Mohanlal is the most popular Malayalee ever

According to a poll taken by CNN-IBN, the leading English News channel in the country.
Mohanlal polled 30% of the total votes piping arch-rival Mammooty who had 22% of the votes.

The other contenders from various walks of life were the communist stalwart E.M.S Namboodiripad(17%), sprint queen P.T Usha(13%), former President K.R Narayanan(11%),and Delhi Metro Chief E. Sreedharan( 7% ).

Once again Mohanlal has proved that worldwide , he is not only the best known Keralite but also a living legend. When contacted and asked to comment on the CNN- IBN results, Mohanlal said:" I believe in unconditional love of the people and Iam getting this love back. On second thoughts i would have voted for K.R Narayanan."

Yes Your Honour -review

Try out Yes Your Honour,
one of the better comedies of the year. Sreenivasan-Innocent combo brings to the screen a refreshing new chemistry that works. What makes the film a laugh riot is veteran writer T.Damodaran’s script which has been told in a humourous manner by director V.M.Vinu. Adding pep is the lead characters as lawyers who are always going for each other in a typical Tom & Jerry style of upmanship.

Ravishankar ( Sreenivasan) is a law graduate practicing as junior to a leading lawyer Venugopal (Innocent) for the last 12 years. Venugopal treats him like menial servant in his house, who looks after his pet dogs and has never entrusted him with a court case. Venugopal is a ruthless and unscrupulous lawyer whose main job is protecting an ex-minister John Varghese (Sai Kumar) involved in a sex scandal and Mustafa (Ramu) his partner in business and crime.

Ravishankar is an honest and upright man whose wife Maya (Padmapriya) fights for women cause. One day Ravi is humiliated by Venugopal to such an extent that he beats him up and leaves him. Due to the support of Judge Mukundan (Thilakan), Ravi gets a new lease of life as a public prosecutor. The first case that Ravi handles is the mysterious murder of DFO Sarah Shetty and he has to cross swords with Venugopal who is trying to protect John Varghese by manufacturing evidences! All this leads to a big twist in the climax.

The director and his writer have taken a dig at the state of our judiciary which is seeped in corruption. The climax is the highlight of the film and the message that “Justice will prevail” has been effectively told. However, there was no need for the two songs tuned by Deepak Dev as it mars the tempo. And what was the need for the long drawn out fight scene and all the blood and gore?

Still, at the end of Yes Your Honour you come away smiling only because of Sreenivasan. He chews up the screen and steals the show as advocate Ravishankar. Be it his harangue in the beginning of the film from a scene where he serves lunch to Innocent and his tongue-in-cheek dialogue, Sreeni is simply smashing. Watch out for Innocent, as the mean lawyer and he has great comedy timing. Jagathy as a man who deals in hired witnesses reworks his tried-and-tested comic antics one more time. Padmapriya is proving to be a fine actress with each film. There is a large bunch of talented artists like Thilakan, Sai Kumar, Babu Namboothiri, Riyaz Khan and Poornima who are good in cameos.

The second half drags a bit but nevertheless go have your share of fun with Yes Your Honour.

Busy bee! Mammootty

Mammootty in a recent interview said: “I have never planned my career. You can’t plan anything in cinema, as it’s not a 9 to 5 job.”

But the Malayalam film industry says that he is a meticulous planner, who slogs 24*7 working out his strategy.

Let’s take a look at the next six months in Mammootty’s release calendar.

• On October 21, he had his Ramzan release Pothenvava,
  
• 27 days after that, on November 17 he has the off-beat Kamal directed Karutha Pakshikal.
• 38 days later for Christmas he has Blessy’s Palunku.
  
• In January 2007, he has Ranjit’s experimental film Kaiyoppu
  
• In February he has Shafi’s mass comedy Mayaavi.
• And Mamootty’s big summer release in March is likely to be Amal Neeraj’s Big B-The bodyguard!
• So in a span of six months he will have six releases!
  
• Added to all these commitments, he has confirmed to act in Hariharan’s Thalakkal Chandu
  
• films with Shyam Prasad, Major Ravi, Fazil and KK Rajeev, which will start rolling according to his convenience.

Phew! It clearly means that Mammootty will be planning his career and strategy with utmost care and working round the clock. He will also become the only superstar in the world with a release every month!!

`Chakkaramuthu` turns `Chakkarapottan`!

After the lukewarm response to Dileep’s Chakkaramuthu, the producers Seven Arts and director Lohithadas have gone for a total revamp of the film.

Now the film will be known as Chakkarapottan and the climax has also been changed! In the new climax, Dileep does not die and Kavya is not shown in a mental asylum! Instead they hold hands and walk into the sunset very happily.

All new posters of the film have the new title and it is being promoted as a comedy entertainer. The trade is shocked that a film has changed its name 10 days after its release and a new happy climax added.

But the bad news is that this name change and the new climax have not helped the film in anyway at the box-office.

Suresh Gopi in Vinayan`s `Black Cat`!

Suresh Gopi and director Vinayan are coming together in Black Cat an action entertainer. Please note that Suresh Gopi is not playing the role of a `black cat` in charge of VIP security!

His name in the film is Black as he wears only black sleeveless vests and shots and is sort of a hired goonda in the film. He is also a glutton in the film who hogs like a pig.

It is an all out action film in which Meena is Gopi’s heroine. The others in the cast include Nedumudi Venu, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mukesh Rishi, Captain Raju, Harisri Asokan and Karthika.

Black Cat is produced by Rajeevan and is written and directed by Vinayan. Says Vinayan: “It is going to be a racy entertainer with all commercial ingredients”.