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Both of the movies feature him as the hero, while one have him in a humorous role, the other will feature him as a cop on investigation. Arriving with pretty good preview reports is 'Shakesphere M A Malayalam', featuring Kalabhavan Mani and Jayasuriya in the lead. The movie is said to be a satirical humorous flick in the backdrop of a professional drama troupe. Jayasurya plays the role of Shakespeare Pavithran, a scenarist who pens for his dramas with inspiration from real-life characters and incidents that he locates from his surroundings. Kalabhavan Mani, after a long time returns to a humorous role as Kottayam Gopalan, the owner, lead actor and director of Jayabharath theatres. ‘Positive' is the other movie which will make a release in 36 centers. Directed by ad maker VK Prakash, the movie again with Jayasuriya and a group of young stars is a musical thriller. The other movie to get released today is 'American Halwa a dubbed Telugu movie featuring Parvathy milton, directed by Deva Koushik.

Ace Mollywood actress Gopika is planning to get wed, this year. The actress in an interview has made her intentions clear that if everything goes as per the plans, chances are that she may enter wedlock, this August-September itself. “My latest movies in Malayalam, 'Annan Thampi’ and ‘Vellithirai' in Tamil are good hits. Many are asking why I am planning for a marriage at this peak stage of my acting career. But I am in the view that it is better to call it a day, when I am through the best of the performances. Like Gavasker, who dropped the willows after hitting another century”, says Gopika

Gopika who has not committed any new movies in Malayalam or in Tamil is said to be busy in the lookout for suitable groom. Coming from an Orthodox Catholic family, Gopika seems to have whole heartedly agreed with her father who has scheduled her marriage this year, way back in 2001 when she made her filmi debut through 'Pranayamanithooval'. As she refused to commit new movies many Tamil magazines had started spreading gossips about her marriage with one of her relatives.

Gopika still have a couple of movies to get released like AMMA's ‘Twenty Twenty’ and Akku Akbar’s 'Veruthe Oru Bharya'.


Prithviraj is trying to be different on a villain role for a second time and also because of a big reason--one which every actor in India considers as a worthy one- Mani Ratnam.Though he entered Kollywood playing a villain in 'Kana Kanden', hit films like 'Paarijatham', 'Mozhi' and 'Vellithirai' have now given him an image of a soft hero.Mainstream actors usually won't try doing a villain role and damage their image of a hero that they have attained after much hard work.Prithviraj is said to be the first choice to act as the villain in Mani Ratnam's new untitled film starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai and Vikram.News is that Mani Ratnam has almost finalized Prithviraj to play the villain role. And when it is a Mani Ratnam film, little do actors care whether it's the hero, the villain or the supporting role. Remember Mammootty, who was in a lead supporting cast in Mani Ratnam's 'Thalapathy', which gave a big landing to the actor in Tamil. Seems Prithviraj is also expecting some thing similar or better than that through this Mani Ratnam flick.


Rajinikanth's much-anticipated 'Kuselan', a remake of Malayalam hit 'Katha Parayumpol', will be released this July. Directed by P Vasu, the movie produced by Kavithalaya Films, features Rajinikanth in the role of the actor himself. Pasupathy enacts a prominent role. Vadivelu, Meena, Nayantara, Sneha, Prabhu among others form part of the cast.G V Prakash has scored the music and amost all songs have been shot including one in which Rajinikanth appears in 20 different get-ups.The climax sequences were short recently in Udumalaipet.

After a roaring success in ‘Anjathey’, Narain made it clear that his heart beats only for action-packed movies. After intense search, he has zeroed in on a pucca commercial entertainer titled 'Pookada Ravi', a film to be directed by debutant Shivakumar. According to Shivakumar, 'it is a complete commercial entertainer and Narain dons the role of a flower vendor near the famous Meenakshi Amman temple in Madurai. A major portion of the movie would be shot in Madurai', he says. 'I had several offers come my way after ‘Anjathey’. But nothing impressed me. I chose ‘Pookada Ravi’, since it is an action-packed entertainer”, says Narain.

Actress Sheryl Brindo acted with Vijayakanth in 'Arasangam'. She played a young Canada, who helps Vijayakanth in investiagting a crime. Interestingly, she has been cast again to play Vijayakanth's heroine for the movie 'Engal Asan'. To be produced by 'Sundara Travels' Thangaraj, 'Engal Asan' features Vijayakanth in a never-seen-before role. A close friend of Thangaraj, Vijayakanth agreed to do the movie without any hesitation, when approached. After striking it rich in 'Arasangam', both come together again.

Noted producer Oscar Ravichandran is upbeat about the fortunes of his magnum opus ‘Dasavathar’. He brushed aside the controversy that it has some scenes which may lead to communal clash between Saivites and Vaishnavities. He recalls that his earlier films too had a strong message. “Films like ‘Ramana’ spoke against the corruption that prevails in the society, ‘Anniyan’ dealt in detail about the need to care for the individuals. ‘Dasavathar’ is no different for it strives to drive home a point that all are creation of the Almighty”, he says. ‘Dasavathar’ features Kamal Haasan in ten different roles and stars Asin and Mallika Sherawat in prominent roles. Music is by Himesh Reshammiya while K S Ravikumar has wielded the megaphone.

After successfully distributing 'Bhoothnath' in Rajasthan and CP region, Sahara One Motion Pictures has now acquired the distribution rights for Ramgopal Verma's 'Sarkar Raj' for the territories of Rajasthan & CI, 'Chronicles of Narnia' for Rajasthan and Priyadarshan's latest comedy flick 'Mere Baap Pehle Aap' for the territories of CP, CI & Rajasthan. More Projects for distribution, as well as for acquisition, production & Co production are in the pipeline from Sahara One Motion Pictures.

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