Was there foul play in Sreenath's death?

A day after the funeral of popular Malayalam film and TV actor Sreenath, his family Sunday said they suspect foul play in his death and will approach the state government for a probe.

Sreenath was found dead in a hotel room in Kothamangalam in Ernakulam district Friday morning with his wrist slashed. His last rites were performed Saturday.

Addressing reporters at the deceased actor's home Sunday, his brother Satyanath said: "No one can believe that he committed suicide and there is no reason for that. It could be that someone is behind this or he was driven to do this. We just can't believe that he will do this."

Sreenath had been in Kothamangalam in Ernakulam district, around 250 km from Thiruvananthapuram, for the past two days and was shooting for Malayalam film "Shikar" starring superstar Mohanlal. According to the police, his body was discovered by the hotel staff.

"It's quite strange that no one associated with the film called up to inform about the incident and neither did anyone come here also," Satyanath said.

Meanwhile, reports have also surfaced that the actor was omitted from the film Shikar since he was not a member of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA). He was, apparently, also asked to vacate the hotel room where he was staying at Kothamangalam.

Sreenath, who was in his early 50s, began his film career in the 1980s but faded out after an initial burst of movies. After a hiatus, he went on to become a popular television actor though he continued to act in films occasionally. His popular films include Salini Ente Kootukari, Ethu Njangalude Katha, Oru CBI Dairy Kurippu and Kireedom, among others.

At the start of his film career, he worked with actress Shantikrishna in a few hit movies and later married her. But the marriage didn't work and the two parted ways. He married again a few years back.

Malayalam actor Srinath found dead!

Famous Malayalam actor, Srinath had been found dead.He commitMalayalam actor Srinath found dead!ted suicide by slitting his wrist and the body was found from the hotel room of Maria International in Kothamangalam.

He has acted in films like Shalini Ente Kootukari, Ithu Njangalude Katha, Oru CBI Diary Kuruppu, Kudumbapuranam, Malootti, Devasuram, Kireedom, Sarvakalasala etc. He was last seen in Renjith's Kerala Cafe. He had received state's award for best serial actor.

Two Prithviraj films to be dubbed in Tamil!

Two of Prithviraj’s films in Malayalam to be dubbed into Tamil. Super hit Puthiya Mugham and the average Robin Hood are going to dub. Prithviraj is very popular in Tamil Nadu through films like Mozhi and Ninaithale Inikkum.

The Deepan directed Puthiya Mugham is an action entertainer with good music that established Prithviraj as a saleable superstar in Malayalam. The film also has Priyamani, Meera Nandan and Bala artists known to Tamil audiences.

The other Prithviraj film to be dubbed into Tamil is veteran Joshy directed Robin Hood which has been named Naan Ninaithathai Mudippavan. The film has poular Tamil artists like Narain, Prithviraj, Bhavana, Biju Menon, Pawan and Rajendranath.

Now Prithviraj is going to be a major force in Tamil cinema once his Mani Ratnam directed Raavanan releases in June. So now the smart guys in the trade are buying all Prithviraj Malayalam films with a potential to be dubbed into Tamil.

Sex Swami Nityananda arrested in Himachal

Swami Nityananda, who has been linked to a sex scandal after sleazy video footage showing him was aired, was on Wednesday arrested from a village 50 km from Shimla, police said.

"He was arrested from a house near Arki town," Solan police chief Prem Thakur said.

Nityananda had been staying at a Solan hideout for over a month. The tainted swami was arrested after a non-bailable arrest warrant was issued against him by a court. He has been charged under several sections of the IPCC.

Video footage telecast in early March showed Nityananda in bed with a woman. He, however, denied any wrongdoing. On March 30, the self-styled godman had announced his decision to resign as head of his Dhyanapeetam ashram and from all trusts associated with it, living a life of "spiritual seclusion" for an indefinite time.

The swami’s purported sleazy acts in company of a Tamil actress were aired by TV channels on March 3. He has claimed that the images in the video have been morphed and he had not done anything illegal.