Parvathy Thiruvoth will play an acid-attack survivor in her next movie that has Tovino Thomas and Asif Ali alongside her. The movie will see her joining hands with scriptwriters Bobby and Sanjay after their 2017 movie Take Off.
Back when the new-wave of Malayalam cinema was fading and most filmmakers were still trying different permutations and combinations of non-linear and hyperlink narratives, Pellissery picked the latter and applied it to a genre alien to Malayalam cinema – spoof.Double Barrel starred Prithviraj, Indrajith, Arya, Asif Ali, Sunny Wayne… and the tagline ‘No punches, only gunshots’ made for a perfect punchline in Malayalam.
A horror-comedy directed by Ohmkar, the film stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Samantha Akkineni, Seerat Kapoor in the lead roles with a special appearance from Kajal Aggarwal. The film is a sequel to the Telugu film that released in 2015.Directed by Arun Kumar Aravind, the film stars Asif Ali, Murali Gopy, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Manasa Radhakrishnan, Unny Rajan P Dev and others.
It’s not every day that we see social media and the film industry coming together to rescue a low-budget experimental debut film from sinking at the box-office. Adventures Of Omanakkuttan (AOK), a Malayalam film starring Asif Ali and Bhavana, and directed by Rohith VS, released on May 19 alongside two bigger films, Godha and Achayans.
There is a scene in the second half of Adventures Of Omanakkuttan where Omanakkuttan (Asif Ali) and Pallavi (Bhavana), dressed in rich fancy clothes, drive to a hilltop overlooking Mysore city. Minutes ago, they were at a temple, in the midst of relatives and friends, all set to get married to each other.
The shoot of Adventures of Omanakkuttan, starring Asif Ali and Bhavana, started last week. The film is helmed by newcomer Rohith VS and is penned by Sameer Abdul. The comedy-drama has camera cranked by Akhil George.
In the final sequences where Adhi gets the better of his antagonists, Antony grinds his teeth to a counterintuitive comic effect, unable to decide how to express himself in a film where he is playing the victim and not the perpetrator.Innale Vare has Jis Joy, finally, channelling some of his disagreements with the film industry and the class of celebrities, but his tools are too blunt to leave a strong impression.
Kartik Aaryan’s Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, which released on May 20, has crossed the 100 crore mark at the box office. Being a sequel to the 2007 Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan-starrer Bhool Bhulaiyaa, which was helmed by Priyadarshan, the film has collected around Rs 120 crores.
Mammootty is collaborating with director Nissam Basheer for his next film, which went on floors in Chalakudy on Wednesday after a pooja ceremony.
With the imposition of a night curfew in Kerala from December 30th to January 2nd, the theatres have been restricted from screening late-night shows, as announced by the state government on Tuesday.
After months of hiatus due to the second wave of Covid-19, theatres in Kerala resumed operations on October 25. This came as a big relief for the Malayalam film industry and the exhibitors who were severely affected by the pandemic.
On December 2, the much-anticipated Mohanlal-starrer Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham is set to hit theatres. The film narrates the story of Kunjali Marakkar IV, the last of the Malayali naval leaders deployed by the Samoothiri of Calicut to fight against the Portuguese in the 16th century.
If finding beauty in imperfection is the secret behind happy and peaceful life, then the people of Kalga village personify the best of the dictum, says Malayalam actor Antony Varghese, who recently released a travel vlog on YouTube along with his friends on May 13 based on their recent expedition to Kalga in Himachal Pradesh.
Actors Revathy and Padmapriya wrote a letter to leaders of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) on Thursday questioning their stand towards the organisation’s general secretary Edavela Babu’s recent comments on a female actor who is a survivor of sexual assault.
By rendering her invisible, using romantic music and visuals, and creating a universe where Sleevachan becomes a desirable hero in an unbelievable pace, Kettiyolaanu Ente Malakha manipulates the doubting audience into cheering for the couple when they go in for an embrace and upholds the temple of marriage and family.
Instead of a sturdy backstory or convincing details to hold the film’s emotional narrative together, Aravind uses an overdose of slow-motion shots and punch dialogues that work like bullets fired into the air.But there is no evident effort from the part of the film’s makers to help Stalin deserve those dialogues or the audience’s attention.
Actor Dulquer Salmaan, on Thursday, launched the logo of his film production company, Wayfarer Films. The logo, which has an image of an adult and a child, is ‘a little hat tip to a special someone’, said the actor in a note posted on social media. “I hope we can do that in the cinema we produce and are a part of. I’ve never been more excited about a venture of mine. I really wish to continue to entertain all of you with not just films where I play the lead, but also content I want to back and stories I want to tell,” he wrote.
Actor Kunchakko Boban will play the lead in director Jis Joy’s next. The film, yet untitled, is based on a story by screenwriters Sanjay and Bobby, while the screenplay is written by Jis himself. The film is produced by Listin Stephen of Magic Frames. A casting call for child artistes to play Kunchakko’s childhood in the film was posted on social media on Thursday morning. A Times Of India report dated February 13, 2019 quotes Jis as saying, “The movie is a family satire, but satirical elements aren’t told in the backdrop of familial relationships. It has another aspect that we want to keep under wraps right now.”
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.
Malayalam film Uyare, directed by Manu Ashokan and starring Parvathy TK, will release in South Korea on May 19 with Korean subtitles, becoming the first Malayalam movie to release in the South East Asian country. The film which deals with the theme of acid attacks against women, released in theatres in Kerala on April 26.
Actress Parvathy Thiruvoth, the star of Uyare, will make her debut as a director soon. She confirmed this to Cinema Dinamalar, and said that the project had been in her mind for a while now. “I’ve been wanting to direct a film for many days. There’s a story I want to say in the form of a film,” she said.
Despite half the characters meeting their end in the previous movie, the new edition still boasts an ensemble cast comprising Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Samuel L Jackson, Chris Hemsworth and Brie Larson.It is directed by newcomer Manu Ashokan, who served as chief associate to late director Rajesh Pillai, and the movie retains most of the crew members from Take Off.
Veteran Malayalam director Vinayan announced his maiden collaboration with Mohanlal recently. Vinayan also shared an artist’s imagination of Mohanlal as the mythical character Ravana. This has spiked the hopes of the fans who were waiting to see Mohanlal’s portrayal of Bheema from MT Vasudevan Nair’s award-winning novel Randamoozham. With that project being shelved, all eyes are now on Vinayan, who is set to approach the actor with a story about Ramayana centred on the king of Lanka.
His three directorials – Amar Akbar Anthony, Kattappanayile Hrithik Roshan and the latest, Mera Naam Shaji – are entertainers that exist in the same universe as his songs and comic skits.Actor Baiju Santhosh, who has been hanging around in the film industry for the past three decades in minor roles, is one of the three protagonists here, taxi driver Shaji.
Nadirshah, who has directed the newly released Mera Naam Shaji, has said that the movie is a thriller. The mimicry artist turned actor turned director is primarily known for comedy movies like Amar Akbar Anthony(AAA) and Kattappanayile Hrithik Roshan(KRR).