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20-20 crosses 1 crore collection mark in trivandrum.

Mammootty to start a Blog

Megastar Mammootty who had always been instrumental in moving with the changing times, will start his own blog in the new year. The blog ''i-am-mammootty.blogspot.com'' with trendy designs will be available to the viewers from the first day of the New Year.

Mammootty will be discussing his views on all the socio-political activities in which he is interested, through this blog.

The actor who has penned some books- mostly biographical works,recently, will become the first actor from Malayalam screen to start a blog.The actor who has already earned appreciation for his guts to air his views on every activities of the kerala social sphere , had often been to criticisms for this undisguised behaviour.

Bollywood stars like Aamir khan and Amithabh Batchchan are already into doing blogs, which is read widely allover the net.

Jayaraj with a Mammootty flick

For quite some years, director Jayaraj has been trying to work out a project with Mega star Mammootty. The director has even confirmed stories about such a project years ago, which never materialized. But now, the ace director who is facing a big slump in his career with continuous flops is into the last lap of doing a Mammootty project. His new flick with Mammootty will be scripted by director Renjith. The other details of the movie will be announced after confirming the actual call sheets of Mammootty.

Jayaraj's first film with Mammootty was 'Johny Walker' which came out fifteen years ago. This movie released in 1993 was also scripted by Renjith, who was then a struggling scriptwriter. 'Johny Walker' after an impressive opening, failed to become a big hit, but was noted for its technical finesse and stylistic workouts.

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Kamal to remake A Wednesday?

Kamal Haasan is highly impressed with UTV's A Wednesday
This is one rumour that every serious fan of cinema would want to come true as soon as possible. What rumour? That Kamal Haasan, highly impressed with UTV's A Wednesday made with legendary Bollywood actors Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher, is considering remaking it in Tamil! The excitement does not stop there the thespian also plans to reprise the part played by Naseeruddin and make Malayalam superstar Mammootty play Anupam Kher's part!

UTV's A Wednesday, which summarizes a series of sensational events taking place on a Wednesday in the life of a police commissioner (Anupam Kher) and an anonymous caller (Naseeruddin Shah) demanding the release of four heinous terrorists. The film has an engrossing screenplay that makes you wait for the next scene with bated breath! No matter how hard you try, you will not be able predict the climax, which calls for some introspection and opens up several topics for discussion. Neeraj Pandey is the writer-director of this wonderful film. With great ingenuity, the director has spaced and sequenced the films scenes so carefully that the suspense keeps building up till the end, and just when you think it is all over, the climax brings in an unexpected twist!

No wonder it has appealed to Kamal Haasan so much! We do hope this rumour turns into a reality soon. It would be great to watch Kamal Haasan in such a good film!

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Mammootty to team up with Kamal?

That Mammootty is to team up with Kamal Haasan, is a piece of news that's been doing the rounds in the vernacular press in Kerala lately. And if it's true, it's really big news indeed.

Kamal Haasan, whose most ambitious project yet Marmayogi has been shelved at least for the time being, first seemed to be decided on doing a comedy with himself pairing with stars like Mohanlal, Rishi Kapoor and Venkatesh. And then, recently came reports that the Ulaganayakan has taken a liking for the Hindi film, which has Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher in key roles. The reports stated that Kamal was going to take up the re-make A Wednesday as his next project.

The latest buzz is that Kamal will be doing the role played by Naseeruddin Shah in the original, and Mammootty will be playing the role of the commissioner of police, which was played by Anupam Kher in the original. It's also learnt that Mammootty has given his nod for the role.

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Adoor, Mammootty, to get doctorates

Kerala University Tuesday decided to confer honorary doctorates on ace film maker Adoor Gopalakrishnan, veteran Malayalam superstar Mammootty and mrudangam expondent Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman.

Mammootty told IANS that he was delighted on being conferred with the honour.

"Yes, this is my first honarary doctorate. I am elated because I am being given (it) alongside two great people. I am being told that another university in Kerala is also considering me. Any award is a recognition and I am really happy about this one," said Mammootty who has decided to take a day off from work Wednesday.

"I have been working hard this year which comes to a close and I am off again on New Years day when I commence my newest film 'Patanathil Bhootham'," said the superstar.

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Mammootty Kamalhaasan acting together in a tamil film remake of Hindi film A WEDNESDAY... ..

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New MTimes is out.[December 15-30]

Pattanathil Bhootham stills are there - with detailed reports.
main news & relief is that he completed Pazhassi Raja. now its climax is being carried out. they says the budget is about rs 15 crore. post produciton work will be done in london. supposed to be released in enlgish, hindi, tamil, and telugu languages as well.

