MAMMOOTTY LAUNCHING A REALITY! SHOW FOR BUDDING TALENTS

Malayalam superstar Mammootty, who promised to launch fresh faces through his recently launched production company Play House, has started a talent hunt show in search of new faces.


This reality show is titled "Mammootty,the best actor award 2009".its in the asianet channel and launched successfully on the last saturday.There will be 13 episodes that would be telecast every Saturday. The grand finale will take place in October in Dubai where the mega star Mammootty will announce the winners.

The judges are the yesteryears actress sheela,one and only jagathy srikumar along with many time award winning actress urvashi,extremely talented sreenivasan,nedumudi venu and popular malayalam film director siddique.

Sixteen contestants have been selected and each of them will have to perform on the reality show. Mega star MAMMOOTTY said "This is just to give talented youngsters an opportunity to come out" .Among the 16 selected, 10 are men and most of the participants are in their early 20s. They were shortlisted from among more than 1,000 aspirants.

These are the comments from the superstar on the launching day.
"My job in the reality show is limited. Since it was the first episode that was aired last night (Saturday), I decided to be present. I have committed that the films produced by my production house will feature many contestants" .He also replied to the questio "why he have nt started the show in KAIRALI TV,where he is the chairman?".The famous superstar replied "The proposal came from Asianet and I felt it was a good idea and agreed."

Mammootty is known for his powerful performances in movies like "Aalkootathil Thaniye", "Adiyozhukkukal", "Oru CBI Diary Kurippu", "Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha" and "Mathilukal" and many more.

Sexy cute tamil actress Sneha!

Sneha is called the "Queen of Smiles" in Kollywood, hails from Andhra Pradesh.

Sneha debuted in movies with 'Ingane Oru Nila Pakshi' (2000) in Malayalam. Known to be selective about her roles, Sneha has acted opposite South Indian superstars such as Kamal Haasan and Mammootty.

Sneha is a very cute actress.She has never done vulgar glamorous roles.

Sneha's favourites Indian actresses are Sridevi and Kajol.

'Pazhassi Raja' gets bumper opening, Mammootty on cloud nine17

"Pazhassi Raja", said to be the costliest Malayalam film to date, received an overwhelming response at the box office when released Friday. Superstar Mammootty, who plays the lead in it, is on cloud nine and says this is the "movie of the century".

The film has been made at a budget of over Rs.25 crore (Rs.250 million) and has been dubbed in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil.

Mammootty said it was worth waiting for the movie.

"I am of course happy and what made me happier is the fact that people said they felt a sense of patriotism after seeing the film. That is why I feel that this is the cinema of the century," added the superstar who has had an excellent 2009 year with all his films becoming box office hits.

Expectations were high from "Pazhassi Raja" because Mammootty, eminent writer M.T. Vasudevan Nair and director Hariharan came together after two decades. Other high points of the film are Illayaraja's music and the sound effects by Oscar winner Resul Pookutty.

The film is set in the 18th century and is about Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja of the Kottayam royal family. Irked by the revenue policy of East India Company in Malabar, Pazhassi Raja's was one of the first voices to be raised against British rule in India, though not many people are aware of him outside Kerala.

The film's climax has been changed.

"They have changed a bit because originally Pazhassi Raja commits suicide and in the film he is seen falling to the bullet of the British. Overall it has come out well and a must see," said Aravind Sasi, film critic who saw the first show.

Pazhassi Raja-The real oscar movie11

'Pazhassi Raja', the magnum opus starring Mollywood superstar Mammootty, is all set to hit cinemas on October 2. This hugely anticipated period movie, written by MT Vasudevan Nair and directed by Hariharan, is about the warrior prince Pazhassi Raja who took on the might of the British Empire during the last years of the 18th century.

The film, produced by Gokulam Gopalan, is reportedly the costliest Malayalam movie to date.

Mohanlal, Kamal Haasan and Shah Rukh Khan will introduce the movie in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi respectively. Ilaiyaraja scroes the music and Resul Pookkutty posts the sound. Another unique thing about the movie is that the viewers would be spared of gross SFX. The look would be as authentic as it can be, say the makers.

The cast includes Sarathkumar, Kanika Subramaniam, Padmapriya, Manoj K. Jayan, Thilakan, Jagathi Sreekumar, Suresh Krishna, Suman and Linda Arsenio.

Pazhassi Raja gets grand opening in cinemas4

Mammooty in Pazhassi Raja

The king of Kerala is back on the 70 mm, Mammootty in and as Pazhassi Raja. After two and a half years of shooting in thick forests, the wait for this period film is finally over.

Rafiq, a fan said, "Thousands of fans have been waiting for this movie, it will surely go to the Oscars. Mammootty will surely be nominated."

The Rs 27 crore film is the costliest Malayalam movie to be made in India and is about the Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja of the Kottayam royal family who fought the British in the 18th century.

Pazhassi Raja Tamil on Nov 6!!

Gokulam Gopalan’s Mammootty- Sarath Kumar epic in Malayalam Pazhassi Raja, directed by veteran Hariharan has turned out to be a mega hit in Malayalam.

The film which released on October 16 has grossed an amazing Rs 2.72 crore from 125 screens in Kerala during the Diwali weekend (Oct 16 to 18), a new box-office record.

It is also the highest ever three day opening collection for any film in Kerala.

Mammootty has huge expectations! from 'Pazhassi Raja'

Mollywood superstar Mammootty says he is not only excited about his forthcoming historical epic "Pazhassi Raja", but has huge expectations from the movie that is dubbed in three languages.

"Of course, all the Mammootty fans are waiting for the release of this film..It is likely to have a national release as it is dubbed in Hindi, Telegu and Tamil. Lot of hard work has gone into the film by each one associated with it," Mammootty said.

Mammootty is busy moving from one set to another and running from one dubbing studio to another despite it's a Ramadan month and despite being a devout Muslim.

"Resul Pookutty has designed the sound and we were together last week and he too appears to be happy. Any way, now we will wait," said Mammootty.

This is the first Malayalam film which will have a national release .After a gap of 20 years, Nair, Hariharan and Mammootty have come together for the film. The trio last time teamed up for "Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha" and created magic on celluloid. The film fetched the actor his first of the three national awards.

Anyway the fans and in fact all keralites and lovers of malayalam films are waiting for its release.