Big Releases on this week

Today is a big day in Mollywood. A day when both the biggest stars of the industry is arriving with their first presentations of the year.Both Mohanlal's ‘College Kumaran’ and Mamootty's ‘Roudram’ will open today with plenty of fireworks. The big fan groups of the stars were on celebration from yesterday itself, raising big cutouts of the stars and hoardings of the films.Mamootty's ‘Roudram’ produced and distributed by Marikkar Films made an opening at 49 centres while Mohanlal's ‘College Kumaran' competes in the magic number of 50.Produced and distributed by two of the biggest banners in Malayalam, Marikkar Films and Emil and Eric, the safer running of both the films will assure another good year of the industry, which haven't received a hit yet, in its opening month.

‘Karthika Thirunaal Karthikeyan' Start on March

Superstar Mohanlal's new film with T S Suresh Babu ‘Karthika Thirunaal Karthikeyan' will start rolling this March.The movie which is planning to start on March 5 will feature Lal in the title role 'Karthikeyan' who has possessed many extraordinary powers that the normal man fantasies to have. The movie produced in the banner of "Valiyaveettil International" will have a big star cast, as usual with Suresh Babu Films.The makers are planning to complete the film in two schedules. In fact the director is making a film after a gap of almost five years.Suresh Babu is famous for his big hits with Mammootty like 'Kottayam Kunjachan' and 'Kizhakkan Pathrose'.

'College Kumaran' - Release postponed on February

Mohanlal's first release of the year 'College Kumaran' will get released one week after the earlier schedules. The film whose post production is on full swing was expected to make a release on the Republic Day. Now the movie will now make a release, only on the first of February. Mammootty's 'Roudram' will be the first to reach the theaters among the new releases, charted for this month. 'Roudram' which feature the star again a police officer role will now make a release on 24th of January. On the immediate next day Blessy’s 'Calcutta News' which was in production for a long time, will grace the theaters.

The year opened with two releases in Molly wood, with Jayaraj's' 'Of The People' and east coast Vijayan's 'Novel'. Both these films carried bad word of mouth from its initial viewers and the films are struggling to get a move. But the Christmas releases like 'Katha Parayumpol', 'Kangaroo' and 'Romeo' are still making good revenues from the major centers.

Mohanlal - Anwar Rasheed Team Again

Anwar Rasheed seems to be the luckiest among the young breed of directors, who is always called in to direct new projects with the Super stars of Malayalam cinema.Even for his debut film, he was the last minute rearrangement by his guru Renjith, who asked him to do the flick 'Rajamanikyam'.The talented young director made good use of his technique and the film became one of the biggest grosser of Mollywood. There after he was lucky, the second time with 'Chotta Mumbai' which got off to a bad start, but picked up to become one among the top ten hits of 2007.At present, Anwar is filming Mammootty in double roles for his new flick 'Annan Thampi' in Pollachi. Scheduled for this vishu, the film is an action comedy, which will cater to all types of audiences.And now for the big news. Maniyanpillai Raju, the producer of ‘Chotta Mumbai’, is repeating Anwar once again as his director for the next project which also have Mohanlal in the lead.Produced in the banner if Sreebhadra Films, the movie will have scripts by the hit pair Sachi-Sethu , who hit big time with their 'Chocolate'. This new project will start rolling by the month of June, after the release of 'Annan Thampi'

College Kumaran For Republic Day

The last week of January will witness the release three big films in Mollywood, all of them important due to a variety of reasons.Mohanlal's 'College Kumaran' will be a much sought after film as it graces theatres after five continuous flops films from the star. Directed by Thulasidas, this is a fun filled campus film in the scripts of Suresh Pothuval. Dileep’s 'Calcutta News' which had been in the making for a year. The film, fourth one from the celebrated director Blessy, will also feature Meera Jasmine and Indrajith.The film is crucial for the actor, as he had already given six months of his career in its making, rescheduling a number of films for future.


Mammootty will have his big movie ‘Raudram’ which was originally scheduled for a late November release. The highlight of the film is the police character that the star is donning, after a couple of years. This is the second film directed by Renji Panicker, who is known for his acerbic dialogues.