A Ranjith Cinema is an upcoming Malayalam movie directed by debutant Nishant Koshy and produced by Nishad Peechi. The movie features Asif Ali and Namitha Pramod in the lead roles, along with a supporting cast that includes Saiju Kurup, Anson Paul, Balachandra Menon, Sunil Sukhada, Santhosh George Kulangara and others. The movie is slated to release on September 28, 2023.
The movie is a romantic thriller set against a family backdrop. Asif Ali plays the role of Ranjith, a young man who falls in love with Namitha Pramod’s character, who is the daughter of a wealthy businessman. However, their love story faces many obstacles and challenges from their families and society. The movie also explores the themes of class conflict, social justice and human rights.
The movie has been shot in various locations in Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai. The cinematography is done by Sunoj Velayudhan and the editing is done by Dilip Dennis.
The movie is a romantic thriller set against a family backdrop. Asif Ali plays the role of Ranjith, a young man who falls in love with Namitha Pramod’s character, who is the daughter of a wealthy businessman. However, their love story faces many obstacles and challenges from their families and society. The movie also explores the themes of class conflict, social justice and human rights.
The movie has been shot in various locations in Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai. The cinematography is done by Sunoj Velayudhan and the editing is done by Dilip Dennis.
- 9/27/2023
- by CineArticles Editorial Team
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Chennai, Aug 12 (Ians) Malayalam movie ‘Pulimada’ starring Joju George and Aishwarya Rajesh in lead roles is gearing up for release. The first look poster of the film is out. A.K Sajan ,who has given a handful of good movies in Malayalam is the writer-director-editor of Pulimada.
Einstein Zak Paul and Rajesh Damodaran are the producers under the banner Einstein Media and Land Cinemas.
‘Pulimada’ is a sequel to the Joju George’s blockbuster movie ‘Iratta’. Another peculiarity of the film is that the famous cinematographer Venu is doing the camera for a film after a gap of ten years.
Pulimada is a big budget film that was shot in 60 days in one schedule and has a huge star cast.
After the super hit Tamil film Jai Bheem, Lijomol also plays an important role in Pulimada. Other important characters are played by Balachandra Menon, Chemban Vinod, Johnny Antony, Jafar Idukki, Jio Baby,...
Einstein Zak Paul and Rajesh Damodaran are the producers under the banner Einstein Media and Land Cinemas.
‘Pulimada’ is a sequel to the Joju George’s blockbuster movie ‘Iratta’. Another peculiarity of the film is that the famous cinematographer Venu is doing the camera for a film after a gap of ten years.
Pulimada is a big budget film that was shot in 60 days in one schedule and has a huge star cast.
After the super hit Tamil film Jai Bheem, Lijomol also plays an important role in Pulimada. Other important characters are played by Balachandra Menon, Chemban Vinod, Johnny Antony, Jafar Idukki, Jio Baby,...
- 8/12/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
MollywoodIn recent times, many female actors like Navya Nair and Meera Jasmine who disappeared earlier, have begun floating back to films not just to play the big sister or mother, but to make their presence felt.It is somehow a comforting moment when Lalu Alex and Manju Warrier, playing father and daughter in Jo and The Boy, talk about her marriage like it is something she has to do having touched 30 years of age. When the film came out, Manju was 36, not far off her screen age. Still, the scene is comforting because it has for the longest time been the forte of men to keep playing the guy just ripe for marriage decade after decade, while women would have long left the field by 30 or would be cast all too unfairly as mothers and grandmothers of men twice their age. But Manju Warrier, a woman actor in her mid-30s,...
- 5/28/2023
- by Cris
- The News Minute
Ace Kerala film personality Balachandran Menon is in an upbeat mood as the book ‘Balachandra Menon: Kaanatha Kazhchakal Kelkatha Shabthangal’ on his films, authored by T P Venugopalan and published by the Kerala Bhasha Institute, will be released here on Tuesday.
In a hugely successful career Menon has directed 37 films and acted in more than 100 films.
Menon in the tinsel world is referred to as the jack of all trades and master too as he has the Limca Book of World Records for having written, directed, and acted in most films himself.
The now 69 year old master craftsman’s film career began in 1978 when he directed ‘Uthradaratri’ where he did the screenplay, penned the story and the dialogues too.
It was in 1981 that he donned the grease paint for the first time in his own film ‘Maniyan Pilla Adhava Maniyan Pilla’ which he directed and produced and then had no...
