Ranbir Kapoor are some of the prominent actors trying their luck this time. Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor, and Mugdha Godse are the leading ladies in these November releases.

Release Dates:
November 6, 2009 : Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, Jail
November 13, 2009 : Tum Mile, Aao Wish Karein
November 20, 2009 : Kurbaan, Shaabash! You Can Do It
November 27, 2009 : De Dana Dan

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Swale is releaing on October 29..Book movie tickets thru SMS.

Swale( swantham lekhakan) is coming on Oct 29..Dileep & Gopika again! Book your tickets thru SMS by sending balcony to 52627.

Swale (Swantham Lekhakan) movie is all about a journalist Unni Madhavan (Dileep) who is working with a small news paper firm. There were a few workers in that firm. But the Editor needs a lot of news. Unni Madhavan had struggled to collect more news. The sufferings Unni Madavan had to face during his work were created humorously. The movie also features lucky heroine of Mollywood Gopika, in her comeback to cinema after her marriage.

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Kerala Cafe a 10 in 1 Malayalam Movie releasing on October 29- Book your seats thru SMS.. Visit www.smsbalcony.com

After the super duper Success of 20-20, malayalam Film industry is looking for another unique malayalam movie – Kerala cafe which is directed by 10 different directors. Kerala cafe got its inspiration from the movie Paris, je t’aime which is a two hour long movie directed by 21 directors consisting of 18 short films. Kerala Cafe is an output of the work force of 10 different film makers in the malayalam movie industry. It consists of 10 different short films which are combined together by a common thread journey (yaathra).

The movie will be released on the 29th of October.Before that the movie will be premiered at the Middle East International movie festival in Abu dhabi.

Kerala cafe will be a totally new experience for malayalam movie lovers as their favourite directors like Renjith,Lal Jose, Shyamaprasad,Anwar Rasheed,Shaji Kailas join together. Almost every actor in malayalam film industry except Sri Mohanlal make an appearence in the movie. This has lead to a small controversy among the lal fans. The team behind kerala cafereports that it was the choice of each director to choose the artists in their part in kerala cafe and almost all of the actors are appearing in the movie without recieving any rewards..

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Malayalam movie Kerala Cafe with its medley 10 short movies of 10 minutes each by 10 filmmakers is expected to hit the screens on October 29. Filmmaker Renjith had conceptualized this venture. Eminent directors like Lal Jose, B Unnikrishnan, Revathy, Shaji Kailas, Shyamprasad, Padmakumar, Uday Ananthan, Anjali Menon and debutante Shankar Ramakrishnan have joined hands with him for this project.

Kerala Cafe with travel as the binding theme will throw light upon the modern lives and situations of the Malayalees. This 135 minutes long movie has a rich star cast as well with artistes like Mammootty, Sureshgopi, Jayaram, Prithviraj, Jayasurya, Kalabhavan Mani, Jagathy Sreekumar, Salimkumar, Rahman and many others.

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Release of 'Pazhassi Raja' on Oct 16th

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Hariharan's Pazhassi Raja releasing on October 16, is turning out to be one of the most eagerly awaited and expensive films made in Malayalam.
With Mohanlal introducing Pazhassi Raja in Malayalam, Kamal Haasan in Tamil and Shah Rukh Khan in Hindi, the Malayalam film will be dubbed in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi, and marketed as an Indian film!
Pazhassi Raja, called the Lion of Kerala, is the first Indian king to revolt against the British East India Company in 1797, much before the Sepoy Mutiny in 1857. He was greatly aided by his commander in the battle, Edachena Kunkan.
Starcast: Mammootty, Sarathkumar, Padmapriya, Manoj K Jayan, Captain Raju, Kaniha, Thilakan,
Director: Hariharan
Music: Ilayaraja
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Happy Husbands : Jayaram, Jayasurya and Indrajith

Happy Husbands is a family oriented comedy film which has Jayaram, Indrajith and Jayasurya in the lead roles with Bhavana, Vandana and Samvrutha Sunil playing their wives. 

Saji Surendran who has directed Ivar Vivaahitharayaal is directing this movie. The script is written by Krishna Poojapura and the shooting has started.

Happy Husbands is about three jolly good guys and their beautiful wives. The film is about the misunderstanding created by the character played by Rima Kallingal in the life of these pairs.
The movie which revolves around family relationships is laced with humor. Salimkumar and Suraj Venjaramoodu play key roles in the movie, 

The shooting will be conducted in Ernakulum, Malaysia and Singapore. Bhavana will pair with Jayaram, Samvrutha will become the heroine to Indrajith and Vandana will become the heroine to Jayasuriya. 

Saji's debut movie Ivar Vivahitharayal is to celebrate hundred days. The movie is the first solo hit for its hero Jayasuriya.

Happy Husbands is produced by Milan Jaleel under the banner Galaxy Films.

Revathy Kala Mandhir which produced the film Seetha Kalyanam has decided to release the flick soon. The film directed by T K Rajeev Kumar was completed months back and was in the cans for long. 

