Nadiya is happy to be Mammootty’s sister

Nadiya is happy to be Mammootty’s sister

January 18, 2011

Actress Nadiya, who was once known for her daring and baring acts, has started acting in character role after her re-entry in to the films, after marriage. The actress will be seen in the role of a sister, to actor Mammootty, who is also known as Mammooka.

Nadiya will be playing the role of a twin sister to the Malayalam hulk in ‘ doubles’ and young beauty Taapsee Pannu will be seen in the film in a Anglo Indian role as well. Speaking about the role, Nadiya is happy that she has fetched an opportunity to work opposite to versatile actor Mammootty.

However, at the same time, she feels nervous, as she has to match the acting skills of Mammootty, in order to give the best to her character. Kannada actor avinash and bollywood actor Atul Kulkarni will be seen in vital roles in this film (HC)

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Buxom Beauty in demand

Buxom Beauty in demand

August 4, 2010

Buxom beauty Charmi is a much in demand actress in Tollywood, but now she is spreading her tentacles in Mollywood also, that is in Kerala also.

The actress who recently signed a film with south star Dileep has now signed a film with Mamootty also. Insider news is that the film has Charmi in a very erotic and sexy role. Charmi on her part is concentrating in Tamil films also.

In the meanwhile her assignments in Telugu are again picking-up, she is looking out for more heroine oriented roles and they are just coming through. The actress is also approaching new producers and directors for new and meaningful roles. (GUL)

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Mammootty-Arjun-Sneha ‘Vande Mataram’ on July 15th!

Mammootty-Arjun-Sneha ‘Vande Mataram’ on July 15th!

July 1, 2010

Action King Arjun and Malayalam super star Mammootty and smiling beauty Sneha starring ‘Aruvadai’ which has been recently renamed as ‘Vande Mataram’ is all set for release on July 15th.

Mammootty and Arjun play the role of cops while Sneha is plays Mammootty’s wife, a pilot. The story rotates around an investigation and how the heroes get rid of the terrorists who gain access into the country.

Vandemataram is directed by Arvindh and produced by Pankaj Productions. D Imman has scored the music while Rajesh Yadav is the cameraman.

Other supporting actors in the film are Malayalam actors Jagadish, Kalabhavan Mani, late Rajan P Dev, Atul Kulkarni, and Jai Akash. [WaY]

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Priyamani with Mammootty for the first time

Priyamani with Mammootty for the first time

June 29, 2010

Malayalee actress Priyamani's film career has come a full circle. She started her career in Malayalam and went on to do other languages films including Bollywood. But surprisingly, she has not acted with superstar Mammootty. This time around, she has got the chance to share screen space with him.

Priyamani, who was seen in the recently released film Raavan, is going to act with Mammootty in the film titled Pranchiyettan And The Saint by Renjith. The superstar will play the role of a rice vendor based on Thrissur while Innocent will play the saint.

Pranchiyettan And The Saint produced by Capitol Theatres is expected to take off by the end of this month. (OI)

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Vijay turns 'Dalapathy'!

Vijay turns 'Dalapathy'!

December 9, 2009

The latest buzz in Kollywood is about the title of Vijay's 51st film. The actor titled this movie as Dalapathy! Remember, Dalapathy was the title of the Rajinikanth- Mammootty blockbuster released in the year 1991, as Diwali special. The Rajini movie produced by G.V.Films was a cult classic directed by Mani Ratnam and is still remembered as one of the best ever movie produced in Tamil.

Sources say that the similarity ends with the title. While Mani's film dealt with the friendship between two gangsters, the new movie will be a family entertainer with lots of action. The director has finalised Asin as to play the lead lady and Yuvan Shankar Raja as composer. The remaining technicians list will be expected soon.

Meanwhile, after hearing this news, the ardent fans of Rajini are totally upset and are planning what to do to prevent the damage for their Thalaivar's classic.

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Shriya plans to take a break in Tamil

Shriya plans to take a break in Tamil

December 9, 2009

The actress seems to move in a faster pace. After her plan to enter into Mollywood Shriya Saran thinks of giving rest in Tamil. To add on it she recently rejected a film opposite to Srikanth.

The actress has already accepted the offer for the Malayalam movie Pokkiri Raja, where she will pair opposite to Mammootty. The actress said that she have not signed any new films in Tamil. Three of her films which are set to release soon are Jaggubhai opposite to Sarath Kumar, Kutty with Dhanush and Chikku Bukku with Arya.

