Box Office 16/11/12 to 22/11/12

1. My Boss (last week-2.1 c , total-4.7 c)

2. Theevram (last week-1.6 c , total-1.6 c)

3. 916(last week-32 l , total-1.1 c)

4. Ayalum Njanum Thammil (last week-23 l , total-5.16 c)

5. Run Babby Run (last week-4.8 l , total-10.908 c)

John Abraham at the sets of 'Kammath and Kammath'

Bollywood super star John Abraham pays visit to the stars of Malayalam on the location of 'Kammath and Kammath' starring Mammootty and Dileep as Kammath Brothers.

John Abraham was at Fort Kochi for more than a week for the shooting of his Hindi movie 'Jaffna'. John who spent time with Mammootty and Dileep reminisced his childhood days spent at Aluva.

Mammootty gave a warm welcome to John Abraham and treated him with home-made Kerala food prepared at his home. John spent around 2 hours with Mammootty and Dileep. 

John Abraham also shared his earnest wish to work in a Malayalam movie. He revealed his wish in the presence of producers Anto Joseph and Subair. 

'Face to Face' ready for release

V M Vinu's Mammootty-starrer 'Face to Face' is scheduled for release on the 30th of this month. The script is penned by Manoj Payyannur and the movie is produced by M K Nazer.

'Face to Face' is an investigative thriller, with loads of action and suspense. As the title suggests this is Balachandran's (played by Mammootty) face to face fight with the modern times which cannot even distinguish between virtue and vice.

The movie which brings life and death face to face is produced by M K Nazer under the banner of Goodline Productions. Music composition by Alphons, the songs of 'Face to Face' are already launched. 

'Doubles' to be super hit in Tamil

Mammootty's 'Doubles' is turning out to be a big hit in the Tamil industry. The Tamil version of 'Doubles' is titled 'Puduvai Managaram'.

Sohan Seenulal is the director of the movie. Distributed by the Plaza Group, the movie has successfully completed 50 days and continues its run. The movie stars Mammootty, Nadiya Moidu, Taapsee, and Avinash in the main roles. 

Sachi-Sethu duo told the story of two siblings through 'Doubles'. The film which was not a great success in Malayalam has been graciously accepted by the Tamil audience. p

Naren to be part of 'Kammath and Kammath'

The latest news from the film world is that Naren will be part of the multi-starrer movie 'Kammath and Kammath'. Naren will be doing the role of an Income tax officer who creates trouble in the business of the Kammath Brothers.

The role was earlier assigned to Jayaram and then to Kunchacko Boban. But as the dates of both of them clashed with the dates of this movie, finally Naren is opted for the role. 

Thomson's 'Kammath and Kammath' stars Mammootty and Dileep as Kammath brothers who are into Hotel business. Tamil star Dhanush is also making a cameo appearance in this movie in the role of a film star. Rima Kallingal and Karthika Nair are the heroines in this movie scripted by Udaykrishna-Siby K Thomas duo.

Balachandra Menon returns with Mammootty

Balachandra Menon returns to the industry after a hiatus. In the new film 'Emmanuel', he will be seen with Mammootty. Menon has taken a break from movies due to health problems. 

Directed by Lal Jose, 'Emmanuel' will have Balachandra Menon in a prominent role. Salim Kumar is also doing an important role in this movie.

The movie plots the story of Emmanuel who works in a book publishing firm. When the company is closed down due to unexpected reasons, Emmanuel and his family find it difficult to make both ends meet. 

Through this movie Mammootty and Lal Jose join after a while.

Mammootty to be part of an Anthology

Mammootty joins the cast of an anthology film which comprises four featurettes. The anthology which is made as part of celebrating the centenary of Indian cinema will be screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013.

Mammootty will be part of the film directed by M Padmakumar and the other directors are Shajoon Kariyal, Rajesh Pillai, and Salim Ahmed. Each of them will be short, independent films of 35-40 minutes duration. 

Shajoon Kariyal's flick will cast Biju Menon in the lead role, the script of which is by Sachi. Bobby-Sanjay duo pens the script for Rajesh Pillai and the movie casts Kunchacko Boban and Sreenivasan. Salim Kumar and Fahad Fazil will be seen in the Salim Ahmed film which is scripted by the director himself.