Love in Singapore will release on 23 January 2009. it has fetched a record Satellite rights in the hisotry of Malayalam cinema - 1.45 crore. vaisakha release is the distributors. it would be interesting to see what vaisakha is going to do with Love in Singapore and Red Chillies!

and there is a strong report by one P V SHibu about the media syndicate with solid evidence - how the media esp asianet tries to spread an impression that each and every project of mlal is a huge hit.

he also rightly mentions the way media handles perosnal allegations/ attacks. remember during munnar drama everyday youth cong leader came out with silly petty allegations against Ikka every channel aired it in prime time. but when there were widespread allegations (truths) about kurukshethra and its financier being sabarinath not a single channel dared to even mention the reports.

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'Malayalam cinema could help Arabian'

Malayalam film superstar Mammootty, who has just returned from a two-day Dubai trip, Wednesday said that he had assured the full support of the Malayalam film industry to develop the Arabian cinema industry.

"The Arabian film industry is a growing one and they need a helping hand in expertise and technical know-how. We have assured the support of the Malayalam film industry by conducting workshops there," Mammootty, who was in the UAE city to attend the Dubai International Film Festival, told IANS.

The veteran actor said that he had held talks on conducting workshops with the 'Studio City' officials in Dubai.

Studio City in Dubai is part of the Smart City group that is to build the Rs.15 billion Smart City Kochi, a mega IT project that would create 90,000 new jobs.

"I had a detailed discussion with the CEO of Studio City and they will get back to us on the modalities of working together. If it clicks, it is going to be an additional work for the technicians of our industry here," Mammootty added.

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‘Love in Singapore’ for Jan 23

Mammootty will have the first release of 2009 in 'Love in Singapore'. A hilarious comedy scripted and directed by Rafi-Mecartin, the movie has already completed its shoots and is presently in its post production stages.

The movie which was earlier planned for a Christmas release was shifted due to another Mammootty starrer 'Vande Matharam' which was expected for the season. But 'Vande Matharam' - a bilingual failed to complete its shoots in time and left Mammootty with no film to sign off 2008.

'Love in Singapore' will have Mammootty playing a scrap dealer named Machu. Navaneeth Kaur is the heroine of the movie which will feature all the Rafi-Mecartin regulars.

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Twenty 20 collection[share] 24 days[Source:M.Times]:

Ernakulam[kavitha.Saritha,Sangeetha]:Rs.47.86 Lakhs

Trivandrum[Kairali,New,Sree vishak,Sree kumar]:Rs.40.12 Lakhs

Kozhikkode[Kairali,Apsara]:Rs.35.16 Lakhs]

Trichur[Jose,Sapna,Girija,Ramdas]:Rs.30.19 Lakhs

Breaking News:Twenty 20 completed 50 days in 2 theaters in Trichur

Total gross 24 days 13.8 crores

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'Big B' becomes 'Maanik Basha' in Tamil

The Mammootty-starrer Big B is to find its way to Tamil Nadu, in a Tamil-dubbed version, which will be released with a new name - Maanik Basha. Big B was the debut directorial venture of Amal Neerad, who had earlier cranked the camera for Bollywood films like James and Darna Zaroori Hai and also for the Malayalam movie Black.

Amal is now on to his second directorial venture, Sagar Alias Jackie, shoot for which is in progress. It seems that the decision to release the Tamil version has come up as Mammootty films have a safe market in Tamil Nadu.

Besides Mammootty the film has Nafisa Ali, Manoj K. Jayan, Bala, Pasupathy, Vijayaraghavan, Mamta Mohandas, Manasa, Sherveer Vakil etc. in key roles.

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Mammootty in and as 'Thappana'

After the super duper hit 'Veruthe Oru Bharya', the new film by director Akku Akbar featuring Mammootty in the lead will be titled 'Thappana'.

The name stands for the elephant which is used to train wild elephants. The movie will have Mammootty playing the role of a proud owner of a famous elephant. Reji Nair will pen the scripts for this movie.

'Thaappana' will feature the elephant owned by actor Jayaram. Earlier the same elephant was featured in Mammootty's 'Rappakal'.

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Mammootty ends 2008 on a happy note

Malayalam superstar Mammootty started the year 2008 with hit film "Roudram" and has ended it with blockbuster "Twenty 20". No wonder he says he is satisfied with his work.

"As always, I worked with utmost dedication and commitment and I am happy with the returns," Mammootty told IANS.

In his first release of the year "Roudram", Mammootty played a cop and in "Twenty 20" the actor was seen as a lawyer. His other releases were "Annan Thampi", "Paranuthu" and "Maya Bazaar".

While "Paranthu" and "Maya Bazaar" didn't do well at the box office, the success of other three films helped the veteran actor to remain on top seat.

But the superstar says his biggest achievement this year is that he completed two films - "Pazhazzi Raja" and "Kuttishrank".

"The shooting schedules of 'Pazhazzi Raja' and 'Kuttishrank' are over and I'm really excited and happy because I have high hopes from both the films. They will be released in 2009," said Mammootty.

