Unni Mukundan to team up with Govind Padmasoorya in Jose Thomas film.

Young actors and handsome hunks Unni Mukundan and Govind Padmasoorya are joining hands for a romantic comedy which will be directed by Jose Thomas. The film will be scripted by Sethu.The movie is a take on   friendship, and is expected to begin by next month.

The untitled movie celebrates will see Unni Mukundan play the lead role.  Govind Padmasoorya will feature in a decisive role. They will play childhood friends who stay together through thick and thin. But, then an unexpected turn of events shake their lives. The movie will be produced by Shashidharan Ullattil, who made the megahit 'Vellimoonga'. The makers are looking to rope in Vineeth Sreenivasan as well into the project . Rest of the cast is also under consideration.

The many takes on ‘ Oru vadakkan selfie’

Celebrated film ‘Oru vadakkan selfie’ is gearing up to remake in every major film industry in India. The film will soon have it’s versions in several languages like Tamil, Thelungu, Hindi, Marathi and Bengali.

Oru vadakkan selfie, featured Nivin Pauly in title role was directed by new comer G. P Prajith. The script was penned by Vineeth Sreenivasan and was produced by Vinod Shornur. Jomon T. John worked with the film as cinematographer.

The film will be the second one to be remade in many languages after Malayalam hit ‘ Drishyam’. The remakes of ’ Drishyam’ seem to be the most awaited family thriller in bollywood, Tollywood and Kollywood since the trailers of both ‘ Paapanasam,’and the Hindi version of the film have gone viral in social media platforms. Following the same way, this Selfie story is also expected to have favourable response from the fans.

AMMA GETS MAMMOOTTY AS NEW GENERAL SECRETARY

Mega star Mammootty has been chosen as the new General secretary of the association of Malayalam movie artists today. Innocent will continue as the President of AMMA and Idavela Babu will be there as secretary as well. Super star Mohanalal has been the General secretary of the association for almost 6 years as he elected as the General secretary in 2009. But this time he opts out from the position as he had many other commitments and after Mohanlal naturally Mammootty has been chosen as the General secretary. There will not be any competition to join the executive committee of AMMA which has around 350 members in it. The time to submit the nomination is over and this time there will not be any election as there is no competition as we said above.

AMMA is the first association of its kind in India and after the formation and working of this AMMA association other film industries in India also formed such associations and they all are working properly. Mohanlal, Madhu etc are the ones who really lead to the formation of this association. Innocent- Mohanlal- Idavela babu team was the best leaders AMMA ever have and they led the association with great developments and absolute sincerity.  Even though many crisis like Thilakan issue, Suresh Gopi issue and rifts with other associations came up after the formation of the association, this trio had done wonderfully well to hold it together and make it one of the best or The best in India.

They are doing many activities such as giving pension to age old members of the association titled as KAINEETTAM every month. They also does stage shoes for raising funds for actors who are suffering and also done many charity works using this funds as well. They have plans such as starting a new publication which will reach to everyone monthly and also planning to start a co-operative society based on Kochi.

Ganesh Kumar and Dileep are the Vice-Presidents of the association and Kunchacko Boban is the treasurer who also chosen in the 2009 election. AMMA’s general body is one which makes all decisions regarding its working and all other matters.

Dulquer Salmaan As Charlie

Dulquer Salmaan will essay the title character, Charlie, in the upcoming movie Charlie, directed by photographer turned filmmaker Martin Prakkat. The first look of Dulquer from the movie has been revealed. The movie will have Parvathy Menon in the female lead. Aparna Gopinath will appear in a key role. Parvathy is pairing up with Dulquer for the second time. The duo has earlier shared the screen in the blockbuster movie Bangalore Days.

Aparna Gopinath and Dulquer Salmaan have earlier shared screen in ABCD, which is also directed by Martin Prakkat. Charlie, which is said to be a romantic comedy is slated to release for Onam 2015. The getup of Dulquer Salmaan in the movie shows huge resemblance with the look of Nivin Pauly in the recently released flick Premam. Dulquer looks absolutely dashing in his new look with a thick beard and sunglass. Charlie will have an ensemble star cast, including Nedumudi Venu, Seetha, Kalpana, Joy Mathew, Renji Panicker, Tovino Thomas, Jacob Gregory, Chemban Vinod, Joju George, Soubin, RRameshPisharady, Sunil Sukhadha, Neeraj Madhav etc. The movie is penned by Unni R and Martin Prakkat. Jomon T John is the cinematographer. Gopi Sundar composes the music. Charlie is produced by Shebin Bakkar, Martin Prakkat and joju George, under the banner Finding Cinema.

