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Innocent also in the black hands of Cancer
The best comedy artist and president of AMMA film association, Innocent is suffering throat cancer. The disease was confirmed by private hospital in Ernakulam. Director Sathyan Anthikad told that the Innocent’s illness is curable. Innocent has to move back from films for a few months due to chemotherapy.
Amrita TV Turns On Youth Power In ‘Just Fun – Chumma’
Into the primetime slots densely populated with insipid tearjerkers and scripted reality shows, Amrita TV launches a show seldom seen in the demography of Malayalam Television schedules- a sitcom series, Just Fun Chumma. Propelled by youth power, the light breezy entertainer of a show that will add the sparkle of fizz to weekend evenings, will be launched on October 29th and telecast Monday to Thursday at 8.30pm.
Just Fun –Chumma is a new generation serial that comes in the wake of the new wave in cinema which has sent formula-ridden themes crashing out of box-office reckonings and swept the Mollywood beachfront clean of stale offerings; devoid of hackneyed plots and convoluted story line, Just Fun-Chumma with its fresh faces, new topic and different treatment may start a ripple that will transform the maximum viewership space in Television.
Modeled on the immensely popular American series F.R.I.E.N.D.S that ran for 10 seasons, Just Fun –Chumma is a situational comedy or sit-com that fields a regular set of 4-6 characters sharing the same environment and repeated in each episode. Each installment is a complete, self-contained independent story with its own conflict and resolution, so that the viewers can join in at any point of the series without missing the earlier plot line.
The star cast consists of five, 20-something youngsters, as natty in their dress as they are trendy in their outlook and attitudes: Roy, the do-gooder NRI, a responsible big bro who has opened a coffee-shop; Tony the irresponsible younger sibling for whom life is one long, flirtatious fling; the rustic Anand, a wannabe actor who sets out for the big city, promising his parents he will return a hero; Parvathy, a health obsessed, materialistic, gym instructor and Sarah , a bubbly hotel management graduate, who is a health freak reaching for her mop at the slightest excuse.
The setting is completely urban, with the action taking place either in the flat they all share or the coffee shop where they hang out together. The story of each episode spins out naturally from their daily lives, their routines and the interactions between the characters, Anand with his idiocies, Tony getting into scrapes, Parvathy doling out free advice, Roy trying to maintain peace and so on. All the 5 characters are given equal prominence, with none in the shade of another and contribute in equal measure to the fun element
The script is penned by a block of writers, one for each major character, with each scenarist being responsible for the lines, reactions and actions of one particular personality in the serial; the individual dialogues are then compiled into the complete script for each episode. By assigning characters to different scenarists instead of letting one writer handle all , the individual identity of each character is maintained throughout .The dialogues are utterly natural, in the characteristic young-speak peppered with colloquialisms used in everyday life, without a trace of the dramatic flourishes and high-flown rhetoric that makes serials sound so unreal and artificial.
The humor that soaks through the entire episode arises from the hilarious and sometimes bizarre situations they get themselves into and the comedy that ensues when they try to wriggle out of those tight corners.It is not the sort that will set one rolling about in uncontrollable paroxysms of laughter but of a milder variety that keeps one amused and feeling happy, the dead pan one-liners, ready repartees and jokes at another’s expense eliciting a smile or a little laugh at the most.
In contrast to the video graphic language of usual serials, chock-full of clichéd angle arches and predictable zooms, Just Fun Chumma is cinematic in presentation with the visual richness and typical of the silver screen.
Just Fun-Chumma is captained by Sabu who shot to fame as the helmsman of the first candid camera show in Malayalam, Tharikida and also steered other original shows like Attahasam and Enthum Cheyyum Sukumaran to success.
Just Fun-Chumma with its vibrant characters, droll situations and light hearted comedy which the youth and the young at heart can easily identify with, will in the near future , sow the seeds of welcome change in the television programme scenario.