Asked about a New Year resolution, he said: "I know only one job and that is acting and I will continue to do that."

Although he gave hits, he didn't receive any awards this year, but the actor is unperturbed.

"Haven't I told you many times that I take pride in my job and I would continue to do it the way I have done it all these years. I am not worried about other things," he said.

The superstar is off to Dubai Monday to attend the Dubai International Film Festival where his film "Orae Kadal" is being screened.

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please get ready for the BIG NEWS.

dr ambedkar, the film will reach theatres soon in kerala and tamil nadu! the distributor is a tamilian and he has been trying to get the dates of karunanidhi to release the film.

this piece of information is from jabbar patel who landed for the International Film Festival of Kerala 2008 as a jury member. i happened to talk to him very briefly yesterday night ie on satruday night.

i told him this release story, no one would believe now as it surfaces once in a while in media. he said no way; the dstributor for kerala and tamil nadu are the same person from tamil nadu. and it will be released in kerala theatres.

hope things would trun out positively and ikka will be rewarded thus. (together with us)

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Five movies for January

Five Malayalam movies are getting ready in the studios to grace the theatres for this January. The biggest among the January releases will be Mammootty's Rafi Mecartin movie 'Love in Singapore'. The movie will have Navaneet Kaur as the heroine.

The first movie to make a release in the New Year will be 'Colors' directed by Raj Babu. The movie will feature Dileep and Vinoo Mohan in important roles.

Dream Team Productions will present their Jayaram movie 'Samasatha Keralam P O' by the 23rd of January. Also in the list of January movies are Suresh Gopi's comedy flick 'Hailesaa' and V M Vinu Sreenivasan's movie 'Achante Makan'.

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'Twenty: 20’ makes it to Top 5

In a surprising result, Malayalam multistarrer 'Twenty: 20' has made it to the top 5 list in Kollywood.

According to most Box office ratings in Kollywood, the movie occupied the fourth slot just below the running super hits of the Tamil industry.

The magnum opus from AMMA featuring all the important stars of Mollywood, earlier opened in maximum centers in Tamilnadu, which has helped the movie to make revenue of around half a crore in the week one.

The movie also opened in other markets like Mumbai and Bangalore where it is running successfully.

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Latest Mammootty Times is out.[December 01-15]

now i really feel the urgency of having a scanner with me.
it has stunning shots from a song sequence in Love in Singapore in which ikka appears in a fashion show. it IS REALLY REALLY COOL AND HOT!

after pattanathil bhootham, the same company, hibright movies will produce a tamil-malayalam film with Ikka in the lead titled SARKAR directed by Sheikh. music is by Illayaraja.location s are chennia, tvm, malaysia, thoothukkudi.

as reported earlier here M started shoot for Pazhassi - this is his last portion. he will finish it by 15th. film is expected to reach theatres on 29 MARCH 2009.

kutty sranku shoot will begin in mangalapuram (Kundapura) after pazhassi.

Bhootham will start on 27 December in ekm.

ore kadal is shown in Dubai international film fest.

Love in Singapore shoot is over.

Vyasan Edavanakkad, the publicity designer of 20-20 reveals the strategies behind the film and the vulgar tactics by mlal fans. mlal fans first asked to change 20-20 poster. then they demanded to shift the release of 20-20 for two weeks 'cause they said its release would affect kuru...

there are lots of letters exposing mlalfilms' common strategy - 17th day poster on6th day. 55th day poster on 35th day, etc, etc.
in fact in chithrabhoomi one guy from tvm - seems to be an ikka fan - has written a sharp letter attacking Ikka's secretary George and M fans assn leader. he compares them with mlal's antony and says compared to antony ikka gets least support from his men who are with them!

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'Vande Matharam' shifted

Mammootty's 'Vande Matharam'' was earlier tipped as the Christmas release of the star, the only movie to make a release from the mega star for the year. But now the news is that the release of the movie will be shifted for a further date, as some of the scenes that were planned to get completed, didn't take off.

The movie has a couple of crucial scenes planned at Air force Academi. But the crew couldn't arrange permission to shoot these sequences which feature both Mammootty and Arjun, and hence the delay.

The movie which is a bilingual made in title 'Aruvadai' in Tamil will also have Sneha, Jai Akash and Jagadheesh in important roles.

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Mammootty to complete 'Pazhassi Raja'

Every Mammootty movie is a big talk in Kerala. And so was 'Pazhassi Raja' which united the likes of M T, Ilayaraja, Sharath Kumar and Hariharan. But as the film went on with its shooting from schedules to schedules without getting completed, the takes about it have now started becoming stale.. Anyway, the megastar Mammootty is now determined to complete the movie which is in the production stages for more than a year, within this schedule.