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Kavya to pair with Mammootty in Pramani

Kavya to pair with Mammootty in Pramani

November 23, 2009

The beautiful-eyed Kavya is yet to do another film after Christian Brothers. She is to pair Mammootty in the movie Pramani, directed by B Unnikrishnan. Mammootty plays the role of a corrupt panchayat leader whose few good qualities are admired and understood only by the female lead.

In Christian Brothers, she play opposite to Mohanlal. It seems that Kavya is making a great come back to the industry. Anyways hope that all goes well for her in the industry.

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Nayantharas BODYGUARD to release on December 4th

Nayantharas BODYGUARD to release on December 4th

November 12, 2009

BODYGUARD which is a movie of actor Dileep and actress Nayantara is complete and is ready to hit the silver screens on December 4th, 2009. The movie has been produced by Johnny Sagariga and is all set to release in 100 screens across the Kerala state.

Earlier, the movie was slated for a December 25th, Christmas release. But now, the movie has been pre-poned and is releasing on December 4th. Christmas has a lot of release this year which includes Mammootty’s ‘Chattambinadu’, Mohanlal’s ‘IVIDE Swargam Aanu’ and so on. So, the movie makers have preponed the movie to this date and are hoping for the best.
The movie is based on a comedy and action subject and has a good entertainment factor in entertaining all section of crowds.

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Charmy double stint in Malayalam

Charmy double stint in Malayalam

October 29, 2009

Telugu film industry’s hot punjaban is all set to entertain the Malayalam crowds with her tantalizing charm and shapes. She has signed two Malayalam movie project out of which one happens to be opposite to Malluwood superstar Mammootty.

Charmy will be seen in the movie titled as DRONAR which will be opposite to Mammootty which will be directed by Shaji Kailas and Produced by M Mani. The next project of Charmy happens to be director Kamal’s “Aagathan” which will be opposite to Dileep.

The actress debuted in Malayalam in the year 2002 with the film Kattuchembakam which was directed by Vinayan. But the actress then migrated to Tollywood and made merry opposite to all the big stars of Telugu cinema industry. Now, she is ready for the mallu audiences and will be playing interesting roles in her two projects.

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“Rajini will remain my best friend forever”: Kamal

“Rajini will remain my best friend forever”: Kamal

October 2, 2009

Rajinikanth and Kamal Hassan, the true icons of South Indian cinema, once again proved their bosom friendship on stage. It is none other than Vijay TV's well arranged Kamal 50, a show organized to honour legendary Kamal Hassan on the eve of the completion of his 50th year in the industry.

In fact, the kind of bond and friendship between Kamal and superstar Rajinikanth, is a lesson for today's young actors, who are unnecessarily engaging in verbal fight in empty air.


At Vijay TV’s Kamal 50 event, they showed the world that they are not only best of friends but also sincere to each other whenever and wherever it is... Usually Rajinikanth likes to skip film functions and is very choosy even if he attends. He came to Kamal 50 event on time and spent throughout i.e more than 5 hours on the stage with his friend Kamal Hassan.

In his inspirational and sensational speech, Rajini referred to Kamal as 'The Lovely son of Kalaithai (the mother of arts)'. He said that he has enough material to speak on Kamal’s achievements for two days, and in 1975 when he joined movies, Kamal was already a very big star and could have easily overshadowed him in the 10 odd films they did together.

"He never interfered with my character or tried to cut me down in any of the films we did together. Please note as a star he was much bigger than me and any director would have gladly chopped my role or refused to cast me, if Kamal had asked them. But after Ninaithale Inikkum, he called me and told me that it is better for my growth as a hero if we do not work together, and I gained by it," was Rajinikanth’s open statement on Kamal.

He remembered the time when KB chided him for going out to have a smoke, at a time when Kamal was doing an important solo scene. KB in fact told him that by just observing Kamal, he could learn what acting is all about. Rajinikanth also said that the path they took in cinema was two different routes, so they never clashed.

Said Rajinikanth: "I will not go his route, as I know that I’m incapable of doing what he does. In fact as everybody knows Shankar had written the original script of Robot for Kamal. Years later when the role was offered to me, I told him that it has to be re-written to suit my capabilities. Shankar replied, do you think that I’m a fool to make you do a role that was meant for Kamal?"