Chief Wildlife Warden turns blind eye to Fahadh’s jumbo act

Actor Fahadh Faasil has gone scot-free after he was seen swinging on the tusks of a captive elephant in a 21-second video violating wildlife protection rules recently.

Though animal rights activists protested after the video appeared on social  networking sites, the Chief Wildlife Warden has  not taken any action against him so far.  

Deccan Chronicle had exposed the dangerous act in a report published on June 3 .Mr V.K. Venkitachalam, secretary, Heritage Animal Task Force, on Thursday  complained to the Animal Welfare Board of India about the CWW’s inaction.

It may be recalled that a person who posted a video on the Facebook showing him grabbing the leg of a jaguar inside the Hyderabad zoo was booked and put behind bars by the Hyderabad police and forest officials the other day.   He was charged under section 38 (j) of the Wildlife Protection Act which prohibits teasing of an animal.

“The actor committed  a similar offence warranting his arrest  under the provisions of section 38 to 40 of the Act of 1972,”  said Mr.Venkitachalam.   

Mr.G.Harikumar,CWW,  was not available for comments.  Mr.O.P. Kaler, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, told DC that the CWW had received the petition and that action would be taken after an inquiry into the incident.

Kamal Haasan to direct bollywood action- thriller

Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan will be teaming up with Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan for Hindi action-thriller Amar Hai. The film will be helmed by Kamal himself and will touch upon modern day politics, finance and the underworld.

The film will be produced by Virendra K. Arora and Arjun N. Kapoor.

“Amar Hai is special to us in many ways. One, it is that iconic project which is sure to mark the much awaited Kamal Haasan working for Hindi cinema. Two, the film will see Kamal Haasan wearing multiple hats, that of an actor and a director on a story penned by him.

“And three, from the outset of scripting this film since the past six years, Kamal Haasan has had Saif Ali Khan in mind for the lead role and the actor has been clued in about his involvement on the mega project,” the makers said in a statement.

The story travels from Mumbai to North India and traverses some picturesque international cities as the plot progresses. The producers, along with the film’s mastermind Kamal, are exploring shooting locations in Mumbai, Delhi, London, Dubai, Jordan and parts of the US.

Talking about his role, Kamal said: “My character though not that of a conventional antagonist, would present a point of view that is far from ordinary.”

Kamal is currently shooting for Tamil thriller Thoongaavanam, while awaiting the release of another thriller Papanasam.

Amar Hai will be actor Kamal Haasan direct Hindi film in 18 years, after Chachi 420. Most of his popular tamil films, including Vishwaroopam was dubbed in Hindi.

Kochi to Witness South Asia’s largest Film Market in November

Kochi has been chosen to host the first ever All Lights India International Film Festival (ALIIFF) and Indywood Film Market ( IFM), South Asia’s biggest film market between 15th-21st November 2015 organized by All Lights Film Services, India’s leading film services Organisation .

ALIIFF aims at providing a unique platform for global film Industry to portray excellence in film making, aids to inspire, nurture and integrate the Indian Cinema industry thereby facilitating congregation of people and nations. ALIIFF stands for ‘Cinema for Knowledge’.  It is also committed to showcasing the best and most innovative new films for the audience. According to ALIIFF every movie is a piece of learning experience.  A Special film festival for students is also planned by ALIIFF in order to encourage the future film makers. Well organized film workshops featuring many industry stalwarts giving lectures on various aspects of Cinema will be held as part of the student film festival.

Film submission to ALIIFF has already opened. The festival welcomes submissions to different categories of films from around the globe up to 30th of September. It accepts short films, documentaries as well as features. Competition categories are International Competition for Best Feature Film, 3D and Animated Feature Film. Another section of ALIIFF is in order to select the Films of Debut Directors. Apart from competition categories, the festival also showcases Cinema for Life and Cinema for Care for the delegates.

Indywood Film Market (IFM) is designed to fulfil the needs of film industry professionals. It aims at facilitating production and distribution deals of international films in Indian Market and the sales of Indian Cinema to International Market. IFM is a one stop destination for market screenings of films, workshops, seminars, networking sessions, panel discussions and trade expos.  Opening ceremony of both events is scheduled on 15th of November.

Sohan Roy – Director of Oscar contented movie DAM999 is the founder Director of ALIIFF and IFM. He is also the founder Director and CEO of Aries Group of Companies headquartered in UAE.

The online registration for the delegate pass to both IFM and ALIFF will start from 2nd week of July 2015 onwards.
 

For more details, contact:

Vipin Peethambaran : 9539000570Nisha Joseph : 9539000509