In a hugely successful career Menon has directed 37 films and acted in more than 100 films.
Menon in the tinsel world is referred to as the jack of all trades and master too as he has the Limca Book of World Records for having written, directed, and acted in most films himself.
The now 69 year old master craftsman’s film career began in 1978 when he directed ‘Uthradaratri’ where he did the screenplay, penned the story and the dialogues too.
It was in 1981 that he donned the grease paint for the first time in his own film ‘Maniyan Pilla Adhava Maniyan Pilla’ which he directed and produced and then had no...
- 4/17/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Mollywood Lalitha’s ability to seamlessly step into the shoes of the character she was playing ensured that she was one of the most sought after supporting actors in Malayalam cinema.Tnm StaffFacebook/ Kpac LalithaKPAC Lalitha, a face that the Malayali audience considered to be their family, is no more. The dearly loved actor appeared in over 550 films, as the sharp-tongued mother, the sassy sister-in-law, the nosey neighbour, the inquisitive wife, and so many other memorable roles that entertained viewers over generations. Her ability to seamlessly step into the shoes of the character she was playing ensured that she was one of the most sought after supporting actors in Malayalam cinema. Born Maheshwari Amma on February 25, 1948, the actor who began her career in theatre and was a member of the Kpac (Kerala People’s Arts Club) group, made her film debut in the 1969 film Koottukudumbam. She went on to win...
- 2/23/2022
- by SaradhaU
- The News Minute
MollywoodAmbika has to undergo dialysis twice a week.Tnm StaffAmbika Rao, FacebookMalayalam actor Ambika Rao has sought help for kidney ailment treatment. The Kumbalangi Nights actor has been suffering from severe kidney failure since 2017 and has been undergoing dialysis for the last one year. She requires dialysis twice a week. It was her brother Aji, a percussionist, who was taking care of her treatment. But, three months ago, he suffered a major stroke and she has had to take care of him too. That is when she decided to seek help from others. As per reports, the Film Employees Federation of Kerala (Fefka) was helping her get the treatment, but she faced severe financial constraints after Covid-19 led to a lockdown situation. Since there were no movies being made, she struggled to find money for her treatment as well as her brother's. Ambika Rao in Kumbalangi Nights with Grace Antony...
- 12/1/2020
- by Haritha
- The News Minute
ObituaryBeginning his career with ‘Ulkaladal’ in 1979, Velayudhan has worked with directors such as Kamal, Sathyan Anthikad, Sibi Malayil, Priyadarshan, Fasil, Lohithadas and others.Tnm StaffRenowned costume designer from the Malayalam film industry, Velayudhan Keezhillam, passed away in Chalakkudy, Kerala, following a cardiac arrest. He was 66. He died in a hospital in Chalakkudy, reports Asianet News. Velayudhan won the state award for best costume design in 1994 for his work in the film Manathe Vellitheru, which starred Shobana and Vineeth in the lead. As an independent musician performing on stage, Shobana appeared in all sorts of fashionable clothes, then unseen in Malayalam cinema. Vineeth too was seen as a suit-wearing, fashionable hero-villain in the film. Velayudhan was also behind the costume design of the iconic film Manichithrathazhu, in which Shobana plays a woman with multiple personality disorder and one of these characters is a Tamil dancer from another era. The role in...
- 4/26/2020
- by Cris
- The News Minute
ObituaryBeginning his career with ‘Ulkaladal’ in 1979, Velayudhan has worked with directors such as Kamal, Sathyan Anthikad, Sibi Malayil, Priyadarshan, Fasil, Lohithadas and others.Tnm StaffRenowned costume designer from the Malayalam film industry, Velayudhan Keezhillam, passed away in Chalakkudy, Kerala, following a cardiac arrest. He was 66. He died in a hospital in Chalakkudy, reports Asianet News. Velayudhan won the state award for best costume design in 1994 for his work in the film Manathe Vellitheru, which starred Shobana and Vineeth in the lead. As an independent musician performing on stage, Shobana appeared in all sorts of fashionable clothes, then unseen in Malayalam cinema. Vineeth too was seen as a suit-wearing, fashionable hero-villain in the film. Velayudhan was also behind the costume design of the iconic film Manichithrathazhu, in which Shobana plays a woman with multiple personality disorder and one of these characters is a Tamil dancer from another era. The role in...
