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10 National Award Winners for Hindi Remake Of Drishyam

BY Vandhana On

Production of the film is by Viacom 18, which won three awards in recent time – for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Queen and Mary Kom; along with Kumar Mangat Pathak and Abhishek Pathak who were recognised for their work in Boond.Nishikant Kamat, who bagged the National Award for his directorial Dombivili Fast, will be at the helm of this project while Avinash Arun will handle cinematography.

Drishyam Hindi Remake In July

BY Aswathy Gopalakrishnan On

The Hindi remake of the Malayalam super hit film Drishyam, starring Ajay Devgn, will release in July 2015, said a DNA report.It had Mohanlal and Meena in lead roles.  It won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Popular Film and the Filmfare Award for Best Film in Malayalam.The remake is being directed by Nishikant Kamat and produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures along with Panorama Studios.

Pranav Mohanlal debuts as AD in Drishyam remake

BY Silverscreen India Staff On

Pranav, son of superstar Mohanlal is currently working as an Assistant Director in the Tamil remake of Drishyam with Jeethu Joseph. Tentatively titled Papanasam, the shooting of the Kamal Haasan film is progressing in Chennai now. “Pranav is very quiet on the sets. Unless someone reminds me, I often forget that he is Mohanlal’s son. He is very knowledgeable about the technical aspects of cinema,” says Jeethu Joseph.  Pranav’s uncle Suresh Balaji is producing the film. It is hardly a surprise that the 24-year-old chose direction over acting as he has always maintained that he aspired to be behind the camera. Having said that he has shown his acting prowess as a child and even won a state award in 2002 for the Malayalam film  Punarjani. He has also been part of his dad’s films like Onnaman and Sagar Alias Jacky.

Drishyam Remake Begins

BY Vandhana On

Kamal Haasan has begun shooting for the Tamil remake of Drishyam.  Tentatively titled Paapanasam, the film has real life couple Kamal Haasan and Gouthami Tadimella in the lead alongside Nivedha Thomas, Kalabhavan Mani and Asha Sharath, as reported earlier this month.

Gouthami, Kalabhavan Mani in Tamil Drishyam

BY Neelima Menon On

Gouthami will play Kamal Haasan’s wife in the Tamil remake of Drishyam, director Jeethu Joseph confirmed the news to Silverscreen. The role was originally played by actress Meena, who also reprised it in Telugu. Also, Malayalam actor Kalabhavan Mani has been finalised to essay the role of the antagonist police constable (played by Kalabhavan Shajon in the original).

Sridevi Not in Drishyam Remake

BY Vandhana On

Actress Sridevi will not be a part of the Tamil remake of Drishyam. The spokesperson for the film denied recent reports that the yesteryear actress has been signed on to play the role of a cop in the movie. Malayalam actress Asha Sharath, who starred in the original, is in talks with the makers to reprise her role in the remake. The shooting for the flick will begin in earnest from mid August. Also, a source close to the team tells us that the film’s legal issues have been resolved.

Drishyam Tamil Remake Stalled

BY Vandhana On

It is to be noted that Bollywood producer Ekta Kapoor has also issued a legal notice to Jeethu Joseph alleging similarities between Drishyam and the novel The Devotion of Suspect X, for which she holds the film rights.A man from Kerala has claimed that the blockbuster Malayalam movie, helmed by Jeethu Joseph,was inspired by his novel Oru Mazhakkalath and has approached a court in Ernakulam to resolve the issue.

Review Roundup: Kartik Aaryan’s ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’ Creates a Dent on Box Office Despite Average Reviews

BY Shrija Ganguly On

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.

12th Man Review: Neither the Men Nor the Women Bring Anything Fun to the Table

BY Aswathy Gopalakrishnan On

When Shiny (Anusree), one of the eleven friends having a get together at the resort, is found dead in a trench, Chandrasekhar (Mohanlal), a deputy superintendent of police who had been holidaying at the same resort, gets down to business and starts grilling the young men and women.Although they kept the film industry afloat when it was forced to be dormant, several of these films, artistically poor, drag Malayalam cinema many decades behind, turning filmmaking into a mindless job of visual content creation.

Critics’ Review Roundup: While ‘Antim’ & ‘Satyameva Jayate 2’ Fail to Impress, ‘Maanaadu’ Hits it Out of the Park

BY Shrija Ganguly On

Salman Khan’s Antim and Silambarasan TR’s Maanaadu were the two big releases to hit Indian theatres this past week. Antim was highly-anticipated since Khan’s last film Radhe took the digital route and released on ZEE5 Premium on a pay-per-view format. Maanaadu, on the other hand, suffered multiple delays before finally hitting cinemas.

Marakkar’s OTT Release is the Producer, Actor & Director’s Decision: FEUOK President

BY Shrija Ganguly On

Mohanlal’s upcoming Malayalam film, Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham, has opted for a digital release and will premiere on Amazon Prime Video. K Vijayakumar, President of the Film Exhibitors United Organisation of Kerala (FEUOK), told Silverscreen India that this was “the producer, actor, and director’s decision.”

Actor Srindaa Calls Out Kairali TV for Derogatory Content on Female Actors; Anchor Sneha Sreekumar Clarifies

BY Chandhini R On

Actor Srindaa, who was last seen in the Malayalam film Kuruthi, called out Kairali TV for telecasting derogatory content on female actors in the Malayalam industry on a show called Loud Speaker. In response to this, one of the show’s anchors Sneha Sreekumar clarified that the views expressed in the show are not her own, but those of a satirical fictional character.