`Maya Bazaar' & 'Kutty Sharanku'

`Maya Bazaar' to arrive earlier
IndiaGlitz [Monday, June 16, 2008]

Mammootty's `Maya Bazaar' - his new film with debutante director
Thomas Sebastian, will start its shooting by the first week of next month.

The movie which was originally planned for Christmas will now be a
Ramzan release from the star.

'Pattanathil Bhootham'- a fantasy comic movie by Johny Antony with
Mammootty which was originally poised to start by July will now be
shifted for another two months.

This movie will now get into the theatres only for this Christmas.

'Pattanathail Bhootham' was shifted as some crucial changes was
suggested in the scripts of the movie especially in the climax
sequences, in the last sitting with the Superstar.



Scripted by Sibi K Thomas -Udhay Krissna, this fun movie has Mammootty
in the role of an adventurous motor cyclist.

Mammootty kicks off 'Kutty Sharanku'
IndiaGlitz [Monday, June 16, 2008]

The shoot for 'Kutty Sharanku'- the first Malayalam movie produced by
Reliance entertainments began at Alappuzha yesterday. The movie
directed by world renowned filmmaker Shaji N Karun is scripted by P F
Mathews.

The superstar joined the sets yesterday, after completing the final
patchworks for the movie 'Parunthu' which is expect to be on theatres
by next month. Apart from Mammootty who plays the title role, the
movie also features Bengali actress Kamalina, Sreelankan actress
Meenakumari and our own Padmapriya as the lead ladies.

The other interesting watch in the sets was the members from feuding
factions of MACTA, assembling in unison, without differences of
opinion for the movie.

Pattanam Rasheed and Aroma Mohan - Both the important leaders of the
fighting groups attended the shoot which was held at Pallipuram Kayal
at Alappuzha.

The movie will be completed in many short schedules at Kollam,
Chethala, Ernakulam and Mangalapuram.

Mammootty, taking new challenges

Filimworld Newsdesk
Posted on 14th June 2008
10:00 AM

Mammootty is an actor who always likes to experiment with himself.
He is very much excited about his new challenging role in his next
film, Kuttisranku. Internationally acclaimed director Shaji N Karun is
teaming up with Mammootty for the first time.

Shaji's Piravi and Vanaprastham attracted international audience and
he is hoping the same with his new venture. According to Mammootty,
this is one of the best challenging roles in his career. It's
basically the story of three women living in different places and the
three different approaches by the actor towards these women.

According to Shaji, the film will be shot in 3 schedules in Kerala. If
all goes well, it will have an international premiere at Cannes Film
Festival next year. One of the big news is action sequences are
handled by one of the Japanese firms who used to work with Jackie Chan
films.

Reliance Big Entertainment of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani is entering into
Malayalam cine field with this great project. The shooting will be
started on June 15th as per the schedules.

Mammootty, Shaji Karun team up for their first film

Thiruvananthapuram, June 8 (IANS) Veteran Malayalam superstar Mammootty, who is on a roll with all his releases this year becoming super hits, is upbeat about his latest film "Kutti Srank" with award winning director Shaji N. Karun, shooting for which will begin June 15.

This is the first time the two acclaimed veterans of the Malayalam film industry will be teaming together.

Shaji began his career as a cinematographer and later turned to direction, with his first film "Piravi" that was released in 1989 winning him the prestigious Camera d'Or-Mention d'honneur at the Cannes Film Festival.

Since then, every film of Shaji has attracted international attention.

"Kutti Srank" that translates into boat driver has Mammooty playing the lead role. It unfolds through the impressions three women living on different islands form of him when he arrives to deliver supplies.

Mammooty, in turn, reacts differently to what the three women have to say about him.

"I am really excited because I will be playing three different characters but not three different roles," Mammootty told IANS.

"It is going to be a challenge for me because the basic nature of all the three characters is the same but there are different behavioural patterns and mannerisms based on what the three women say," he added.

The storyline of the film, Shaji's fifth, is being kept under wraps. It is scheduled for an international premier at next year's Cannes Film Festival.

The names of the female leads have also not been revealed beyond that one will be a Sri Lankan and the other a Bengali actress, while the third is still under consideration.

The film will be shot in three schedules, all of them along the Kerala coast.

Anjali, who has been working with acclaimed cinematographer Santosh Sivan, will crank the camera for the film, while its fight sequences will be staged by a Japanese firm that handles the action sequences for Jackie Chan films.

"Kutti Srank" will also mark the maiden entry of Reliance Big Entertainment into the Malayalam film industry.