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PRANAYAM HITS SILVER SCREEN
Pranayam, the latest Blessy film hits the silver screen today. It is one of the most awaited films of the Onam releases. The film is offering a visual treat to the audience by bringing together three great faces of the Indian film industry, Mohan Lal, Anupam Kher and Jayaprada into the lead roles of the film. The much commented young actor Anoop Menon is also casted in the movie.
The movie is a visualisation of the great feeling ‘love’ that connects hearts despite of all boundaries. The speciality of the film is indeed the presence of the great actors and their performance. They are eager to see their favourite stars’ in memorable roles.
The other highlight of the picture is it’s a Blessy film. He is a director who strode into the hearts of the Malayalam audience with his class and the themes of his movies. All the previous films he took were very much linked to the real life and emotions of the common people. Once we see the movies, we take it inside and we travel with the characters. We complete the journey together and thereafter the characters remain within ourselves very much alive.
Blessy has unique style of narration that stimulates the emotions and feelings in the minds of the viewers. There was wide appreciation for all his previous projects by all section of audience. Without any exaggerations he tells a normal story in an unusual way that seems different and interesting to the audience.
And every time he worked with the Malayalam acting legend Mohan Lal, the result was a visual treat to the film lovers. The two previous projects of them, ‘Thanmatra’ and ‘Bhramaram’ were two films that set a new standard for the Malayalam film industry. The appreciations to these films came across the boundaries of languages. Even the Bollywood directors and stars praised the acting skills of Mohan Lal and the directorial talents of Blessy. And once again they are here on the screen, together and the viewers are expecting nothing else.
The very talented M. Jayachandran is incharge of the music department and we expect another handful of beautiful songs to be cherished in the minds.
The first reports are quite encouraging and underlines the expectation of a class film. It is an entertainer at a different level and will rejoice all those awaiting a class movie. The performances of the actors are also being highly appreciated.
But as anyone else, we are also waiting for further comments and opinions. Welcoming your valuable reviews and opinions on the film….
MAMTA READY FOR MARRIAGE
Another celebrity marriage on the cards..! And this time it’s Actor-Singer Mamta Mohandas who is going to enter wedlock next year. This news might break a few hearts. Mamta is in a hurry completing all her assignments to which she is committed. Mamta had earlier revealed that her parents were on the lookout for an ideal match. Looks like they have finally hunted down her Mr. Right. He is an entrepreneur in Bahrain and both are childhood friends. Mamta says that theirs is not a filmy romance and it’s actually kind of an arranged one. She also added that their affection had been built through years and her future hubby and she have a strong bond between them.
Mamta has been a part of several hits in many Malayalam movies and currently is on top of her acting career. Mamta made her debut in a Malayalam movie named ‘Mayoogham’. Though the movie was not a notable one, young Mamta did get noticed and was acclaimed by the critics for her performance. Her major hits include ‘Anwar’ and ‘Big B’ both directed by Amal Neerad. Lined up for release is ‘Nayika’ directed by Jayaraj, in which she stars with veteran actor Sarada. She has also sung in the film which will be released this Onam. Besides, there is KK Rajeev’s ‘Njaanum Ente Familyum’ and Shyama Prasad’s ‘Nuna’ in which she plays major roles. Her next film in Tamil is ‘Thadayira Thakka.’
But this youngster was not just made for the acting; she is a talented singer as well. She has lent her voice for many songs and many of them proved to be big hits. She first sang in a telugu movie named ‘Rakhi’ in Devi Sri Prasad’s composition. She got her her first Filmfare award for this song. She then sang some songs in Tamil, both featuring her alongside Benny Dayal. Her first song in Malayalam was in the movie Anwar in which was paired alongside Prithviraj. The song also featured Prithviraj as a singer and the song was a super hit in the charts.
The Bahrain-born and raised Indian actress survived cancer and has undergone surgery last year. She was first diagnosed with the condition two years ago and underwent intense therapy as part of the treatment. She says that she has gone through the toughest and is happy to be a successful actress. Mamta believes that marriage is an integral part of life and that she is not willing to waste her youth on the glamor world. She also believes she had a great film career and she has proved herself as an actress and now is willing to settle down in life and start a family.
Here’s wishing you good luck, Mamta!
ONAM RELEASES
August is about to leave and the month of Onam, September is awaiting the entry. Onam the own festival of all Keralites is once again about to visit our homes. Along with our people, the various markets are also keenly waiting for the season.
As any other industry the Malayalam film industry is about to have a leap too. This time also a handful of Malayalam films is ready behind the screen for the audience. And a few big names are there in the list for the pleasure of the fans. Some uncertainties also prevail regarding the release of some films. It has ignited the excitement in all the die- hard fans of the stars.
They are quite anxious about the films and yet no confirmations are available regarding the reliable facts. Well, with the definite facts we can have a short look on the expected Onam releases.
