Jagathy Sreekumar progressing well after three surgeries

Malayalam film actor Jagathy Sreekumar is progressing well after three operations to fix fractures on his hand,leg and hip...

Malayalam film actor Jagathy Sreekumar is progressing well after three operations to fix fractures on his hand,leg and hip following the March 10 accident,doctors attending on him said.

The operations to fix fractures on the right hip,right thigh and right forearm were completed successfully on March 13 after a seven-hour long procedure, Dr Abdullah Cherakkat,Managing Director,Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS) hospital,told mediapersons in Kozhikode. He said that Sreekumar was responding well to treatment. The condition of the car driver,who was also injured,has improved,he said.

Sreekumar,who was on his way to Kodagu in Karnataka to shoot a Malayalam film Idavappathy was seriously injured when his car slammed into a road median at nearby Tenhipalam on March 10 and overturned.

Tara to head Karnataka Film Academy

National award winning actress Tara has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy. The 45-year-old will have a three-year term,according to an official release in Bengaluru recently.

Proceedings against TN director stayed

The Madras High court bench on March 13 stayed the proceedings in the case registered against film director P. Bala for allegedly defaming a zamindar family in Tirunelveli district,in his Tamil movie,Avan-Ivan. Justice T.Sudanthiram also dispensed with his personal appearance before the Judicial Magistrate of Ambasamudram in the criminal case registered last year.

The Prosecution said that the complainant,S Muthuraman,had said that P N Kumar,who portrays the role of a zamindar,had not been treated with respect by others in the film and had not been shown with dignity.

In his petition,Bala said that the entire film was only imaginary and character displayed was also fictitious. At no point of time was anybodys reputation harmed,he submitted. Contending that the complaint was a clear abuse of process of court,he sought to quash the case pending in the magistrate court and stay the proceedings as an interim measure.

Mahurat of Tatya Vinchu Lage Raho

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The mahurat of the Marathi film Tatya Vinchu Lage Raho was held recently in Sangamner (Dist. Ahmednagar). Being made under the banner of Labhan Entertainment,the film is produced by Amit Katariya,Raju Parakh and Aplesh Parakh. Directed By Amol Muke,the film has story,screenplay and dialogue by Parshuram Ghule,lyrics by Parshuram Ghule and Dr. Shrikant Narule and music by Radha Chandra.

Partly animated,the film stars Sanjay Narvekar,Pratiksha Jadhav,Sheetal Pathak,Kishore Nandlaskar and Monika Dabde.