The film will be produced by a Chennai based studio.

Mammootty connects with global fans through Facebook

Malayalam superstar Mammootty Thursday officially launched his page on social networking website Facebook. He is looking forward to connect with his fans across the world.

The 61-year-old sent out a personal video message to his Facebook friends.

"I think this is a great platform for me to connect with each one of you directly. I will update from time to time about my movies, and my social and charitable causes, and some candid pictures," Mammootty said in the video message.

His Facebook page will be a platform for his fans to be a part of his life and get exclusive sneak peeks into his latest movies, shoots and also engage with him on a personal basis.

"I am excited to be able to now connect with my fans in India and globally through Facebook. Through this platform, I will get constant feedbacks and comments from fans as well as critics, helping me create and recreate better entertaining experience," the National award-winning actor said in a statement.

Thappana Is A Hit..!

Box Office Nov 2-15

1. My Boss (last week-2.6 c , total-2.6 c)

2. 916(last week-78 l , total-78 l)

3. Ayalum Njanum Thammil (last week-73 l , total-4.93 c)

4. Jawan Of Vellimala(last week-27 l , total-3.62 c)

5. Trivandrum Lodge (last week-16 l , total-3.48 c)

Again 'New Delhi'; Mammootty as G K

• Mammootty's G K returns; the sequel to the 1987 thriller film 'New Delhi' is in the pipeline. After 25 years the veteran cinematographer Jayanan Vincent plans to bring G K once again on the silver screen. 
  
  'New Delhi' was scripted by Dennis Joseph and directed by Joshiy. It tells the story of an investigative journalist, G K, who creates news and publishes them exclusively in his own newspaper. The runaway success of 'New Delhi' gave Mammootty's career a new lease of life.
  
  'New Delhi' was the first Malayalam movie to be shot at New Delhi, and the first Malayalam movie that grossed more than one crore as well.
  
  The sequel to this movie would be directed by Jayanan Vincent, the cinematographer of the original one. This is the first directorial venture of Jayanan Vincent who had wielded camera for around 150 movies. 
  

Mammootty supports new generation

Megastar Mammootty is in all support for the new trends in Mollywood, primarily the genre called as the new generation films. The actor finds them to symbolise the thinking lines of the current generation. Mammootty was speaking at the book release function of director KG George's auto biography titled  'Flashback: Enteyum  Cinemayudeyum'.Mammooty also observed that those film makers who are found to take a different path, and who are often cited as in wrong directions are later given approval by the society, who once doesn't stand by them. 
 
Mammootty's support for the new generation filmmaker gains much importance as famous names of Mollywood like Adoor Gopalakrishnan and BalachandraMenon has expressed their disinterest with their contents. Adoor  recently stated that the   huge crowds that are on theatres  for a current hit are there just to listen to the expletives and obscene expressions used by the women in it, which are found to be poorer than what even men would dare to say. Balachandrmenon observed that much of their dialogues are like that of toilet humour or like offencive writings that we often see on lavatories.

Fahad with Mammootty in Ashiq Abu's 'Gangster'

Ashiq Abu's next film after 'Da Thadiya' will have Fahad with Mammootty. Industry grapevine is that in the movie titled 'Gangster' Fahad Fazil and DJ Shekhar are also playing prominent roles along with Mammootty. Ashiq Abu's yet to be released 'Da Thadiya' is the debut film of Shekhar.

Ashiq made his directorial debut with Mammoty starrer 'Daddy Cool'. His next two ventures 'Salt N' Pepper' and '22 Female Kottayam' were smash hits in the box office.

'Gangster' is expected to be a slick and stylish underworld saga. Even though the film has been announced well before the shoot of'Da Thadiya' the project got delayed and now it is expected to take off soon.

Box Office 01/11/12

1. Ayalum Njanum Thammil (last week-1.9 c , total-4.2 c)

2. Jawan Of Vellimala(last week-90 l , total-3.35 c)

3. Parudeesa(last week-21 l , total-21 l)

4. Run Babby Run(last week-19 l , total-10.76 c)

5. Kaash (last week-16 l , total-16 l)