The award is instituted by ICONGO – A confederation of NGOs and the Khemka Foundation with partners like TISS, BCCI, NASSCOM FOUNDATION, Outlook, Business World, etc.
Apart from being an acclaimed actress, Kajol has always been known for her social work. Kajol is also the appointed goodwill ambassador and patron of the
Indiaglitz congratulates Kajol for possessing the conviction and compassion to stand up, speak out and lead the change with her positive attitude!
Yes, They are coming back - Ace actor and producer Lal has finalized the looks and characterizations of his lead artists in the much expected sequel to the nineties super hit titled as ‘Hariharnagar-2'. The movie will have Mukesh, Jagadheesh, Siddhique and Ashokan in a little more mature looks, now reaching their forties, happily leading married lives with kids. Lal is presently having the final discussions with director Siddhique with whom he has directed the original. The lead actors are all excited to do the sequel and are eagerly waiting to know how their characters have shaped up through the years. But Lal is keeping his lips locked until he finalizes the last dialogue lines .The movie will also feature Rohini, Praveena, Lakshmi Rai, Salimkumar, Janardhanan and Kochupreman. Lal is also in the lookout for a fresh female face who will don an important character in the movie. Produced by P N V associates and Lal creations, the movie will have its pooja today at Ernakulam. Planned to start its shoot by the 14 th of December, the movie will get into theatres for the next Vishu.
Sumalatha who was leading a quiet life as the wife of politician turned Kannada super star Ambareesh, will give life to a character named Thankom George, in the new Prithviraj movie 'Calendar'.
The character of Thankom george is a professor, a widow who now lives for her only daughter Kochu Rani. The movie planned as a hilarious comedy, will have Prithvi as Sojashan Olikkara, a school drop out, who comes out of the blue to change the lives of the mother and her daughter.
Sumalatha who had been a prominent figure in the eighties had been lucky enough to be in very good roles in films like Thoovanathumpikal, Thaazhvaram, Newdelhi, Izabella, Ee Thanutha Veluppan Kalathu - all of which are revered as the best of the times by a generation of film viewers.
The actress was doing films in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. However her career was dreary till 'Paruthi Veeran' happened. The film fetched her many awards including the 'Best actress award' at the Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab cinema.
The actress says, "For four years, I was running behind success. At a point, I even thought of quitting movies and venture into some other profession. However thanks to the Almighty, 'Paruthi Veeran' happened. Director Ameer had faith in my acting credentials and gave me a meaty role in the film. Eventually the movie became a big hit and even won me the National Award for Best Actress."
Priyamani is now one of the flourishing, busy heroines of South Indian Cinema. "I want to do varied roles. It doesn't bother me whether it's glamorous or performance-oriented. I feel ecstatic to have achieved success after a great toil", says the actress.
It will be a Himalayan task to get the movie to the theatres in the said date as the Chennai operations of the movie, including that of taking adequate number of prints may take more time than expected due to the Deepavali holidays. There is also some news about some more issues with the theatres about the number of release centers for the release of the movie. ’Twenty: 20’ is expected to grace around 108 centers all across Kerala.
Meanwhile, the audio tracks of the movie was released a couple of days ago with great responses. The music album offers four tracks sung by 17 playback singers of Mollywood. As a bonus, a video CD of the 'Making of ‘Twenty: 20' is also given free with the album. It is for the first time that a video CD has been given free, along with a Malayalam film audio CD.
The first posters of the movie came out last week, which featured all the five important stars of the movie including Mammootty, Mohanlal, Jayaram, Suresh Gopi and Dileep. Even the positions of stars in the initial posters of ‘Twenty: 20’, had invited great reviews and criticisms from the fan followings of various stars. With such bang in all matters associated, this becomes the only movie in Mollywood with expectation soaring ever time high.
In another first attempt in Mollywood, character actor Saikumar will be presenting himself in four roles in a new film titled 'Kochibaba'. The four different characters of Saikumar will have different makeups and maneuvers in the entire film. The shooting for this movie directed by Iqbal, who had been the assistant to Maniratnam and P Vasu, will kick off shortly at Kochi. ‘Kochibaba’ produced in the banner of Raaz films will also feature Kalabhavan Mani, Devan, Mamukoya, Ashokan Jaffer Idukky, Kaviyoor Ponnamma and Bindhu Panikkar in other prominent roles.
Meanwhile the audio of the movie was released last week in a function held at Travancore court, Kochy. AMMA president and actor Innocent released the audio cassette by handing it over to actress Manju Warrier. The cassettes and CD's will be available from this week at Manorama Music which will also include a supportive video CD on the making of the movie.