Smitha Sivaji
Amrita TV
Actress Samvritha Sunil Marriage
Mollywood’s favorite actress Samvritha Sunil’s marriage with Akhilraj happened at Vasava Cliff House, Kannur .Akhilraj is working as a software engineer of Walt Disney in Calfornia.Meera Nandan, Aparna Nair and director Lal Jose were present from film filed to be part of the marriage.Reception has been arraged on November 6 at Le Meridien Hotel,Kochi for her friends from the film Field.
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Manju Warrier Dance Performance at Guruvayoor Temple
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Actress Manju Warrier ‘s dance performance at Gurvayoor temple was a well visual treat for the audience. Her dance style and steps were perfect and audience enjoyed the wonderful performance .The auditorium was filled with audience very early and the volunteers were little bit struggled to bring Manju Warrier to stage. Sathyan Anthikad, Renjith,KPSC Lalitha and Poornima Indrajith were present from film field to view her performance
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CCL Season 3 Press Conference
Celebrities at CCL Season 3 Press Conference
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Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) which started with four teams in 2010 has grown by leaps and bounds.
2011 saw an addition of two teams, Kerala Strikers and Bengal Tigers. Now CCL has proudly announced an addition of two more teams, Veer Marathi owned by Mr. Riteish Deshmukh and Bhojpuri Dabbangs
captained by popular Bhojpuri star Mr. Manoj Tiwari. The third season of CCL will kick start on 9 th February 2013.
CCL Season 3 announced the same at a Press Conference held in Mumbai on 19th October 2012 at Hotel Novotel, Juhu. The star studded league had the captains present in the event Suniel Shetty, Sohail Khan, Sudeep, Mohanlal,Vishal, Ritesh Deshmukh amongst others.
While Ritesh spoke about how his experience from his previous team Mumbai heroes would help in building his team and will have players like Shreya Talpade, Mahesh Manjrekar and many other popular Marathi actors and Manoj Tiwary spoke about how there were twenty four actors from the Bhojpuri industry who have been practicing for last six months to make it to the playing eleven of Bhojpuri Dabbangs.
CCL 2 was a widely watched event on popular television networks. The ratings have been much more than that of a lot of other international matches. The Average TVR of Sun TV (Tamil) was 6.8, Udaya TV (Kannada) was 5.4, Gemini TV (Telugu) was 4.7 and Surya TV (Malayalam) was 5.5.
After seeing the tremendous response that CCL 2 received in Kochi last year when a crowd of around 70,000 people turned up to watch the match, CCL 3 Season 3 plans to open their first match of the league in Kochi on February 9th 2012.
CCL travels to various places reaching out to fans all over the country and abroad. In 2012 the
tournament started in Sharjah and the finals were held in Hyderabad where the Chennai Rhinos
defeated Karnataka Bulldozers in the finals and won the series.
The participating teams are as follows Bengal Tigers, Chennai Rhinos, Kerala Strikers, Karnataka
Bulldozers, Mumbai Heroes, Telugu Warriors and the two new teams Veer Marathas and Bhojpuri
Dabbangs.
Apart from it’s on ground popularity, CCL is a huge television event as well, as the matches are
telecasted on national television and widely reported by the news television media..So looking at its widespread reach theres expected a huge jump of CCL lovers and fans from its previous season as it unviels enough suprises to awe all its viewers.
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Vineeth Sreenivasan Wedding Reception
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Ayalum Njanum Thammil Movie Review
Ayalum Njanum Thammil Movie Review
Producer- Prem Prakash
Director- Lal Jose
Cast- Prithviraj, Prathap Pothen, Narain, Samvritha Sunil, Remya Nambeeshan, Rima Kallingal etc.
