Different roles for Guinness Pakru

Different roles for Guinness Pakru

Guinness Pakru sure likes doing different kinds of roles. While he will be playing a father, he is also about to play son to Kalabhavan Mani in Achan Balan, Makkan Bheeman. Directed by K K Kailas, actress Ananya will be playing the female lead.

Jagadheesh writes script again

Jagadheesh has gone back to scriptwriting. The actor has written the script for Ladies and Gentlemen, directed by Viji Thampy. The film stars Jagadheesh and Siddique opposite newcomer Nayana. Produced by Santhosh Damodharan under the banner of Damor Films, the film will have Kavery making a guest appearance.

Mani becomes ‘Bellary Raja’

Remember the character Bellary Raja?- yes , it is definitely the name of the character of Mammootty's biggest hit ‘Raajamanickyam’. It was reported in the media that there are plans to go for a second part for the movie. But as the plans has not materialised till now, Kalabhavan Mani has already started his new movie in the same title.

This ‘Bellary Raja’ will be a murder mystery featuring Sumith Kumar and Mani in the lead roles. The movie produced by Raaz movies will be scripted by Vinay B Chennithala. The movie will also feature Saikumar, Irshad, Kotayam Nazeer, Indrans, Jaffer Idukky, Meenu Kuriyan, Vidhya, Bindhu, and Ambika Mohan in important roles. The shoot for the movie has already started at Kottayam.

Will, Jada Pinkett Smith to host Nobel Peace Prize Concert

Hollywood actor Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett are set to host this year’s Nobel Peace Prize Concert.

The star couple said that they are both humbled and honored to take part in the 16th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert to be held on Dec. 11 in Oslo, Norway.

“The opportunity to recognize the laureate’s contributions to the world peace movement will be an awe-inspiring experience,” People quoted the couple as saying in a statement.

“We are both humbled and honored to take part in the Nobel Peace Prize Concert this year, and look forward to sharing the historic evening with artists and humanitarians from across the globe,” they added.

“Together they’ve had a global impact on the arts and philanthropy and will be excellent ambassadors for peace,” said Geir Lundestad, secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said of the Smiths.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has also lined up Wyclef Jean, Toby Keith and Donna Summer to perform at the concert.

Dadasaheb Phalke award for music legend Manna Dey

Ninety-year-old playback legend Manna Dey - who belted out evergreen songs like “Ae mere pyaare watan” and “Zindagi kaisi hai paheli” - is being honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke award, the highest honour in Indian cinema, his family said Wednesday.
“We got a call from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry Tuesday to inform us about the award (for 2007). He is right now in New York for some cultural programe. He will return to Bangalore Thursday. We are very happy for him,” his family member Anuradha Dey told IANS on phone.

Born as Prabodh Chandra Dey May 1, 1919 to Purna Chandra and Mahamaya Dey, the singer was a name to reckon with in the Hindi film industry from the 1950s to the 1970s. He has recorded more than 3,500 songs over the course of his career.

He started his career in playback singing with the movie “Tamanna” in 1943. The song was an instant hit and later he sang a solo, “Upar Gagan Vishal”, in the 1950 movie “Mashal”.

His all-time hits include “Sur na saje kya gaun main”, “Na to karanwa ki talash hai na to humsafar ki talash hain”, “Puchho na kaise maine rain bitayee”, “Laga chunari main daag”, “Aaja sanam madhur chandani mein hum”, “Dil ka haal sune dilwala”, “Ye raat bhigi bhigi, ye masta fijzayen”, “Jhanak jhanak tori baaje payaliya”, “Tu pyar ka saagar hai”, “Chunari sambhal gori udi chali jaye re” and “Ay meri Zohara”.

He also teamed up with Kishore Kumar for hit numbers like “Yeh dosti hum nahin torenge” (”Sholay”) and “Ek chatur naar” (”Padosan”).

How can one forget “Yaari hai imaan mera yaar meri zindagi” from the film “Zanjeer”? He also sang for the Bengali film industry, sometimes teaming up with Hemant Kumar.

He sang a duet “Ke prothom kachhe esechi” with Lata Mangeshkar for the Bengali movie “Sankhyabela”.

Fans’ associations-hindrances in the way of Malayalam cinema

After his Vairam became a box office success, MA Nishad is smiling from ear to ear. At a press conference held recently, he said that fans’ associations were one of the biggest hurdles in the way of Malayalam movies. He has tried to revive commercial films with Vairam, something that is slowly disappearing from the scene. He has concentrated on highlighting the emotional parts of Vairam.