Malayalam documentary ‘Thespians of Aattam’ is a fascinating look at the cast of Aattam film

[ad_1] A still from the documentary Thespians of Aattam. (from left, standing) Vinay Forrt, Madan Babu K, Sudheer Babu, Jolly Anthony and Sijin Sijeesh; (sitting, from left) Prasanth Madhavan, Sanosh Murali, Aji Thiruvamkulam, Nandan Unni, Anand Ekarshi and Santhosh Piravom. All of them are actors of Lokadharmi in Kochi. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Malayalam […]

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Malayalam cinema: Marketing teams go for innovative ideas, rope in influencers to promote films

[ad_1] Shane Nigam wonders if he could have Rashmika Mandanna as his co-star. While film directors Aby Treesa Paul and Anto Jose Periera, and producer Sandra Thomas hem and haw, Anagha LK walks in and, without batting an eyelid, Shane says he feels she would be the best. The same goes for another role in […]

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Malayalam cinema: Marketing teams go for innovative ideas, rope in influencers to promote films

[ad_1] Shane Nigam wonders if he could have Rashmika Mandanna as his co-star. While film directors Aby Treesa Paul and Anto Jose Periera, and producer Sandra Thomas hem and haw, Anagha LK walks in and, without batting an eyelid, Shane says he feels she would be the best. The same goes for another role in […]

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Malayalam cinema in 2023: International acclaim, debutant directors and Mammooty’s magic on-screen

[ad_1] Malayalam cinema 2023 has seen a bitter-sweet year. Proving the doomsayers wrong, movie-goers were back in cinemas. So, the pandemic had not killed cinemas. Hallelujah! But, before the trumpets are blown, there is more to explore. All is not rosy as the last frames of the year fade into the sunset. Kunchacko Boban, Narain, […]

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Adarsh Sukumaran and Paulson Skaria talk about scripting ‘Kaathal – The Core’

[ad_1] The crowd favourite of International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) 2022 was Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Mammootty-starrer Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam. Among the delegates who thronged the theatres to watch the movie was Adarsh Sukumaran and Paulson Skaria. Little did the scriptwriter duo know that their movie, Kaathal-The Core, the Mammootty-Jyothika starrer directed by Jeo Baby, […]

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Malayalam film director Nithish Sahadev’s Falimy is about a dysfunctional family with Basil Joseph Manju Pillai

[ad_1] Film director Nithish Sahadev on the location of Falimy. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT There is a spelling mistake in the title of the Malayalam movie Falimy, but that is deliberate, explains debutant Nithish Sahadev about his film. “It is a clue to the error in the ways and thinking of a dysfunctional family. […]

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Veteran Kerala film poster designer looks back at his career spanning 300 films

[ad_1] Neethi Kodungallur | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Neethi (meaning justice in Malayalam) got his name from yesteryear Malayalam film star Sathyan’s first Tamil film Lokaneethi. “My father was so inspired, he decided to name me Neethi,” says the veteran poster designer, who goes by his screenname Neethi Kodungallur. “Love for cinema runs in the […]

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Rajesh Thaithara from Kerala built the dummy train in the Shah Rukh Khan starrer ‘Jawan’

[ad_1] Shah Rukh Khan in Jawan | Photo Credit: cinema The Atlee-Shah Rukh Khan blockbuster film Jawan is Rajesh Thaithara’s biggest project yet. He ‘built’ the Metro train, first featured in the film’s hugely popular teaser, and the Bekarar kar ke humein… song. The civil engineer who fabricates vehicles for Malayalam,Tamil and Telugu films is […]

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These Kerala grandmothers are making a splash on social media by stepping out of their comfort zones

[ad_1] There is no stopping these plucky women who prove age is just a number. With an active presence on social media, these grandmothers are making a mark in different fields with their talent, expertise and grace. The term for for grandparent-influencers is ‘grandfluencers’. If 87-year-old Devi Varma won a Kerala State Film award with […]

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Singer Mridula Warrier on the Kerala State Film Award, reality shows and her band

[ad_1] “I had almost decided not to sing the track,” says Mridula Warrier while talking about the song that won her the award for the Best Female Singer at the 53rd Kerala State Film Awards. The song ‘Mayilppeeli ilakunnu’ from Pathonpatham Noottandu, has been composed by M Jayachandran, who also won the State award for […]

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