Music- Ouseppachan
Review By : Unni R Nair (Kerala9.com )
Dwelling on the cinematic aspects and pointing out the negatives may not be a big task for critics. But, with films like ‘Ayalum Njaanum Thammil’, I’d prefer to think more with the heart, from the viewer’s perspective rather than from a critic’s perspective. Moreover I always have seen films as a viewer and not as a reviewer; seeing films has always been a passion for me and I have been doing it always, much before I started reviewing them. So, Lal Jose’s ‘Ayalum Njaanum Thammil’ for me is a film that appeals very much to the viewer in me. I am not at all ashamed (people, even the average viewers, seem ashamed to reveal their emotions and mostly boo when they see an emotionally charged scene) to say that the film appealed more to my emotions and then to my intellect too.
‘Ayalum Njaanum Thammil’ zooms in on the medical profession; but I feel it’s not just about that profession. The film can be inspiring for any professional- anyone who desires to serve people and causes and not just make money. The emphasis of course is on the nobility of the medical profession.
Dr. Ravi Tharakan (Prithviraj), who is very much in demand, conducts a surgery on a critically ill child, without getting the parents’ consent. The child dies and then all hell breaks loose. The child’s father is a political worker and his guys attack the hospital the very same night and look for Ravi Tharakan, who wants to face the agitated mob and talk to them. The hospital management tries to convince him to stay away and leave the hospital; they arrange for him to leave by the back exit. Ravi is chased by a couple of bikes, but when his car crashes, those in pursuit leave fearing trouble. The next morning cops come in, take up the issue and start looking for Dr. Ravi Tharakan, who is missing.
Then, as the search for the missing doctor is on, we are presented glimpses from his past, courtesy people associated with him at different times, starting from his days at the medical college to the present. These include Vivek (Narain), Diya (Rima Kallingal) and Supriya (Remya Nambeeshan). We see Ravi Tharakan in college, as an extremely careless and carefree medical student, struggling with his exams. We also see him being passionately in love with Sainu (Samvritha Sunil) and then we see him taking to a hospital in a small hilly town for compulsory rural service. There, under the wings of Dr. Samuel (Prathap Pothen), Dr. Ravi Tharakan’s life takes a new turn; he is reborn…
There might be flaws here and there; there may be similarities- but the question that I’d ask myself is this. Am I looking for a perfect film? Am I looking for one that has no similarities with any of the director’s earlier films? My answer would be a big and loud ‘No’. With a film like ‘Ayalum Njaanum Thammil’, I’d overlook and quite easily forgive flaws and similarities, if any. I am happy that the film has an element of goodness in it and it conveys a message, and also that it’s well-made, remaining within the parameters of mainstream, commercial cinema. This is the kind of cinema that families should go watch, along with kids, rather than queue up for multi-starrer ‘entertainers’ that stick on to clichéd formulae and have more of bad elements than good ones. Just go for it with a totally unprejudiced, free mind…
Performance
Well, this time I won’t begin with the hero…I just can’t. I just can’t talk about the performance aspect without first mentioning Prathap Pothen, who plays Dr. Samuel to perfection. He has done a good job of his role indeed. Prithviraj is good, real convincing as Dr. Ravi Tharakan and all others fit into their roles perfectly well.
Technical aspects
Cinematographer Jomon T John and editor Ranjan Abraham render full support while on the art-side, Gokuldas and Mohandas work to create the perfect ambience for the film.
Music
I don’t think the songs penned by Sarath Vayalar and set to tune by Ouseppachan would last long; most songs of today just don’t. But they are not bad either. Still, maybe the last song could have been avoided (well, that’s just a suggestion, though I didn’t mind that being there). The background score syncs well with the theme and the mood.
Script
Bobby and Sanjay have done a good job of the script. As said earlier, if bent on finding flaws one can very much find flaws in any work. But with this film, I’d dwell only on the positive aspects. Good work indeed!
Direction
Lal Jose is in control of things as the director. There are definitely things that could be bettered and certain elements that could have been avoided; but overall ‘Ayalum Njaanum Thammil’ is a film that Lal Jose can be proud of. Kudos to Lal Jose and team!!
Verdict- Good film; good-intentioned and with a clean message!
