'Kandahar' - Big B joins Mohanlal

The biggest star of Indian Cinema, Amithabh Bachan has joined the set of Kandahar, directed by Major Ravi. Big b flew down from Mumbai to Coimbatore and then travelled by car to Ooty to share the screen with Mohanlal.

He has informed his fans about his new appointment in Twitter, and he also persuaded Mohanlal to join in Twitter. Great work Big B!!!

The movies is based on the villainous  Air India flight hijack. Sumalatha is doing the role of Big B's wife in the this film and Tamil actor Ganesh as his son.

Mohanlal Joins with 'Kandahar' Team

Mohanlal has started the shooting of Major Ravi's 'Kandahar'. The shooting of the movie is progressing in Koonar regiments at Ooty where Major Ravi is capturing Mohanlal taking classes to commandos.

The movie will also feature Amitabh Bachchan, Ganesh Venkatraman, Bollywood star Sunil Shetty, Tamil actress Kaveri Jha and together with Lal, Anoop Menon, Sumalatha and KPAC Lalitha.

'Oru Naal Varum' Postponed to July

Mohanlal - Sreenivasan's eagerly awaited movie 'Oru Naal Varum' postponed its releasing date to July. The date was on June 25th June but due to the Association issues the releasing of all the Malayalam film got delayed.

The movie is directed by Rajiv Kumar and produced by Manian Pillai Raju. The producer told "We had made all arrangements but suddenly the film exhibitor's Federation which controls about 200 theatres in 48 release centers in Kerala has decided not to screen any new film from June 23, following refusal of Film Producer and Distributors Association to accept their earlier demands regarding screening of their films."

July will be having lots of new Malayalam movie releases and there will be a tough competition. Any how the entertainer and family movie 'Oru Naal Varum' will survive the competition. Lets hope so..

No new releases from this week onwards

Because of the issues among the various associations in the Malayalam film industry the Film Producers Association and the Distributors Association decided not to go for any new releases from today (23-06-10) onwards.

This decision will affect the new Malayalam movies Mohanlal starring 'Oru naal Varum'  Jayasurya starer 'Nallavan'  and Vineeth Srrenivasan's directorial debut film 'Malarvadi Arts Club' as these movies are scheduled for this week.

'Kandahar' started

Major Ravi started the shooting of his forthcoming venture "Kandahar" by shooting military operations. The location is at Dehradun, Indian military Academy.

The movies is based on the villainous  Air India flight hijack. Mohanlal, Amithabh Bachan, and Tamil actor Ganesh are the leading actors in this film. Mohanlal as Col. Mahadevan and Ganesh as a commando and Amithabh as his father. 

Shikkar - The Hunt

Big Year with Big Projects to Mohanlal and Ashirwad Productions

Antony Perumbavoor's 'Aashirwad Cinemas' will have a bunch of Mohanlal projects to produce and distribute. They will work in association with Mohanlal's Max Lab Release, to create so many films.

They will distribute the  following films that are already started shooting, M Padmakumar's 'Shikaar', Major Ravi's 'Kandahar' and Roshan Andrew's 'Casanova'.

After these projects, Aashirwad Cinemas will start Rafi-Mecartin's China Town. There are lots of other important projects are under discussion. Directors like Siddique, Ranji Panicker, Sathyan Anthikkadu, Shafi, Thampi Kannanthanam are getting ready for their projects with Mohanlal.

Mohanlal in a silent cinema

Mohanlal, who has done varieties of roles and cinemas now going to do a silent cinema. The movie will be directed by d maker Johan Mathai and Mohanlal will do the lead role. Cinematography by Ravi K Chandran background music Louis Banks. The other details about the cast and crew will be announced soon.