7am Arivu creates history in Kerala

The Suriya- Shruthi Haasan, AR Murgadoss directed Tamil sci-fi thriller 7aum Arivu, Kerala rights have gone for a new record price.

The film has been purchased by a leading Tamil distributor in Bangalore and distributed through Divya Pictures Ravi for a whopping price.

The market buzz is that 7aum Arivu Kerala rights have been sold at an astronomical Rs 2.50 Crore, the highest ever paid for a Suriya film in the state.

Remember Suriya’s Singam was sold only for 90 lakhs for Kerala territory but the film went on to do business worth Rs 1.75 Cr in the stae.

Divya Pictures is planning to release 7aum Arivu in 100 screens in Kerala for Diwali. It is going to be an interesting battle in Kerala as Tamil hero’s Vijay’s Velayutham and Shah Rukh Khan’s RA.One will be clashing with 7aum Arivu.

Mammootty's son Dhulquar debut in Tamil

Expectations are running high on Dulquar Salman, son of one of the most talented actors of the country, Mammootty. While Dulquar is already taking his first steps into the film industry with Srinath Rajendren's 'Second Show,' there are offers galore for the budding star son.

'Second Show' will see Dulquar sharing screen space with Avanthika who is a medico by profession. The film is touted to be an entertainer packed with action, comedy and romance.

Meanwhile, Dulquar is also believed to have received an offer to act in a Tamil film from none other than Linguswamy. There are no confirmed reports regarding the offer and only time will tell if Dulquar will nod in the affirmative to play the lead in a Tamil film. Mammootty was the first star from God's Own Country to play a successful lead role in a Tamil film and be accepted by the tamil speaking crowd.

It maybe mentioned that sources in the Malayalam film industry have already claimed that Dulquar is a star in the making...

Tamil and Malayalam films dominate National Awards Today

New Delhi: Veteran Tamil filmmaker K Balachander, the man behind films likeIru Kodugal, Apoorva Raagangal and Ek Duje Ke Liye, will receive the Dada Saheb Phalke honour at the 58th National Film Awards here.

The 81-year-old writer-director-producer has directed nearly 80 films in his career and launched the career of Kamal Hassan and Rajinikanth.

According to senior officials in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, President Pratibha Patil would hand over the awards in a star studded ceremony in the Vigyan Bhawan here.
Director Salim Ahmed and his co-producer Ashraf Bedi would get the coveted ‘Swarna Kamal’ and a cash prize of Rs 2.5 lakh each for their acclaimed Malayalam movie Adaminte Makan Abu. Winner of the best feature film and the best actor, the movie traces the desire of a man and his wife to go to Hajj in Mecca.

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K Balachander launched the careers of Rajnikanth and Kamal Hassan.

Bollywood celebrity producers Arbaaz Khan his wife Malaika and director Abhinav Singh Kashyap would be awarded the Swarna Kamal and cash award of Rs 2 lakh for Dabangg, winner for the best popular film providing wholesome entertainment.

Vishal Bharadwaj would also get a Rajat Kamal for his music direction for the songs in the movie,Ishqiya while his wife Rekha Bhardwaj, who is also performing at the ceremony, will receive the award for the best female playback singer.

The Nargis Dutt award for best feature film would be awarded by the President to Moner Manush, a Bengali film directed by Gautam Ghose. The film is based on the life and philosophy of sufi mystic Lalan Faqir in Bengal.

The awards for best actor would go to K Dhanush for the Tamil movie Aadukalam and Salim Kumar for his role in Malayalam movie Adaminte Makan Abu.

The best actress award would be given to Mitalee Varadkar for her role in Marathi movie Baboo Band Baaja and Saranya Panvannan for the Tamil movie Thanmerkku Paruvakkatru.

Kerala court issues summons to Meera Jasmine

If recalled there is a pop-up regarding the summons issued to Meera Jasmine for not attending the shoot and now in the same case the actress was issued summons by the CJM court in Kozhikode.

Inspite of taking the advance amount the actress is not honoring her commitment to do a film. Meera has approached the Kerala High Court saying that she should be granted exemption from making a personal appearance in the court but the court has rejected her appeal and asked her to appear at the court on or before August 8. The case was filed by producer KA Devarajan and in the plea the producer claimed that Meera Jasmine has been paid an advance of Rs five lakh but she failed to attend the shoot.

On her side Meera said that the producer has changed the story and committed the shoot of the film with another heroine. The actress has two films to be released in Tamil, Mambattiyan and Adhinarayana and however she has quit films in her mother tongue.

This producer was irked with Meera Jasmine which made to finally approach the court.

Amy Jackson in Mollywood now

A foreign actress and that also a white skinned person has not so far withstood in Indian cinema. But Amy Jackson who did the female lead role in Madrasapattinam is breaking this record. English model Amy Jackson after pairing with Aarya in Madrasapattinam is now doing the female lead role in the Hindi version of ‘Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya’. After completing this film, she will be making her debut in a Malayalam film.

A Malayalam film titled Spanish Masala which has Dhilip in the lead role is being directed by Lal Jose. Amy Jackson has been approached to pair with Dhilip. As per the story, the heroine should be a Spanish girl. Amy Jackson is found suitable for this role. In India there is nobody else suitable for the role. Otherwise they have to search for a girl from a foreign country. It is learnt that Emmy has also agreed for this offer. It is worth mentioning that the actress will be a part of Gautham Menon’s untitled film in Tamil as well.

Bhavana takes a break

Bhavana took a break from her hectic shooting schedule recently and spent three full days with family members and friends. ‘It was ultimate fun for 72 hours and I am yet to come out of it,’ says the beautiful actress from Mollywood.

‘I was shooting for a Malayalam film titled Dr Love when I suddenly found myself free for three days. Within no time, I rushed to my native to have a whale of time with my family members and close pals,’ she says.

‘The three days went off watching DVDs, roaming with friends and eating delicacies cooked in home,’ she says and adds: ‘Wow, what a nice time I had there I am now longing for one more such break.’

On not acting in Tamil films, she says, ‘I am in fact waiting for a meaty role from Kollywood. I believe there is no point in doing stereo-type of characters and I am game for any role that throws a challenge at me.’