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TEJA BHAI AND FAMILY: Prithviraj in a comedy role

Star Cast: Prithviraj Script, Direction: Deepu Karunakaran Produced by: P K Muralidharan and Santha Murali Banner: Anantha Vision

Malayalam Youth icon Prithviraj is trying his luck in a comedy role in his upcoming Malayalam movie Teja Bhai and Family. The film is directed by Crazy Gopalan fame director Deepu Karunakaran.

This is the first time the young superstar is doing a full length comedy entertainer. The film which is expected to be a comedy thriller will hit the floors by January 2011.

The script of the film is by the director Deepu himself. P K Muralidharan and Santha Murali of Anantha Vision will produce the movie. They have earlier produced Prithviraj's superhit movies Classmates, Chocolate and Robinhood.

Prithviraj admits that Theja Bhai's script is one of the best he had read in recent times. The other details and cast and crew of the movie are yet to be finalized. Teja Bhai is expected to be a different experience for Prithvi fans.

Prithviraj's a fabulous co-star: Genelia

Pretty girl Genelia has just wrapped up shooting for the multilingual Urumi, directed by Santosh Sivan.

The actress tweeted, "That was a wrap for me on Urumi. Prithviraj is truly a fabulous co-star and Santosh Sivan is the bestest ever! I'm so glad I did this film, it marks my entry into the Malayalam industry. Fingers crossed, but raring to go."

She's also excited about the costumes she dons in the film. "The clothes are unbelievably beautiful and yet, so real!" she wrote.

Apart from Genelia and Prithviraj, Prabhu Deva, Arya, Nithya Menon, Tabu and Vidya Balan play important roles in Urumi

RAJU and his FAMILY

Raavanan is Awarded

The magnificent effort by Mani Ratnam culminated in his trilingual film named ‘Raavanan’ in Tamil. The film was released amidst fanfare while the closely guarded storyline as well as the other facts that were kept a secret helped in building expectations. The movie came and went without creating a solitary ripple. The damp squib ‘Raavanan’ was however hailed with a host of awards including the prestigious Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) award for Best Cinematography.

Noted camera person Santosh Sivan along with V. Manikandan have jointly been nominated to receive the award on the 2nd of December. The failure of the film did not in any way deter the public to notice the beautiful locales and surprising backdrops that seemed to be akin to poetry on celluloid. The critics in India who had been particularly harsh in their reviews nevertheless hailed the cinematographer duo for their excellent work.

The movie was also screened at the Pusan International Film Festival. Both the Hindi and the Tamil versions were screened as a part of the Special Gala event. The director along with his wife Suhasini and the lead characters including the Junior Bachchan couple, Vikram and producer Sharada Trilok were present at the occasion. The director also won the Jeager-Le Coultre Award at Venice earlier this year.

The 127 minute long Tamil version, ‘Raavanan’ is now ready to premiere at the Tenth annual MIAAC film Festival to be held at New York City, this November. ‘Raavanan’ will be shown with English subtitles for the benefit of the large section of viewers who do not speak Tamil.

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Prithviraj in ‘Season’ remake

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There is one more film being added to the remake list of Prithviraj. The young superstar of Mollywood will replay the role Jeevan lived by Mohanlal in the remake of the 1989 film 'Season', written and directed by the late P. Padmarajan.

The movie portrayed the of drug mafia in the beaches of Kovalam. Mohanlal played an innocent trader selling foreign goods in the beaches. He is falsely framed for three murders, including that of his two friends who is actually killed by the drug mafia.

Though the movie was not a hit at the box office, the sensitive portrayal of the lead character by Mohanlal was well appreciated. Padmarajan's realistic story-telling style also came for praises. All hope the changed times would do justice to the story now.

SOURCE : http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/61230.html

Trishna to be remade : Prithviraj to lead

 

Young superstar Prithviraj would play the lead role in the remake of the 80's hit 'Trishna'.

'Trishna' was scripted by M T Vasudevan Nair and directed by I V Sasi. Mammootty was the hero of the film.

Prithvi finds his dream come true through this film that would be scripted by M T Vasudevan Nair himself. Its also said that I V Sasi himself would direct.

'Trishna' had two hit songs in it - 'Sruthiyil Ninnuyarum...' and 'Mainakam..', both of which would be remixed and used in the film.

The film would be produced by Sudheer who had recently produced the Mohanlal starrer 'Janakan'.

SOURCE : http://www.nowrunning.com/news/malayalam/trishna-to-be-remade;-prithvi-to-lead/35609/story.htm

Prithviraj to turn director next year

 

Young superstar Prithviraj revealed in a press conference that he intends to turn director next year.