Rating: 3.5/5
Jawan Of Vellimala Movie Review
Jawan Of Vellimala Review
Producer- Playhouse
Director- Anoop Kannan
Cast- Mammootty, Sreenivasan, Asif Ali, Mamta Mohandas, Baburaj etc.
Music- Bijibal
Review By : Unni R Nair
A real good opportunity gone waste- that’s what I would say of ‘Jawan of Vellimala’, the debut directorial venture of Anoop Kannan. The debut director got Mammootty’s support not just as the lead actor, but as the producer as well; and there was a real good cast too at hand- Sreenivasan, Asif Ali, Mamta etc- plus the picturesque dam location. Anoop Kannan has not been able to make use of any of these to deliver a film worth reckoning. A half-baked script and a film that seems to have no sense of direction- that’s how I’d sum up ‘Jawan of Vellimala’.
Vellimala is a little village among the hills and consequent to agitations by people there and the loss of one life in the agitation, a dam comes up in the little village. Years later, the life in the little village revolves around the massive dam, which also plays a major role in generating electricity for the whole state.
Gopikrishnan (Mammootty) is a retired army Jawan who works at the dam, as an operator as well as night watchman. He is known as someone who fears ghosts and hence his army tales too are seen as mere bluff. He has visions of a strange kind and also has some kind of a soft-corner for Anitha (Mamta Mohandas), the camp officer at the dam. In the meantime, a new executive engineer named Varghese (Sreenivasan) joins up at the dam. He smells something fishy going on and takes up things. Meanwhile Koshy Oomen (Asif), the young son of a contractor comes up, requesting Varghese to sanction the bill presented by his late father so as to save his family from financial crisis.
Well, this is the premise on which the whole edifice of the film’s script rests. So, where would all these lead to? What next? How would you blend these all if you were a writer or a director? Are you confused? I bet the makers of ‘Jawan of Vellimala’ would have been confused. This confusion tells upon the totality of the film, which is far from impressive. You don’t have a great storyline, you don’t have great performances, you don’t have a film that gives you your money’s worth. You end up confused on what it was all about and go home wondering why the film was made.
Performance
Mammootty is OK; there is nothing outstanding about his performance. In fact there is nothing outstanding about anyone’s performance and I’d say the director and the writer needs to take blame for that. Neither Sreenivasan nor Asif makes an impression and Mamta too is wasted.
Technical aspects
Nothing much to say; the cinematographer however could have delivered some spectacular frames, which at least would have remained in our minds.
Music
Songs are all average ones and the background score OK.
Script
James Albert, the man who penned the script for the memorable Classmates fails to make a mark this time. He has faltered as regards plot development and characterization and seems to be more focused on Mammootty’s star image, which too has not been exploited well. You wonder why he had created a half-baked character named Rafi (played by Kottayam Nazeer) and also why he needed to make a caricature out of Baburaj’s character. It’s all a mess.
Direction
Debutant director Anoop Kannan seems to have taken Mammootty’s presence for granted and perhaps forgot that the script is of supreme importance, even if it’s a film made for fans. Or else, he was carried away by the premise of having a film made with a dam as the backdrop and forgot about characterization. There are so many characters in the film and you reflect sadly that none of them have been worked out satisfactorily well. Post half-time it’s sort of a mess and totally unimpressive. Better luck next time, Anoop Kannan.
Verdict- Great opportunity gone waste for debutant director!!
Rating: 2/5
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Vineeth Sreenivasan Wedding
Young film director and noted actor Vineeth Sreenivasan tied knot at 11 am on today at Dinesh auditorium, Kannur. Divya is the bride of Vineeth. She is the native of Payynnoor, but her parents were settled in Chennai. She studied as junior of Vineeth at K.C. G. College of Technology, Chennai. Samvritha Sunil, Nivin Pauly, Aju Varghese and Bhagath were present to be part of Vineeth’s marriage.
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