Touched by Rajinikanth’s sensational and open minded speech, Kamal Hassan replied emotionally: "Which actor in the world will be so honest and straight forward in his talk like my true friend Superstar Rajinikanth? There were stars before us but they were never as friendly as we are, I'm telling this as a challenge, and we have proved that two top actors can be healthy rivals. Rajinikanth will always remain my best friend forever and he is the one and only superstar in the industry!”

The crowd gave a thunderous applaud after the speech and Kamal bowed his head for their love and affection. Malayalam stars Mammootty, Mohanlal, Telugu actors Chiranjeevi, Venkatesh and leading personalities of Tamil film industry graced the occasion.

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Kanika Returns

Kanika Returns

September 30, 2009

Divya Venkatasubramaniam , better known as Kanika by her stage name is back in big screen. Making her debut in the 2002 Tamil film Five Star, she went on to work in other South Indian film industries, including Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada, as well. She is perhaps best known for her performances as Eashwari in her debut film Five Star, Gayathri in Varalaru - History of Godfather and Thenmozhi in Autograph.

Currently she is doing Pazhassi raja with malayalam Superstar Mamooty and Supreme star Sharath kumar.the movie is directed by Hariharan and the story is written by Vasudevan Nair. Other cast includes Padmapriya, Manoj.K.jayan, Thilagan, Suman etc.

Meanwhile She has also acted in Malayalam movie Raja Thevathai with actor jayaram in lead and for first time she will be doing a comic role.

its nice to see her back in action!!

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Lakshmi Rai again in malluwood

Lakshmi Rai again in malluwood

September 30, 2009

Lakshmi Rai who stole the show with her sizzling looks in Muthirai,is a busy babe these days. The actress is currently doing Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam directed by Simbudevan and Naan Avan Illai -2. The movie has choreographer turned-actor Lawrence Raghavendra, Sandhya, Lakshmi Rai and Padmapriya in lead roles.

The actress is also doing a mallu film 'chattambi Naadu' with Mammoty directed shafi.In this movie first time she will doing the role of a village girl, and she is also to be seen in another Malayalam movie with Mohanlal.

Guess the sun is shining bright for her in Malayalam industry!!

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Ramya Krishnan to act opposite to Mammootty

Ramya Krishnan to act opposite to Mammootty

June 15, 2009

Ramya Krishnan who was a lead actress in Tamil and Telugu film industries in 90’s is doing character roles presently in the south film industry. Recently, she was offered a role opposite to Malayalam Hulk Mammotty for which she said instantly.

Ramya Krishna is a familiar face to the malluwood audiences and now since the middle aged actress is on a comeback, let us hope that she captures the attention of the audiences on a positive note.

More details about the star cast and the crew are awaited.

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Shakeela weeps on recollecting her past

Shakeela weeps on recollecting her past

June 1, 2009

Malayalam film industry b-grade actress Shakeela was recently interviewed by a private channel. The interview will be soon aired on a popular television channel and some of the bits of the interview are here.

It is said that Shakeela, the queen of Malayalam cinema has fans all around the world. Every south Indian settled abroad knows Shakeela and admires her beauty in the mallu films. Some sources report that the lady wept while narrating her past, while entering the films. She regrets on recollecting her painful past, but feels good that she rules the malluwood for almost 20 years in a row. Almost 10 years back, films of Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, and Mohan lal used to get postponed when a Shakeela movie was on the prowl to hit the screen. Some sources reveal that she was termed as a collection queen at the box office as all her masala scenes were a feast to every male.

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Richa' Pallod gets the nickname 'Picha' Pallod

Richa' Pallod gets the nickname 'Picha' Pallod

May 11, 2009

By: Arya Aiyappan

Actress Richa Pallod will henceforth be known by the nickname 'Picha' Pallod. She has got this wonderful name by losing a bet. The episode goes thus. While shooting for the Malayalam movie Daddy Cool, the director Aashiq Abu had asked Richa to report for shooting by nine, because Mammootty would be reporting then. However she reached the sets by eight.

Richa then kept a bet with the director that Mammootty would not report on time for shooting. She agreed to change her name if she loses the wager. But punctual as he is our superstar was there sharp on time and Richa was fondly given the nickname 'Picha' by the director. Mammootty who was unaware of all this however had the last laugh.

