Mohanlal not doing 'Karthika Thirunal Karthikeyan’

Mohanlal has finally decided not to go for 'Karthika Thirunal Karthikeyan’, which was planned to start the next month.Mohanlal, after reading the complete script of the film was unimpressed on its regular storylines and has asked its director T.S Suresh Babu to either to go for a fresh story or to wait for some more time.Mohanlal's recent similar larger-than-life characters have made a debacle with his every recent films sinking in the box office.

Mohanlal will now start his new film 'Madambi' by scriptor-director B Unnikrishanan, which also feature Kavya Madhavan as the heroine of Mohanlal, for the first time in her career. The film will now become the Onam movie from Mohanlal, who will have two more releases before this in 'Aakashagopuram' and Sathyan Anthikkad's untitled film.

Mohanlal - Sathyan film for April 11

The new movie by Sathyan Anthikkad, is the most eagerly awaited one for the millions of fans of Mohanlal, as they are sure the director and his themes will definitely provide a lot of support to Lal in delivering a big hit, in these difficult days of his career.The new film being made by the Aashirwad Cinemas, have Mohanlal as a garment manufacturer, Gopakumar, who becomes a advisor to three women who are going through difficult marriages.The characters played by Mohanlal and Meera Jasmine who are in love, become a part of the lives of these three ladies played by Suganya, Mohini and Muthumani.

The story develops into how the couple with the help of their husbands played by Asokhan, Mukesh and Vijayaraghavan, bring an end to the distorted singular lives of the ladies.As usual Sathyan is tying to handle a serious, different theme that will appeal to the majority, sprinkled with subtle humor. Ilayaraja, the master composer will handle the music department of the film, which will have three songs.

An 8crore 'Kargil' from the Major Ravi

Major Ravi, director of hit films like ‘Keerthi Chakra’ and ‘Mission Ninety days’, is in the final stages of the scripting of his new film 'Kargil'. The film bases on the the Kargil war, which according to the director was completely unnecessary one, that was thrust upon us.The film will discuss the post war situation, after the death of many hundreds from both the sides. Kargil will be shot at Dubai, Pakistan and India at a whooping budget of around eight crores. The film will also depict Nawaz Sharife and Pervez Musharraf, the key players of the war and for them; Ravi has already started hunting for the look alike.The director prefers to keep the plot unrevealed as it is sure to kick off many controversies. And the other aspect of interest is that Mohanlal who plays the lead in Kargil will be presented again as Major Mahadevan, the same character that he had portrayed in the super hit 'Keerthi Chakra'. The director says that he has a special bonding with the name and hence the name and the character will also be retained even in the new film.

Audience council award -Best Actor - Mohanlal and Best Actress - Kavya Madhavan

Even though Mohanlal is going through tough times as the commercial run of his films are concerned, he is gaining more and more accolades for the performances in the films that he had done last year.The latest award that the actor is fetching for 2007 is the Film Audience Council Awards, which was announced a couple of days back. Mohanlal won the award for the best actor for his performance in the movie 'Paradesi' which featured him as an old man of eighty, fighting for his rights to be on the land that he loved most.The same movie ’Paradesi’ (directed by PT Kunju Mohammed) also won the award for best film of the year. Kavya Madhavan was selected as the best actress. Lal Jose's ‘Arabikatha' was named as the second best film of the year, while Ranjith won the award for the best director.

Courtesy: Indiaglitz