"Pazhassi Raja" website launched

"Pazhassi Raja" is the multilingual flick which has been making headlines for some time. This flick stars superstar Mammootty in the lead with Tamil actor Sarathkumar also playing an important role. The website of this flick was launched recently. It was a grand affair with many including Mammootty and Sarath being present at the launch. The movie which was supposed to be released during Ramzan seems to have been postponed.

The secret behind Meera Jasmine's Tamil interest!

Due to the higher compensation offered by the Kollywood producers, Meera Jasmine accepts more films in Tamil than any other southern languages including Malayalam. Recently she commented that there wasn't much scope for acting in Tamil movies, as most of their stories were only centered around the hero. " But I praise the Tamil producers for offering good payment", she said.

She has got offers for Kannada and Telugu films too, but accepts them very selectively. At present, she has one film each in both the languages. In Malayalam, she had signed up for two films; one is with Mammooty, and the other one is with Dileep. She will also be director Blessy's heroine in his new film which is going to be shot entirely in Kolkata. But in Tamil she has already signed up for 5 projects!

Her next movie in Kollywood is Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram with Danush. After this film she will act with Bharath in Nepali. A few days ago, director Baala had approached her for a role in Naan Kadavul in the place of Bhavana. She has committed films with Vishal and Vikram also for their forthcoming projects.

When asked about this, Meera told us, 'there is no change in my opinion about Tamil films. But now the directors offer me roles with a greater scope for good acting. Yes... no doubt, I'm also getting good payment here. Good payment and good character... Can you expect any more reason for my interest in Tamil films?'

Meanwhile, she has invited some of the directors and actors, including S.J.Surya and a few pressmen as well, for the Grahapravesham of her newly constructed palace house near Kadavanthra in Kerala. She has named the palace as Vaibhavam, which cost more than a crore rupees to make. The event will be held on the day of Vishu.

Now you must have understood the secret behind her increasing interest in Tamil films!

Mammootty to have quiet 56th birthday

Malayalam superstar Mammootty plans to celebrate his 56th birthday Monday in a quiet way and says he has made no resolutions for the occasion either.

Speaking to IANS over telephone from Chennai, the actor said he prefers to have a quiet birthday.

'I have no birthday resolutions either. I am waiting for my son to arrive from Kochi and my daughter who is in Bangalore is not coming,' said Mammootty.

Since his birthday falls during Ramzan this year, the actor, a devout Muslim, plans to remain indoors.

'Today I am taking the day off and tomorrow I am going to Palani (a temple town in Tamil Nadu) for the shooting of 'Chattambinadu',' said the veteran.

Asked if he was expecting to get a national award, with the 55th National Film Awards to be announced later Monday, Mammootty laughed.

'See, a few days before the awards are announced speculations are aired. I think I have overcome such moments and I only concentrate on what I have undertaken, and such things no longer bother me,' said the three-time national award winner.

In a career spanning close to three decades, he has acted in more than 300 Malayalam films besides Hindi, Telegu, Tamil and English.

Apart from his hectic shooting schedules, the actor is also the chairman of the Communist Party of India-Marxist backed Kairali TV channel since its inception in the late nineties.

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