- 4/26/2020
- by Cris
- The News Minute
Short FilmThe film was previewed last month at the Kolkata International Film Festival in the competition section.CrisSitting by a pond, their legs barely touching the water, two brothers are talking about school. The younger one is worried over a disgruntled Maths teacher who has asked to see his parents. He would get his Math paper only if he brought a parent. “He will fail me,” says the little boy, about six years old. The elder one – about 10 or 11 – comforts the younger one. “You said you have done well, right?” And the younger one’s reply comes naturally: “Yes, but he could rub off (erase) my answers.” The adorable exchange in Malayalam, shot somewhere in the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram, comes from Indu Vr aka Indu Lekshmi’s writing pad. She made a short film of it and called it Utharakadalassu, meaning ‘answer paper’. The film was previewed in the competition...
- 12/2/2019
- by Cris
- The News Minute
MollywoodSome of these character actors have played the hero or heroine in some films but more often than not, they are cast as friend or sibling to the main lead. CrisFor a funny conversation at the dining table, a tit for tat in the kitchen, a word of advice and confessions, film scripts place next to the central characters, a sibling or else a friend. Most of these friend and sibling characters are crucial when there is a story to be built or a point to be made, but slowly fade into the background and don't take the attention away from the heroes and heroines they are so attached to. Malayalam cinema has always had a habit of entrusting a few regular faces with these roles. In the early days, it would have been the likes of Adoor Bhasi and Sreelatha, but we are swishing past the '60s and...
- 7/8/2019
- by Cris
- The News Minute
OpinionBalachandra Menon's cinema is well-known for chauvinistic lines and sentiments, but he appears to believe that he's been "respectful" towards women all along.CrisImage courtesy: Facebook.comIf only, the therapists and marriage counsellors of this world had earlier thought of consulting Balachandra Menon, so many divorces could have been avoided, so many heartbreaks prevented. Balachandra – actor, writer, filmmaker – has revealed a simple solution, hitherto known only to him, to end the problems that happen between man and woman. Of course, he does not really believe that there has ever been any problem, but just in case there is, it can be solved with – hold your breath – a ‘nottam’ (look) and a ‘kallachiri’ (naughty smile), he writes in his Facebook post in response to newspaper articles on subjects like masturbation and menstruation. The line sounds straight out of one of the many “family dramas” that he had scripted in the 1980s.
- 3/11/2019
- by Cris
- The News Minute
Cinema Filmmaker Balachandra Menon on journey in Malayalam filmdom, views on politics and more. IANSScreenshot: KairaliOnline/YouTubeBy Radhika Bhirani Politics is a field best suited for "great people with extraordinary skills and human qualities", says veteran Malayalam filmmaker Balachandra Menon, even as southern film industry bigwigs Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan take the political plunge. "Politics is not my cup of tea. I was invited in 1984 by Congress leader and former Chief Minister K. Karunakaran to contest parliament elections. My approach to politics is very serious. It must be handled by great people with extraordinary skills and human qualities. I feel I don't have qualities of that sort," Menon told Ians in an email interview. However, he said it doesn't mean he is an "escapist running away from realities". "I am aware of my social obligations and commitments, which I express through my medium -- films. I never maligned the sanctity of cinema in my career. I always selected themes and made films with the fervent hope that they will never demoralise viewers. "In the last 40 years, I have read and heard personally the impact of my films on the audience and I am quite happy about it," added the multi-faceted talent known for his quirky and hugely successful films. This year, Menon, known as a "single-man industry", has made it to the Limca Book of Records for the maximum number of films directed, scripted and acted in. Having helmed his first film at the age of 23, Menon has directed/scripted/acted in 29 films of the 36 films directed by him. He is now working on his 30th movie, Ennalum Sarath, which he feels is also a "record of sorts" considering he has cast nine directors of Malayalam cinema as actors in the movie. What has been his driving force? "Competitive spirit is a driving force that keeps life going with a thrill. To be number one is a feeling planted and nursed in one's mind by others. But it is a totally different feeling when you achieve it in the same field which is your main hub of activity," said the 64-year-old Padma Shri awardee. What is his take on the debate over freedom of expression in Indian cinema today? Mincing no words, he said: "Let me admit that I've always enjoyed a honeymoon with the censor board. They could not meddle much in my films because almost all