One of the big films to hit the silver screen is the Mohan Lal and Anupam Kher starrer ‘Pranayam’. It is one of the awaited films of Blessy. He is a director who set a new class for the Malayalam films. His previous creations were a joy to watch and each one of them entered directly in to the hearts of the viewers. Many of them acquired appreciations past boundaries. Blessy earned a place in the hearts of the Malayalam audience with the little number of films he made. And that makes everyone to expect the same from the new project too. The film casts Jaya Prada and the well appreciated young talents of the Malayalam film industry Anoop Menon. The music is done by M. Jayachandran.
The young super star Prithviraj is also ready to entertain the viewers with his new project ‘Teja bhai and family’. Akhila, with her first movie ‘Karyasthan’ had made a mark of her own in the industry and is casted opposite Prithviraj in the movie. Popular music director Deepak Dev will be dealing with the music. This is a directorial project of Deepu Karunakaran.
‘Doctor Love’ is another film that is about to share the silver screen this Onam. Once again Kunchako Boban is playing the lead role with Bhavana cast opposite him. K. Biju is the director of the film and Jithin arts presents the film.
The first 3 D film in Malayalam is again hitting the silver screen with the latest 3 D improvements. Yes, ‘My dear kuttichathan’ which was well appreciated by the child audience many years ago is releasing with the improvements in the 3D technology. The version of the film is directed by Jijo and popular Tamil actor Prakash Raj is to play the negative role.
The most talked big budjet film of Mohan Lal, ‘Casanova’ was announced to release this Onam. But no conformation has been given regarding this. The other super star film announced earlier was ‘King and the Commissioner with Mammootty and Suresh Gopi and no further clarifications were given. Anyway as in the previous seasons we are to celebrate with these new gifts from our favorite stars. Happy ONAM.
THE FAMOUS NEHRU TROPHY BOAT RACE – TODAY
The famous and proud boat race of all Keralites, the Nehru trophy boat race is to start within a few hours. And representing Kottayam, three snake boats typically known as chundan are participating in the race.
The race had first started in 1952 in the honour of India’s first Prime Minister Dr. Jawaharlal Nehru when he visited Alappuzha. He inaugurated the race in which long snake boats having at least a 100 rowers took part in the competition. He was so much attracted by the love and respect that the people of the state and moreover by the excitement that flooded out of the rowers and the natives. He felt it so much at heart that it is said that he jumped onto the winning boat to congratulate the winners.
The reception at Alappuzha had so much influenced his heart that after returning to Delhi he send a small gift to the winners which later became the trophy of the boat race. It was a replica of the snake boat made in silver above a wooden abacus and was signed by himself. And above the signature there were his words which said “To the winner of the boat race, which is a unique feature of community life in Travancore – cochin.
The story of these snake boats comes from history, when the rajas of the Chempakasseri (Ambalappuzha), Kayamkulam, Thekkumkoor (Changanacherry) and Vadakkumkoor (Kottayam) in the old Travancore, frequently, crossed swords on the backwaters of Kuttanad. The Chempakasserry troops suffered heavy losses by the hands of the superior navy forces of their rivals. It soon occurred to the Chempakasserry Raja that the real defect was with the design of his war boats, which were sluggish.
He called all the boat architects in the land to his court and told them of his desire to have better and faster boats for the troops. After days of hard labour, Koduppunna Venkitanarayanan Asari, a well known boat architect in Chempakasserry, came up with a design which satisfied the raja’s requirements. It had speed, manoeuvrability and capacity to carry 100 able-bodied warriors on board and its eel-like construction was most ideal for launching an ambush since it could be easily kept concealed behind the overhanging bushes on the river banks. The Asari was generously rewarded and in the subsequent battles, in which the Chempakasseri Raja emerged victorious.
This was the birth of the snake boats in Alappuzha. Later the reign of Kings gave way to democracy and new warfare was adopted by the nations. And the snake boats remained here carrying the royal memories of a glorious past.
K.B.GANESH KUMAR BACK TO FILMS
Minister K. B. Ganesh Kumar is coming back to the Malayalam film induatry before the Malayalam audience. He is playing an important role of a police officer in an upcoming film. This is his first film after taking up the post of the minister.
The film is directed by M. S. Manu and is named as Sandwitch. The shooting of the film is going on at Trivandrum. Ganesh Kumar has always explained that his career is acting. But he also considers the thr honourable post of minister as the additional responsibility given to him by the public whom he respect a lot. And he is confident that he would not let the public lose the belief in him.
For Ganesh it is the second time in the ministry of Kerala. Last time he was widely congratulated for his frank and open minded approach for the problems and the way of solving the issues. He was a liked minister by the people. Then also he had continued acting after taking the charge of the minister. He did so after seeking the permission of A. K. Antony, who was then the Chief Minister of Kerala. This time also he took special permission from Chief Minister Oommen Chandy before starting the shoot. For avoiding the disturbances that may be caused to his official work as a minister, he has shifted the schedule of the shoot to Saturdays and Sundays.
