Mammootty's son, for Mollywood landing!

Megastar Mammootty's son ‘Dulquar Salman’ who is all set to be in movies, in a short while. As per the Tamil director Lingusamy who is a close friend to Mammootty, the megastar has already demanded him to cast his son in his first Malayalam film. Mammootty seems to have agreed Lingusamy that if needed, he will come-up in a guest role to support his son, in this new movie.

It is not yet clear when will Lingusamy, who is presently busy around his Tamil projects, find time to start off his first Mollywood movie. And if it happens in the near future, we may soon witness Dulquar Salman as a star material, probably rechristened with a more popular name.

Nithyananda’s LTTE links!

Latest reports reveal of suspicion that the god-man Nithyananda had routed funds to the now-extinct militant organization Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, of Sri Lanka.

Sources indicated that they would be looking into the self-styled godman’s international connections as well as financial transactions.

The CID would be writing to the central enforcement directorate (customs) to charge cases against Nithyananda under the provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) and Foreign Exchange Regulatory Act (FERA).

It is learnt that even as the criminal investigation department in Bangalore continued to interrogate the tainted swami, Paramahamsa Nithyananda, a US security agency made “casual” enquiries on the progress of the case.

The US agency, it was learnt, showed interest on getting information related to a complaint filed against the swami in that country. It was also interested in knowing the flow of funds from Nithyananda’s ashram, Dhyanapeetham, in Bidadi, about 35km from Bangalore, according to CID sources.

Douglas McKeller of San Jose, US, had accused Nithyananda of sexually exploiting his devotees, fraud and financial irregularities.

Dhoni visits Asin's house?

Indian skipper M.S. Dhoni visited Asin’s house at Lokhandwala on April 21 to watch the first IPL semi-final between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians.

Dhoni reached Asin’s house, and he maybe stayed there till the match ended. Asin's neighbors were excited when news spread about Dhoni being seen entering her flat, and all were excited to catch his peep. However, Dhoni luckily managed to leave the building without capturing any more notice, reported a leading newspaper.

Asin-Dhoni friendship began over an year ago. They have done two commercials together and have been meeting in connection with the promotion of a particular brand, which they jointly endorse. Asin also participated in Dhoni’s birthday celebrations last year.

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.