And accordingly he has earmarked almost three weeks for the historical, whose final shoots will take place at Madikkery. The epic movie featuring big stars and made in heavy budgets is scripted by M T Vasudevan Nair.

Mammootty will then join the final schedule of 'Kutty Shranku' at Kandhapuram. And by the end of this year, he will have his two landmark films 'Pazhassi Raja' and 'Kutty Shranku' with Shaji N Karun complete. Both these movie have Mammootty in very rarest roles and will benefit him much in winning accolades at the national and international levels.

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'Love In Singapore’ for February 18

Megastar Mammootty will have a new release only after three months. His next movie to be on theatres will be 'Love in Singapore' directed by Rafi Mecartin.

Vaishakha Release which will distribute the movie informed that they only have plans to release the movie by the 18th of February. The movie which was shot at Singapore, Kochi and Karakkudi has already completed its shoots and is presently in its postproduction.

'Love In Singapore' has Navaneet Kaur as its heroine, while Rafi-Mecartin regulars like Suraj Venjaramodu, Salim Kumar and Bijukuttan will bring in the necessary comic elements to the movie which is narrated in a lighter vein.

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20: 20 continues to rule the box-office

Almost one month after its release, Twenty Twenty continues to retain the top slot at the box office, drawing crowds in large numbers to the theatres across Kerala. And next to 'Twenty Twenty', it's the Jayaram starrer that maintains its sway at the box office, followed next by 'Kurukshetra'. The most notable thing is that other than these three, there is not a single Malayalam film that has managed to stay afloat at the box office. Here's a look at this week's box office status:

Produced by Dileep's 'Graand Productions' for AMMA, Twenty Twenty, directed by Joshiy continues to draw crowds to the theatres across the state. Released on the 5th of November, this multi-starrer flick featuring almost all the prominent stars of Malayalam continues steadily in all centres. Scripted by Udayakrishna and Sibi K. Thomas, 'Twenty Twenty' has managed to make a gross collection of over Rs. 80 Lakhs in just three weeks.

The Akku Akbar-directed Veruthe Oru Bharya, released in the first week of August, still continues to maintain its stand at the box office as a family hit. The film, starring Jayaram and Gopika in lead roles, recently celebrated 125 days of successful run. Scripted by K. Gireesh Kumar, Veruthe Oru Bharya offers nothing new in terms of the story, and may even be called 'old wine in new bottle'. But since the film has been neatly packaged as a decent family entertainer, it found takers with the family audience. Moreover, Pyramid Saimira, the distributors of the film, have been taking care to market the film with utmost care and zest. The film has brought in a gross collection of over Rs.55 Lakhs.

The Major Ravi-directed Mohanlal-starrer Kurukshetra, based on the Kargil War, had won over the hearts of film-lovers all over Kerala as a well-made war film. Of course people exposed to Hollywood and Bollywood war movies might not have liked 'Kurukshetra', but the director had made the film as neatly as he could by remaining within the budget constraints of Malayalam Cinema. The film, shot on locations in Kargil, has brought in a gross of about Rs.42 Lakhs in 50 days.

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Mammootty in Shafi's 'Mallanum Mattevanum'

Mammootty will do the lead role in Mallanum Mattevanum, a film directed by hit-making director Shafi. The film will be scripted by Benny P. Nayarambalam. It should be remembered that Mammootty, Shafi and Benny P. Nayarambalam had teamed up earlier to deliver the blockbuster Thommanum Makkalum.

Mallanum Mattevanum will be produced under the banner of ABS Combines by Anto Joseph, Benny P. Nayarambalam and Shafi. Details about the theme, cast etc. are yet to be divulged. It's learnt that the film may start rolling in the first half of 2009.

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Mammootty Shafi Benny P Nayarambalam team is joining together to produce MALLANUM MATHEVANUM. the film will be produced by ABS Combines (anto-benny- shafi). film is only in the discussion stage.

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Mammootty will have a Malayalam release only in the next year - after two months.
to put it bluntly Ikka's next Malayalam release is Love in Singapore will release only in February 2009. its shoot is over - only some passing shots are to be shot. vaishakh will release it on February 18.

Vandematharam is expected to be out on Pongal day ie on Jan 2009. December 1st to 15th Ikka will act in Pazhassi Raja. Shoot is in Coorg ie Madikeri.

After that he will finish Kutty Sranku in Kundappura near Mangalore.

Pattanathil Bhootham will start on December 25th. Mammootty will join on 1st Jnauary 2009. he has given 45 days' date for the movie. Benjamin will produce the film under the banner of HiBright Movie. KAVYA MADHAVAN is the heroine.

then Ikka will join the TAMIL-Malayalam film produced by the same producer. director is Sheikh, associate of Shaji Kailas' tamil film.

Daddy Cool is the film ikka acts in malayalam after Bhootham.

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