In Sandwitch, Kunchako Boban is playing the lead role. And Ganesh is playing a full on character in the film. In Four Friends also, which he did before the election, Kunchako Boban had played the prominent role. Richa Panay, Ananya, Shari and Vijayakumar are the other stars working in the film. The director Manu was the associate of the famous director Shaji Kailas earlier and this is his first independent project. And it was after his enrolment as the minister that he was approached with the role.
Ganesh is very much confident with both his professions. He is not ready to quit acting. He is of the opinion that to serve people one should not lose his interest to arts. He also feels that in the tensions and hastiness of the job of minister, acting is a real relief for him. He loves acting and does not want to leave it for any reason. After completing the present shoot, the work of the next film will be started soon. We hope that he succeed in both the professions and his career reach greater heights.
THE FIRST CRUISE LINE IN INDIA STARTING FROM KOCHI
India’s own first cruise line, Amet cruise started it’s working at Kochi. Under the leadership of Amet Shipping Private Ltd, the MV Amet Majesty will now travel from Kochi to Maldives and Lakshadweep. The travels that start from Kochi at the first week of October will last till 2012 April. Dr. J. Ramachandran, the chairman of Amet Shipping India Private Ltd and the Managing Director and CEO of the company, Bharathi had announced it together at a press conference conducted at Kochi.
They said that Amet Cruise is first Indian company to bring cruise tourism to India. The foreign cruise lines that came earlier were just travelling through a few ports and were unaffordable to the common people. But the Amet cruise is presenting tour packages that are cheap and easily affordable to the common people. The Kochin port trust is providing full support to the cruise vessel in Kochi also. The MV Amet is planning to provide its services every year after the monsoon season. Every week they are planning a mid – ocean trip, a two night Lakshadweep trip and a four night Maldives travel and it will certainly be a pleasure to all those who wish to spend some time at the ocean.
Amet Majesty is the first luxurious ship in an Indian ownership. The ship has 267 cabins including junior suits and premier suits with it. They are also planning to include seven star cabins in this project in the future.
The Amet Shipping Company authorities are of the opinion that India is a land which has very much in it for the luxurious ship tourism business. The cruise is also providing all the facilities for various functions such as marriage, religious practice programs etc. And it is already drawing the attention of the people. The authorities explained that they are already receiving a lot of enquires relating the availability of the cruise for different occasions. Already the ship has been booked to host for about four wedding functions.
The north Indian families have a habit of celebrating the wedding ceremonies as a full on week program and they are the ones who take a more keen interest in having these functions being held with such fabulous facilities. The cruise is also preparing to host various training programs such as the yoga classes of Baba Ramdev in the future. Many have already expressed their interests in this. The press conference was also attended by the executive director Ros Masood.
YOUNG TALENTS SEARCHED FOR “CINEMA COMPANY”
Director Mamas, whose first film was Pappi Appacha, is searching for new faces for his latest project, “Cinema Company”. Mamas explained at the press conference at Kochi that it is a golden chance for the youngsters who is aiming to be the future stars of the Malayalam Film Industry.
This film tells the story of the dreams and expectations of the new generation. The story, screenplay and direction of the film is done by Mamas himself. The film is expected to be a full time entertainer and 7 new faces are being searched for the film. The new stars will be elected from an audition that lasts for a month. After PappiAppacha, which told the story of a father and a son mixed with humour, Mamas is starting his new project with great expectation. Fareed Khan, a prominent business man of Lakshadweep is the producer of the film.
“It is the time of youngsters in Malayalam Film Industry. And Keralites always welcome new and different experiments in films. So Cinema Company will definitely be a great success”, said Mr. Fareed at the press conference. The film is produced under the banner of White Sands Media House and Mamasian Movies.
“The film has a strong story and it is presented in a totally different way. That was what attracted me to this project”, explained Mr. Fareed. Media Box Office of Kochi, an advertising company is the marketing and promotional partner of the Cinema Company. MBO director Sumitha said that very wide advertising programs are being planned for the auditions which are to be held at Kochi, Trivandrum and Kozhikode. The contestants who are selected will be given expert training before being casted in the film. The main sponsor of this one month long audition program is Dhatri Ayurveda Ltd.
The music direction of this film is done by Alphonse Joseph. And the section of cinematography is controlled by Jibu Jacob. Youngsters interested in audition are requested to visit the website, www.mamasianmovies.com. Entries received before the25th of August will be accepted for the audition. Applications are invited from youngsters between the age of 18 and 24. Both the male and female candidates can apply.
There are a number of new faces who are dreaming of entering the cinema field and marking their names there. But there always existed this complaint that youngsters are not given due importance in this sector. And Mamas is trying to make this complaint irrelevant. This is certainly a golden chance for all those who love to work in the field of cinema.
