Romancham, the upcoming Malayalam film starring actors Soubin Shahir and Arjun Ashokan, to be a horror-comedy based on a real-life incident, debutant director Jithu Madhavan tells Silverscreen India.
Kallan D’Souza, the upcoming Malayalam film starring Soubin Shahir and Dileesh Pothan, will release in theatres on January 27, 2022, the actors announced on social media recently. The film is directed by debutant Jithu K Jayan, who calls it a comedy-drama.
Oru Policekaarante Maranam, the upcoming Malayalam film starring actors Soubin Shahir and Urvashi in the lead roles, is a ‘whodunit’ murder mystery, the film’s director Remya Aravind told Silverscreen India.
Actor Soubin Shahir, who predominantly works in Malayalam films, released the first look poster of his upcoming film American Junction on Sunday. The film is directed by Prem Sreekumar.
Two of the most talented actors in Malayalam cinema, Suraj Venjarammood and Soubin Shahir, reunite in Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval’s Android Kunjappan Version 5.0, an oddball comedy which features a robot in one of the central roles.
The trailer of the film, amusingly cut to the tick of a clock, hints that the film narrates the tale of a curious family of a father and his two grownup sons, Suraj Venjarammood, Soubin Shahir and Saiju Kurup respectively, in an old rural Kerala house. The sons’ defiance against the father’s stubborn old-fashioned ways, and the arrival of a Japanese-made robot to the household seems to be the crux of the film. The highlight of the trailer is the chemistry between Suraj and Soubin who were recently seen together in Vikruthi.
Although Soubin Shahir’s recent release at the box-office, Oru Yamandan Prema Katha, a comedy where he played a supporting role to Dulquer’s protagonist, received a lukewarm response from the audience, the actor is associated with some of the most interesting projects in Malayalam this year. Shahir, who won the Kerala state film award for Best Actor in 2018 for Sudani From Nigeria, started this year on a high note, with Kumbalangi Nights, a critical and commercial succcess about a dysfuctional family. His performance as the eldest of the four brothers in the slice-of-life drama directed by Madhu C Narayanan, set the bar high.
Jayasurya and Soubin Shahir shared the award for the Best Actor, while Nimisha Sajayan won the Best Actress award at the 49th Kerala State Film Awards announced by the Minister of Cultural Affairs, A.K.Balan, at the Trivandrum Press Club this noon.
Olam, an upcoming Malayalam film written by actor Lena Kumar along with debutant director VS Abhilash, was announced on Friday. The film’s title motion poster was released by actor-director Soubin Shahir on social media.
Malayalam comedy-drama Halal Love Story, directed by Zakariya Mohammed and starring Indrajith Sukumaran, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Joju George, Soubin Shahir, Grace Antony and Sharafudheen in pivotal roles will drop on Amazon Prime Video on October 15.
Director-writer Muhsin Parari’s next film, titled Thallumala, will be produced by director-producer Aashiq Abu and actor Rima Kallingal. The film, starring Tovino Thomas and Soubin Shahir in the lead roles, is co-written by Ashraf Hamsa who directed Thamasha (2019).
In order to draw a comparison between the urban and the pastoral – the healthy life choices of Ambili and the toxicity that city life has caused in Bobby – the film has scenes where Bobby, in spite of being a passionate young cyclist, dining at expensive fast-food centres.Ambili, directed by Johnpaul George, is centred on Ambili (Soubin Shahir), a simpleton with signs of autism who lights up his bleak life with innocuous love for everything and a childlike cheerfulness.
From Sudhish, who plays a local health inspector, to actor Soubin Shahir, as a dying Nipah patient pleading with the medical officers to not remind him of his tragic personal life, the film’s ensemble cast delivers a terrific performance.The film, a thriller based on the real incident of Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala’s Kozhikode district in 2018 that claimed 17 lives, is spread out on a vast canvas.
Bhadran, best known for directing Mohanlal’s yesteryear hit Sphadikam makes a comeback with Joothan. The movie, featuring Soubin Shahir, Rima Kalingal and Joju George was announced by Mohanlal.
