MALAYALAM NEWS - Page 114

In the history of IFFI, Take Off star Parvathy is the first actor from the Malayalam film industry to win the silver peacock. She was also given a certificate and cash prize of Rs 10 lakh. Watch her speech here.

T Vasanthi, who had been battling cancer for some time, was known for character roles in over 400 Malayalam movies in her four-decade-old acting career.

Odiyan follows Manikyan's life (the character played by Mohanlal), who lived in the spiritual capital of India, Banaras, for 15 years before he returned to Thenkurissi in Kerala.

Singer Vaishnav Girish lifts Malayalam star Dulquer Salmaan at Asiavision Movie Awards 2017 in Dubai. He earlier lifted Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan during a reality TV show.

Suriya said director Rosshan Andrrews is like a family to him while thanking him for inviting to visit the sets of Kayamkulam Kochunni, which has Nivin Pauly in the lead.

Meera Vasudevan who recently shot for an interview with a popular Malayalam channel has slammed the show for misrepresenting the interview in the promos.

An FIR has been booked against the actors for registering their luxury vehicles in Puducherry using fudged documents to allegedly evade the tax in Kerala.

VA Shrikumar Menon will be making his debut as a feature filmmaker with Odiyan, starring Mohanlal in the titular role. The filmmakers have wrapped up the shooting of the portions where Mohanlal reportedly plays a 65-year-old man.

Masterpiece teaser out. Malayalam superstar Mammootty is back as a professor. In his upcoming film, Masterpiece, he plays a hot-headed professor with nerves of steel. 

Actor Manju Warrier has been made a key witness by the police in the Malayalam actress abduction and sexual assault case, in which her ex-husband Dileep is a main suspect.

Kerala High Court today directed the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) to screen Malayalam film S Durga. The film was pulled out from the fest's Indian Panorama section.

Actor Dileep, who is a prime suspect in the Malayalam actress abduction case, had requested the Kerala High Court to grant him permission to go to Dubai for the purpose of his business.

The probing officials of the Malayalam actress abduction and sexual assault case have accused actor Dileep of indulging in influencing witnesses. The chargesheet will be filed today.

Malayalam director Shaji Kailas is all set to collaborate with Mohanlal. Shaji Kailas said the film will be completely shot in Karnataka, with the shooting beginning in February.

To honour the 69-year-old cult Malayalam actor Venu, a cultural night will be hosted in Thiruvananthapuram on November 26. The programme will be organised by the Trivandrum Film Fraternity and the Kerala government.

One of Mammooty’s most celebrated movies Big B is now getting a sequel. Helmed by Amal Neerad, the sequel is titled Bilal and will see Mammootty play the eponymous lead.

Dileep was arrested on July 10 after the police probe team found clinching evidence to link him to the conspiracy part of the kidnapping case of the Malayalam actress. He is currently out on bail.

Mallika Sukumaran, who is also the mother of actors Indrajith and Prithviraj, on the pooja of director Vinayan's comeback film Chalakkudykkaran Changath, shared that it was Vinayan, who supported their sons find the foothold in the industry during their trying times.

Take off was based on real-life events involving a group of Malayali nurses who were captured when the terrorists of ISIS took over the city of Tikrit, the hometown of former dictator Saddam Hussein, in 2014. The trailer of Tiger Zinda Hai showed that the film centres on a James Bond-esque spy called Tiger, played by Salman Khan, and his mission to rescue 25 Indian nurses from the clutches of ISIS.

Director B Unnikrishnan has accused the media of willingly berating his new film, Villian, starring Mohanlal, as it is biased against him. He said Villian would have been celebrated as a "classic" if the film had some other director's name on it.

As we wondered the chances of Mohanlal and Mammootty playing the same role in two different films, Priyadarshan has offered a clarity. The ace-filmmaker has set a deadline for actor Mammootty and director Santosh Sivan to start making Kunjali Marakkar IV in next eight months, he will go ahead with his project with Mohanlal.

Mammootty on Wednesday announced his next big-ticket period film Kunjali Marakkar, while unveiling the first look of the film with details of main cast and crew. It comes hours after a section of media reports claimed that Malayalam superstar Mohanlal will be playing the role of Kunjali Marakkar in a period film.

Mia Khalifa is a Lebanese-American star. The 24-year-old is a former adult actor and is currently seen hosting a sports show for Complex News’s YouTube Channel. After Sunny Leone, Mia will be the second popular adult star from the United States to debut in Indian films. She has been offered Malayalam adult comedy film, Chunkzz 2: The Conclusion.