them were family-oriented and not controversial. But if you ask me whether I am happily okay with the censor system, my answer is an emphatic no. "Quite often, they are not able to discharge their duties perfectly -- due to varied reasons. But if someone moots the idea that censors can be abolished and filmmaking is possible without a censor board, my answer is a more emphatic no. "Today, the censor board is a toothless organ. They must be equipped with more administrative powers to enforce their deliberations. The selection of board members has to be more serious, vigilant and quality-based, free from communal and political interference." As for his own journey in Malayalam filmdom, Menon said, "I was and I am a loner." "I started my career back in 1978 as a single-man industry with story, screenplay, dialogue, direction and acting tag. I was forced to carry on endlessly when my films became commercial hits. "I evolved a different way of narration which the public accepted. Instead of dancing to the tune of the industry, I went ahead with my rhythm. "I experimented with new and innovative themes... I never failed to keep alive the curiosity factor in the minds of film-goers. That 'something special' feeling (helped) me wade through these 40 years, braving all superstar syndromes." Menon, credited for having introduced actors Shobana, Parvathy, Karthika, Annie and Nandini to the industry, said it is "sheer fate" that he has been a man of many talents. "Like the industry always does, I was typecast as a 'multi-task' man and there was no escape from that. I pampered my audience too much and they got addicted to that particular 'touch' in my films, which is otherwise known as the 'director's signature'. So, I was compelled to continue as a separate entity. "Personally, I believe that it is always good to delegate and take a back seat in the long run. But in that respect, I call myself unfortunate because I couldn't find any substitutes to do the job for me in the way the audience expects." (Radhika Bhirani can be contacted at radhika.b@ians.in )...
- 2/21/2018
- by Editor
- The News Minute
MollywoodThe film will be directed by Santhosh Viswanath.Digital NativeDigital NativeLooks like Mammootty’s fans will soon get to see him play a politician. Though this is not the first time he will be seen playing a politician, the mega star’s fans are always eager to see him play the role. He has previously played the politician in the 1991 release Nayam Vyakthamakunnu, which was written and directed by Balachandra Menon and produced by R Mohan. Also, in 1995, he was seen playing a similar role in the Tamil movie Makkal Atchi, which was directed by Rk Selvamani. After all these years, the star is set to don the politician role and this time around, Santhosh Viswanath will be wielding the megaphone. To be scripted by the acclaimed writers Bobby and Sanjay, the film is touted to go on to the floors in March next year. Santhosh Vishawananth had directed the spoof film Chirakodinja Kinavukal a couple of years ago and it starred Sreenivasan, Kunchacko Boban, Rima Kallingal, Joy Mathew, Srinda Ashab and Manoj K Jayan. The film was bankrolled by Listin Stephen under his banner Magic Frames. Meanwhile, Mammootty’s Masterpiece had hit the silver screens on December 21 and is cashing on the long Christmas weekend. He is currently busy with the Shamdat Zainudheen directorial Streetlights, which is due for release on January 26th next year. The star also has a slew of movies in his kitty including Uncle, Parole and Peranbu, which are all slated for release at regular intervals next year. With news about Mammootty associating with director Santhosh Vishawananth and script writers Sanjay and Bobby, there are huge expectations on this project. Bobby and Sanjay, the award winning script writers, are currently busy with the Nivin Pauly starrer Kayamkulam Kochunni, which is being directed by Rosshan Andrews.
- 12/26/2017
- by Editor
- The News Minute
Thiruvananthapuram, March 3: Southern actor Srikanth, known for his negative role in "Hero", will team up with Bhumika Chawla after 11 years for a cameo in Raj Prabhavathy's "Buddy".
Bhumika was his heroine in his debut film "Roja Kootam", which came out in 2002. It's after a gap of 11 years that the two actors will be seen together.
He will do a cameo in the film and has accepted the role considering the character's importance and the strong cast of the movie that includes names like Anoop Menon, Balachandra Menon, Babu Antony, Arun Midhun and Asha Sarath. It is being produced by Jackson and Greeni under the banner - Greeni.
Bhumika was his heroine in his debut film "Roja Kootam", which came out in 2002. It's after a gap of 11 years that the two actors will be seen together.
He will do a cameo in the film and has accepted the role considering the character's importance and the strong cast of the movie that includes names like Anoop Menon, Balachandra Menon, Babu Antony, Arun Midhun and Asha Sarath. It is being produced by Jackson and Greeni under the banner - Greeni.
- 3/3/2013
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
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