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Satyan
Anthicaud-Samyuktha-Jayaram team
 Noted
director Satyan Anthicaud is to make yet another film with Jayaram
and Samyuktha Verma in the lead roles. It is to be noted that Samyuktha
Verma had made her entry into film industry with Satyan Anthicaud’s
Veendum Chila Veettukaaryangal, in which she had starred opposite
Jayaram. This film, to be scripted by Lohitadas, will also have
in the cast Innocent, Oduvil Unnikrishnan and KPAC Lalitha and will
begin in Ottapaalam soon.
Gramophone, Kamal’s latest
 Director
Kamal, whose low-budget Meghmalhaar recently emerged successful
at the box-office, has announced a new film, Gramophone. To be based
on story by Iqbal Kuttipuram, the film will have Dileep in the lead.
Script will be by the director himself. The film, likely to be a
musical, will feature music by Vidyasagar.
Murali, Kalabhavan in Roopaantharam
Veteran Murali
and Kalabhavan Mani are to play key roles in Roopaantharam, to be
produced by Selvaraj under the banner of Sreelekshmi Productions
and directed by Sivaprasad. Scripted by Sharath Chandran Wyanaadan,
the film is about an undertaker and his son, who are engaged in
a bitter fight with each other. While Murali plays the father, Mani
is his son. It’s very much likely that film lovers of Kerala
would get a chance to see Murali in full form after a long gap of
time.
Prithviraj in Radhika’s Tamil film
 Prithviraj,
son of late actor Sukumaran, who is making his debut in the Renjith-directed
Nandanam, is also getting busy in Malayalam with many new offers
coming his way. Anyhow this young star has got a very interesting
offer from Tamil. Radhika, who is a well established actress herself,
has decided to cast Prithviraj in the lead in her maiden directorial
venture to be shot in New Zealand. The film will feature Gayathry
Raghuram in the female lead.
Koottikkal
Jayachandran in Chirikudukka
 Koottikkal
Jayachandran, who is very much popular among mini-screen viewers
as the anchor of the popular comedy show Comedy Time on Surya TV,
is to do the lead role in Chirikkudukka, to be directed by TS Saji.
The film, to be produced by Dinesh Panicker, will commence in a
few weeks. This will be director TS Saji’s next film after
the yet-to-be released Thillaana Thillaana.
Sibi’s valentines day
Reputed director
Sibi Malayil, whose Ishtam was a hit last year, is busy shooting
his latest Aayiraththiloruvan these days. In the meantime, he has
announced yet another film, Valentine’s Day, featuring newcomers
in the cast. To be produced by Siyad Kokker under the banner of
Kokkers films, Valentines’s Day will have script by M Sindhuraj
and music by Vidyasaagar. It will be a full-fledged college campus
movie. The shoot is likely to commence in May.
Viji Thampy directs Nammal Thammil
 Prithviraj
and Indrajit, the two sons of late actor Sukumaran and TV star Mallika
Sukumaran, are to do the key roles in director Viji Thampy’s
new film Nammal Thammil. It was Viji Thampy who had given Indrajit
his break in the tele-cinema Annie. Indrajit, however, is making
his debut on the big screen with Vinayan’s Oomapenninu Uriyadapayyan
and is also doing a key role in Lal Jose’s Meesha Madhavan.
Prithviraaj is making his debut with Renjith’s Nandanam and
has got some new offers too. It’s Ishtam fame Navya Nair who
is playing the female lead in Nammal Thammil, to be produced by
Evershine Films. To be scripted by Alex Kadavil and Mohan Vadakkedaththu,
the film will have lyrics by Gireesh Puthencherry, music by Vidyasagar,
camera by Rajeev Ravi, editing by Sreekar Prasad and art-direction
by Suresh Kollam. The cast of the film also includes Balachandra
Menon, Siddique, Innocent, Jagathy Sreekumar, Harisri Ashokan, Salim
Kumar, Shaju and Bhavani. Nammal Thammil, which will be a campus
story will be shot in Thiruvananthapuram and will commence in the
first week of May. “Since this is a campus story and since
I have to shoot in campuses, I am waiting for the colleges to close
for summer”, says Viji Thampy.
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