Prithvi also said that he would not play the main lead in the film that he plans to direct.

Prithvi said that he does not want to be a substitute for Mammukka and Lalettan, and that he is trying to find a path of his own in the film industry. He also said that he neither interferes in the story of a film, nor in its script.

He said that his fans could expect his entry into Bollywood by next year.

Prithvi also said that he was currently busy with the shooting of 'Urumi' and that it was impossible to reveal the film's budget right now.

Retorting to a question as to whether he was in love with someone, Prithvi said in jest that he loved several people. He added that his marriage would be conducted according to the wishes of his mother.

SOURCE : http://www.nowrunning.com/news/malayalam/i-am-not-a-substitute-for-mammukka-and-lalettan-prithvi/35576/story.htm

Anwar is Entertaining : Sify Review

 

Director Amal Neerad’s Anwar is an engaging film that makes a definite impact on the viewer. With its technical brilliance, brisk pace, good music and some fine performances, it is capable enough to take you to a different world. It may be far from perfect especially with a rather average script but such things barely come to your mind while watching it.

It is perhaps difficult to explain the storyline, without giving away too much about the film or its suspense. Anwar (Prithviraj) is a hot blooded youth who falls pretty easily into the charming theories of Babu Sait (Lal), a rich man who finds it quite normal to help the terrorists, in the name of religion.

The two meet in jail and soon Anwar becomes his trusted henchman, as Babu Sait plans to conduct several terrorist attacks and bomb blasts. All along, the brilliant anti-terrorist cop Stalin Manimaran (Prakash Raj) is in pursuit of the criminals. Mamta Mohandas plays Ayesha, who is nabbed the police, after they find certain aspects that links her to a bomb blast.

Amal Neerad, who had depended only on technical wizardry for his earlier films like Big B and Sagar Alias Jackie- Reloaded, has come up with a decent storyline here. Of course, the inspiration from Jeffrey Nachmanoff’s Traitor is evident at times. Satheesh Kurup’s visuals and Gopi Sundar’s music are among the highlights of the film.

Prithviraj, who looks really handsome, has done a brilliant job as Anwar. He has long been acknowledged as the next best thing of Malayalam cinema and he shows why such assumptions are relevant. Prakash Raj and Lal may not have too many scenes but the actors have shown their credentials in an excellent way even then. Mamta mainly has to look beautiful and that, she does in style. The rest of the cast have also performed quite well.

With some fine moments, Anwar qualifies as an engrossing entertainer. It may be far from being perfect with too many ‘cinematic liberties’ to boost the hero and things could have been better with a tighter script. But even in the current form, the movie succeeds in shaking the viewer up with its merits. Watch this one!

Anwar impresses : Rediff.com

 

Amal Neerad, cinematographer-turned-director started his career with Ram Gopal Varma's Factory. He then wielded the camera for Ranjith's Black. He went on to direct Big B with Mammootty and Sagar Alias Jackie Reloaded with Mohanlal. Now with his new Malayalam venture Anwar, starring Prithviraj, he proves that his earlier ventures were not flukes.

The backdrop of this film is topical. It's about how the youth of God's own country are recruited by terror modules. The script is filled with recent events that are sure to give you a sense of deja vu. There are punchlines but the slapdash style is kept to a minimum.

Anwar (Prithviraj) is an orphan serving a jail term for money laundering. In jail he meets Babu Sait (Lal), a religious leader cum businessman accused of masterminding a bomb blast in Coimbatore. He slowly takes Anwar under his wings and even arranges for his bail. Then, as expected, Anwar becomes Sait's right hand man playing an important part in carrying out Sait's illicit businesses and even planting explosives in a couple of places.

Among those arrested with him is a young lady Ayesha (Mamta Mohandas) who was working in a chemical factory and is suspected to have provided the raw material for the explosives used in the Coimbatore blast.

The anti-terrorist squad chief of Tamil Nadu police, Stalin Manimaran (Prakash Raj), who had initially arrested Sait and his gang, is still trailing them. Any further unravelling of the story would be a spoiler.

It is interesting if not ingenious how Amal ties all the material together to give us a cohesive ending. It seems to pass of in a jiffy compared to the other parts of the story. The suspense and the tension too seem to have been watered down in the climax. But, that is a small glitch compared to overall impact the film leaves.

Prithviraj as Anwar is good while Mamta Mohandas as Ayesha appears and vanishes a few times in the first half. But, the significance of her character comes to the fore only in the second half. She has a riveting presence for whatever time she gets on the screen. Prakash Raj is effortless as a beedi-smoking investigating officer while Lal is subdued as Babu Sait. They both leave an impact, though.

All in all, the movie impresses. Go for it.

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