This is the third time Fahadh is collaborating with Syam and Dileesh Pothan whose Maheshinte… and Thondi Muthalum Driksakshiyum (where Dileesh was the director and Syam, a creative director) helped the actor turn a new leaf in his acting career which was, at that point, flailing.Fahadh Faasil, fresh from two back-to-back blockbusters (Varathan and Njan Prakashan), plays a character role in the film which has four actors – Sreenath Bhasi, Soubin Shahir, Shane Nigam and Ramesh Thilak – playing the protagonists.
Written and directed by Vinu Joseph, the film is a comedy, starring Biju Menon, Neeraj Madhav, Anjali, Dileesh Pothan, Salim Kumar, Soubin Shahir, Sudheer Karamana, and Alencier Ley Lopez. Earlier Sunny Wayne was cast in a role, who was later replaced by Neeraj.In a bid to kick start his life, along with his equally clueless friends, the team begins something new. Anjali is reportedly playing a strong character in the film while the other female lead, Shilpa Manjunath, makes her debut with a convincing performance, says the director.
The year didn’t belong to the two male superstars, Mohanlal and Mammootty, who floundered with movies like Velipaadinte Pusthakam and Pullikkaaran Staara, but to the younger crop of stars, Dulquer Salmaan, Parvathy and Fahadh Fazil, and directors like Dileesh Pothan, Lijo Jose Pallissery and Soubin Shahir.
Directed by Soubin Shahir with a script jointly written by Shahir and Muneer Ali, Parava marks Shahir’s directorial debut and features yesteryear actors’ sons – Shane Nigam, son of popular comedian Abi, Arjun Asokan, son of Harisree Asokan, and Zinil Sainudeen, and a cameo by Dulquer Salmaan.
Malayalam actor Fahadh Faasil will soon be teaming up with director Rosshan Andrews for a campus story, written by duo Bobby-Sanjay. Andrews, at a recent interview with TOI, said that the film will be based on real-life incidents happened in the life of one of the writers, Sanjay.Fahadh has many of projects in the pipeline, including two films with actor Soubin Shahir – one of them being an untitled film directed by screenwriter Rafi.
As films return to cinemas more, and less to OTT, box office numbers seem to have experienced spikes. While Kartik Aaryan-starrer Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 has earned around Rs 14 crores on its opening day, thereby making it the second film with the highest opening post the pandemic for a Hindi film, Kangana Ranaut’s Dhaakad has only garner Rs 50 lakh.
A young actor confined to eye-candy characters, we might never know if she is a good actor ﹣the word good might be stretching it too much ﹣or at least, a decent performer who would not make one want to turn off their screen.The expression of love, including its most fleeting variety, deserves some flourish on the screen, and Sivan, who brought to screen the naive beauty of first love in Anathabhadram and Urumi, must certainly know that.
After KGF: Chapter 2, Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has been bringing large numbers of audiences to theatres, after its release on Friday. Other films like Thar and Saani Kaayidham have opted for a direct digital premiere.
The man who solved sensational murder cases in the past instalments of the CBI franchise was handed over a case that was right up a child’s alley ﹣a ghost hoax in a noble family. 17 years later, in CBI: The Brain, Madhu and Swamy do not leave a stone unturned.It was not just the gravity of the crimes of the riveting final reveal that made CBI: Dairykurippu (1988), but the little moments like the one where Prathapa Chandran’s drunk contractor yelled “Da CBI” or when Adoor Bhavani’s maid put on an amateur act in front of the cops to protect her master with an anxiety problem (Janardhanan), and of course, the iconic dummy-to-dummy scene.
Payanigal Gavanikkavum, the upcoming Tamil film starring actors Vidharth and Karunakaran, departs significantly from the Malayalam movie it is based on, says director SP Sakthivel. “It is definitely not a frame-by-frame remake,” he adds.
Presenting you the Trailer of the most epic investigation thriller made in Malayalam starring Mammootty in lead produced by Swargachitra Appachan Directed by K.Madhu Written by S.N.Swamy and Music by Jakes Bejoy Director: K Madhu Producer: Swargachitra Appachan Writer: S N Swamy DOP: Akhil George Music: Jakes Bejoy Editor: Sreekar Prasad Art Director: Cyril Kuruvilla […]
With the decline in Covid-19 cases in Kerala and the subsequent theatrical release of several Malayalam films, the cinema and theatre businesses in the state seems to be on the path to revival.