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Meera jasmine wants only senior heroes

Meera jasmine wants only senior heroes

April 29, 2009

Meera jasmine who has bloated herself into a plum babes is all set to act with senior heroes in near future. She reveals that she feels more comfortable working with them and says that their experience makes her thrilled. The lady is seen acting with Vijayakanth in Tamil and Mammootty and mohan lal in Malayalam.

She has no regrets of being labeled as girl working with only senior heroes. She speaks out that she worships work and wants the malluwood industry to appreciate her acting skills.

Apart from this she has no regrets of playing the lead role with senior or junior heroes. Speaking about her weight gain, Meera Jasmine agreed that she has put on some weight from the day she visited Australia. She revealed that the weather over there has made her gain oodles of weight and has promised to loose and look slim by December 2009.

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Young Mammootty in Handsome!

Young Mammootty in Handsome!

January 20th, 2009

The majority of people will surely agree that Mammootty is one of the most handsome actors in Indian cinema. Despite his age (55), he looks very young, smart and strikingly handsome and maintains a masculine charm compared to his competitors Mohanlal or Jayaram of the same age. Perhaps the reason is that Mammootty is very particular about dieting and maintaining his physique. Notably, a few years ago 'Vanitha', one of the leading magazines in Malayalam, selected Mammootty as the actor with the most sex appeal.

Interestingly, 'young' Mammootty's latest film to be directed by Girish is titled Handsome! In this film, Mammootty will play a high profile techie in the IT city of Bangalore. Director Girish, a former assistant of noted director Shyamaprasad, had narrated his script to Mammootty while he was assisting Shyamaprasad during the shoot of Ore Kadal.

"Only Mammootty can play the title role in the commercial thriller Handsome, which is about the IT culture and its pitfalls in a city like Bangalore. He is playing Vysakh, a techie," Girish said. It will be a complete thriller with series of events. The producer is Hussain, who last produced Arabikatha under the banner of Micro Coms. The shoot of Handsome will begin in March in Bangalore.

Mammootty is currently at the sets of Pattanathil Bhootham, a comic thriller directed by Johny Antony. Kavya Madhavan, who is leaving the film industry after her marriage on February 5th, is the heroine. After this, Mammootty will complete the final portions of director Hariharan's magnum opus historical Pazhassi Raja about Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja.

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Mohanlal chucks Mammootty out of his way

Mohanlal chucks Mammootty out of his way

January 9th, 2009

A few weeks earlier, it was reported that Mammootty might share screen space with 'Ulaga Nayagan' Kamal Hassan in his upcoming remake of super hit A Wednesday (Hindi) directed by Neeraj Pandey. Now, it is confirmed that it would not be Mammootty, but Mohanlal. If this happens, it could be one of the most interesting partnerships in Indian cinema.

Kamal Hassan will play the lead, the role essayed by Naseeruddin Shah in the original, while Mohanlal will play the role of the police officer played by Anupam Kher. The remaining cast and crew of the film are not yet confirmed. Kamal Hassan is reportedly in talks with UTV Productions for making this film.

Kamal is currently finalizing the director for this remake. Moreover, the versatile actor is expected to start work on this remake even before he starts Thalaivan Irukindran, which was announces as his next project.

The story of A Wednesday revolves around the Mumbai police commissioner who reminisces about the most challenging case in his career and how he tackled it. Produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Shital Bhatia and Anjum Rizvi, the film marks the return of the Anupam Kher-Naseeruddin Shah duo on screen after 12 years. A Wednesday got strong positive reviews and critical acclaims, particularly for its storyline.

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Mammootty with Kamal

Mammootty with Kamal

December 30th, 2008

The latest buzz that’s doing the rounds is that Mammootty would be playing a key role in Kamal Haasan’s Kollywood remake of the Neeraj Pandey-directed Hindi film ‘A Wednesday’.

Kamal Haasan, of course, would be playing the key role, the one essayed by Naseeruddin Shah in the original. Mammootty would get to play the role of the police officer played by Anupam Kher.

This is not the first time that Kamal is attempting to remake a film on terrorism. In 1996, Kamal had produced the P.C.Sreeram-directed ‘Kuruthi Punal’, a remake of the Govind Nihalani-directed ‘Drohkaal’.

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