The highlight of the film was the appearance of then hot southern star Jyothika in a Malayalam movie as a heroine. But now Jyothika is married to star Surya and she is not acting in any films. The story of Seetha Kalyanam is about friendship between Brahmin Jayaram and Jyothika, who works with him.

The film is the only project of Jayaram to be released. Jyothika appears as the female lead in the film, which also has Indrajith, Geethu Mohandas, Jagdish, Janardhanan, Siddique, Bhiman Raghu, Manorama, Devi Ajith, Bindu Panicker, Kalpana etc. 

The music release of the film was done last year by A R Rehman, who was there to wish his friend Srinivas debuting into music direction. The music which started appearing in TV channels hasn’t generated great enthusiasm among audience. 

The producer and filmmaker is now betting on Jayaram’s renewed position in Malayalam industry after the hit Veruthe Oru Bharya.

The scenes of the flick are canned by Rajeev Ravi who’s other noted work in Malayalam was Classmates. Lyrics are penned by BR Prasad. Stills of this film are captured by Hari Thirumala. Meneka Suresh Kumar is the producer of Seetha Kalyanam.

Wake Up Sid is the coming-of-age story of a slacker named Sid, played by Ranbir Kapoor. In a wonderfully done title sequence, debutant director Ayan Mukherji shows us Sid struggling with accounting the night before his final exam. He’s had four cups of coffee and stays up till 3 am but he doesn’t get past the first question.

Unfortunately the film doesn’t maintain this crackling momentum and becomes a patchy, predictable story held together by the sheer prowess of Ranbir. Ayan, working from his own story and screenplay, skillfully creates Sid’s state of arrested development.

This is the kind of collegiate who sleeps in Sponge Bob sheets, doesn’t last one week in his father’s bathroom furnishing business, which he describes as full-onpakao, and has no ambition or plans for the future apart from getting drunk. Sid meets Aeysha, played by Konkona Sen Sharma, a slightly older, more mature and focused girl, who moves to Mumbai from Kolkatta to create an independent life for herself.

The two, polar opposites, become friends though she’s quick to explain that he is not her type. She is looking for a man, not a boy. Eventually, Aeysha helps Sid grow up. He discovers that life is a little more complicated than the comic books he reads.Wake Up Sid has honesty and freshness. Ayan creates some genuinely tender and moving moments.

There is a lovely little scene in which Sid makes an impromptu cake for Aeysha’s birthday. And Sid’s confrontation with his parents packs a wallop. However, Ayan isn’t as successful at stringing together the moments.

The pacing in the first half is very slow. Towards interval, the film gathers an emotional momentum but afterward it becomes slack again. The bigger problem is that the crisis of the characters never feels sufficiently awful or urgent.

This is a Karan Johar production so reality is severely air-brushed. Nothing really bad ever happens to Sid or Ayesha. Within days of arrival she finds a lovely, airy, affordable flat and a job at the city’s hippest magazine, Mumbai Beat. Within months, the magazine’s super-cool editor is dating her and she has her own column.

Sid doesn’t get too sweaty either. He gets an internship at the same magazine, which becomes a job as assistant photographer. After one dressing-down from Ayesha, he also starts to clean the house, do the dishes and even wash the dirty laundry by hand. It’s all so quick and convenient that Sid’s struggle to find his voice and identity seems half-baked.

Acid Factory

White Feather Films has always been there trying to transform bollywood into next generation film house. In Acid Factory director Supern Verma with Sanjay Gupta is narrating the story about convoluted reality.

Acid Factory is a moral dilemma within and a cat and mouse game on the outside. The film is about a group of characters whose sense of past has vanished. It’s about the innocent guy who perceives himself to be a criminal.

Acid Factory is a complex web of memory, crime and morality. Faltering memory may alter truth. Characters believe that reality could be an illusion.

Girish Dhamija writes dialogues for this film which seems to be for the brainy type or for people who watch film seriously. Virag Mishra is the lyricist wile Sandeep Chowta creates music. The sound department is handled by Oscar winner Resul Pookutty.

Cinematography is by Sahil Kapoor and the film is edited by Bunty Nagi.

Acid Factory is produced by Sanjay Gupta under the banner White Feather Films.

Paleri Manikyam

Paleri Manikyam is an upcoming Movie from megastar Mammootty, directed by Ranjith. The movie also stars Gowri Munjal, Srinivasan, Vijaya Raghavan, Mukesh, Siddique, Salim Kumar, Kalpana, Swetha Menon, stage India Vikraman Nair, Sasi Kalinga and a number of drama artistes selected after a camp conducted by Ranjit with the help of veteran actors.

The movie will be an Investigative Thriller. Mammootty and Ranjith are joining once again for this much expected movie.

The movie is based on a novel by T.P Rajeevan named Paleri Manikyam - Oru Pathira Kolapathaka Katha.

Earlier part of the film is shot in Delhi, while the later parts are shot at Paleri near Calicut and also Palakkad.