Varanaam Aayiram, is directed by Goutham Menon and the movie features Suriya in the lead role. It may be recalled that Udayanidhi Stalin, son of Karunanidhi's younger son and State Local Administration Minister M K Stalin ventured to film production with the Vijay starrer Kuruvi. Gunanidhi, another grand son of Karunanidhi is producing the remake of yesteryear Rajnikanth movie Murattu Kalai. The veteran statesman's another grandson Arivunidhi (son of M K Muthu) has tuned a playback singer. A doctor by profession, Muthu has sung a song in a movie titled Perumal. 'Varanam Aayiram' that was pipelined to be out for diwali is now being released on the 14th of November.
Believe it or not! The directors claim that veteran lyricist, who passed away couple of decades ago, has penned the lyrics for a song. Acccording to the directors, C Rathinaswamy, who reportedly interacts with spirits of the dead men, had obtained the lyrics from the spirit of Kannadasan. Produced by G Hari Shankar, the movie has musical score by G Sathish. The lead roles are played by G Satheesh, Avanthika, Asha, Indira and Ajay.
ARS Movies (P) Ltd, Kunjumon's production house is launching this new movie on the 2nd of November. Direction is by C Balajee whereas the producer himself has penned down the story and dialogue.
A debutant hero and heroines form the lead cast and music director Bharathwaj is composing the numbers. This maker who made sensational hits in the past might once again restate those quality movies to entertain the audience.
"Hemaji has always fascinated me as a personality," says Neeta. The designer had to work 48hrs nonstop for the final look of Rajmata. "Actually we both had time constraints so I had to work round the clock to give Hemaji the look of the Rajmata. I did my own research and Hemaji also gave me a reference book which helped me a lot. I tried to give her a different look in Baghbaan and people loved her the way she looked in the film. Hope even this time people will like it," she says.
To clarify George’s allegations Muktha's mother Sally George and her relatives held a press meet. Says Muktha, who was sobbing throughout the press meet: " When I was studying in UKG, my father for no particular reason, deserted my mother. Those days we did not have money to buy some pills and commit suicide! My mother and my uncles worked hard by starting a beauty parlour and gave tuitions to support us." When Muktha was doing her 8th standard, she made her debut in Lal Jose's off-beat Malayalam film ironically titled Achan Urangatha Veedu (The house where dad does not sleep). Soon, seeing her potential in films, her dad after many years came back and took over her career. "It was the biggest mistake we made in our lives after Appa took over my career. He not only messed up my life, but also took all our savings, as the bank account and locker was in his name. He also forced me to wear skimpy clothes for a Tamil film (Thamarabharini?). Which father will do all this to his daughter?", asked Muktha, who broke down at the press meet. Muktha's is a sad story that is happening in many households in Kerala, as the acting bug and lure of big screen catches on.
Commenting upon her kissing scenes with Randeep in Ru-Ba-Ru, Shahana said: "I can't understand why they (producers) highlighted 10 kisses between me and Randeep Hooda. First of all, who's counting? Certainly not the audiences! Surely they've matured far enough to not get carried away by kisses. Also, there aren't those many kisses at all. I'd rather be known for more than just kissing in my films." Shahana debuted in films with Naseeruddin Shah's directorial debut Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota. "Strangely most of my films are either episodic or I'm part of an ensemble cast. The only exception was Ru-Ba-Ru where Randeep and I played lovers who've crossed the stage of euphoria into stagnancy. So again it's an unconventional role. I'd say it's a love story that begins where other filmy love stories end."
Any other unconventional role? "In Sudhir Mishra's Tera Kya Hoga Johnny I'm Neil Nitin Mukesh's girl married to a much older man Kay Kay Menon. Is that too much of the unconventional for me? I don't mind. I've always wanted to be an actress. If today I'm getting to play anyone from the age of 18 to 32 and I can do it convincingly, why not? As a child I'd take my mother's dupatta on my head and speak to myself in the mirror. The habit remains. I still speak to myself, though now I don't get much time to do that." Mo
Delhi-based Prerana Sharma was crowned winner of the event by the actress. Deepika said: "During my days of modeling, I never got any such opportunity or platform to showcase my talent. But god has been kind to me."
Though the three loved the far-from-the-madding-crowd atmosphere at Goregaon and had decided to stay put there, the family is now planning to move back to Juhu to their original place. But Esha says there were advantages of staying in Goregaon. "Travelling to Film City for shooting is so easy here. That set of an aircraft that they put up at Film City for Hijack was just a hop away. Every day I'd get into my car and drive straight into the aircraft," said Esha. Hijack sank without a trace but the actress says she had a ball shooting the film. "It was an action film. I was an airhostess wearing a skirt. So I couldn't do any stunts. But the interesting part of the film was that I don't have a hint of a romantic association with Shiney Ahuja.
"Now I'm also doing Shivum Nair's Exchange Offer with Rahul Bose. It's a very contemporary film about a young couple. And working with Rahul is so different from working with any of my other co-stars." Esha also went through a learning experience when she did an item song with Govinda in Money Hai Toh Honey Hai. "I did that number only to work with Govinda. I'm his biggest fan. As a child I used to watch some of his films almost every day. Dancing with him is a joy. He knows exactly how to handle the body contact in the dancing movements."
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