CHAPTERS - Malayalam Movie Preview

PREVIEW: CHAPTERS

Banner: Qurban Films, Campus Oaks

Dir: Sunil Ibrahim

Camera: Krish Kaimal

Music: Mejo Joseph

Cast: Nivin Pauly, Sreenivasan, Gauthami Nair, Rejath Menon

DID YOU KNOW? Sunil Ibrahim has been active in the ad film circuit. One of the production banners, Campus Oaks, is a group of engineers who are working in various corners of the globe.

STORYLINE: The film’s director Sunil is hesitant to reveal the film’s basic plot or genre. It is said to be a story where the lives of a few characters get intertwined.

Release Date: Nov 7

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CHETTAYEES - Malayalam Movie Preview

PREVIEW: CHETTAYEES

Genre: Comedy/ Drama

Banner: Thakkali films

Dir: Shajoon Kariyal

Camera: Vinod Illampilly

Music: Deepak Dev

Cast: Lal, Biju Menon, P Sukumar, Suresh Krishna, Sunil Babu, Mia

DID YOU KNOW? Thakkali Films is a banner formed by actors Biju Menon and Suresh Krishna, director Shajoon Kariyal, cinematographer P Sukumar and scenarist Sachi.

BASIC PLOT: Five male friends come together to celebrate the New Year in an apartment. Things don’t happen they would have liked after a while and the story becomes interesting soon after.

Date of Release: Nov 30

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HUSBANDS IN GOA - Preview

PREVIEW: HUSBANDS IN GOA

Genre: Romance/Comedy

Banner: UTV Motion Pictures

Release Date: 21 September 2012

Director: Saji Surendran

Camera: Anil Nair

Music: M G Sreekumar

Star Cast: Lal, Jayasurya, Asif Ali, Indrajith, Bhama, Rima Kallingal, Remya Nambeesan

DID YOU KNOW?

• Director Saji Surenkadran’s TV serial team of cinematographer Anil Nair and scenarist Krishna Poojappura have come together yet again, to make a laugh riot.

• Husbands in Goa is UTV’s second Malayalam production, after the hit film Grandmaster.

• The old hit number Pichakappoonkavulkkumappuram from No.20 Madras Mail has been remixed with Innocent playing the character called TTE Nadar from the earlier film.

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TRIVANDRUM LODGE - Preview

PREVIEW: TRIVANDRUM LODGE

Genre: Drama/Romance/Comedy

Banner: Time Ads

Release Date: 21 September 2012

Director: V K Prakash

Camera: Pradeep Nair

Music: M Jayachandran

Star Cast: Anoop Menon, Jayasurya, Dhwani, Bhavana

DID YOU KNOW?

• V K Prakash, Anoop Menon and Jayasurya had teamed up earlier for the blockbuster, Beautiful. Naturally the expectations are sky high.

• Anoop Menon became one of the most sought after scenarists in Malayalam after Beautiful. He says the idea for Trivandrum Lodge came to him from one sight of a gang, while at Shankhumukham beach.

• Dhwani, the heroine, is originally called Honey Rose. She was launched by Vinayan sometime back but has never found big success in Malayalam yet. She hopes that her fortunes will change after this film.

• Singer P Jayachandran is doing a role in the film.

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CHATTAKKARI - Malayalam Movie Preview

PREVIEW: CHATTAKKARI

Genre: Drama/Romance

Banner: Revathy Kalamandir

Release Date: 13 September 2012

Director: Santhosh Sethumadhavan

Camera: Vinod Illampilly

Music: M Jayachandran

Star Cast: Shamna Kasim, Hemanth, Hari, Innocent, Suvarna Mathew

DID YOU KNOW?

• Chattakkari was originally directed by K S Sethumadhavan in 1974, based on Pamman’s novel. The movie was made in Hindi as Julie in 1975. Both the movies had Lakshmi playing the heroine, as an Anglo Indian girl. She falls in love with a Hindu boy but the families oppose their affair.

• Shamna Kasim is playing the lead in the new version, directed by K S Sethumadhavan’s son, Santhosh Sethumadhavan. Shamna has done a few Malayalam films earlier but was noted much. She got some success in Tamil, where her name is Poorna.

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Kunjananthante Kada - First Look Poster

First look posters of Kunjanathante Kada, the next movie from Salim Ahammed, the director of Adaminte Makan Abu. Mammooty will play the lead role in Kunjanathante Kada.

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