Tamil Super Star Ajith Kumar has gained appreciation on social media and among people in general after he helped a woman travelling alone with a ten-month-old at Heathrow airport in London.
The husband of the woman said in a social media post: “My wife was travelling from Glasgow to Chennai and was travelling alone with our 10-month-old baby. She had a chance to meet Ajithkumar at London’s Heathrow airport today. She was travelling with a cabin suitcase and a baby bag. This man here not only posed for a photograph but he was a superhuman to carry our baby bag from there until flight, understanding my wife came alone.”
“When my wife resisted, he replied, ‘It is ok. I have two kids. So I know how it feels.’ He carried it all the way along with his cabin suitcase into the flight and he gave it to the cabin...
The husband of the woman said in a social media post: “My wife was travelling from Glasgow to Chennai and was travelling alone with our 10-month-old baby. She had a chance to meet Ajithkumar at London’s Heathrow airport today. She was travelling with a cabin suitcase and a baby bag. This man here not only posed for a photograph but he was a superhuman to carry our baby bag from there until flight, understanding my wife came alone.”
“When my wife resisted, he replied, ‘It is ok. I have two kids. So I know how it feels.’ He carried it all the way along with his cabin suitcase into the flight and he gave it to the cabin...
- 4/15/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
ObituaryPappu’s last film was ‘Appan’, which released on an Ott platform last month. He was also the cinematographer of films like 'Njan Steve Lopez' and 'Eeda'.Tnm StaffOne movie he shot ends with the perilous view of a young man riding pillion, unaware of the raised dagger that is about to stab him from behind. Another unveils the various moods and tantrums of a vile old man with close-ups of his cruel laughter and longshots of his despicable self stretched out on a bed. The latter was to be the last film that Sudheesh Pappu, fondly known as Pappu among his friends, would shoot. The 44-year-old died on Monday, November 14, after a long bout of illness, reportedly due to amyloidosis, a condition involving the build-up of proteins in the heart, liver, and/or other organs. That last film was Appan, which revolved around the relationship of a cruel old man with his family,...
- 11/14/2022
- by Cris
- The News Minute
DeathVasudev, who was a fisherman by profession, shot to fame after he played the role of Vallyappachayi in the critically acclaimed 2015 film ‘Ottaal’. Tnm StaffScreengrab/ YouTubeActor Kumarakom Vasudevan, who shot to fame after his pivotal role in the 2015 Malayalam film Ottaal, passed away on Thursday, April 14. Vasudevan, or Vasavan as he was called, was 76 years old. According to media reports, he was undergoing treatment at Kottayam Medical College Hospital due to high blood pressure. As per a Times of India report, he is survived by his wife Rajamma and his children Shaji Lal and Sheeba. Director Jayaraj, who made his directorial debut with the 2015 film Ottaal, cast Vasudevan as Vallyappachayi, the grandfather of a young boy named Kuttappayi. Vasudevan, who was a fisherman by profession, was cast for the role after filmmaker Jayaraj watched him catching fish at Vembanad lake in Kumarakom. Jayaraj shared an image with Kumarakom Vasudevan and...
- 4/15/2022
- by SaradhaU
- The News Minute
MollywoodThe films include 'Marakkar Arabikadalinte Simham', 'Jallikattu', 'Virus', 'Kumbalangi Nights', 'Moothon', 'Sameer', 'Vasanthi', and 'Ishq' among others. Digital NativeThis is perhaps the golden era for the Malayalam film industry with 17 films entering the final screening process for the 67th National Film Awards in various categories. Grapevine has it that 17 Malayalam films including Marakkar Arabikadalinte Simham, Jallikattu, Virus, Kumbalangi Nights, Moothon, Sameer, Vasanthi, and Ishq, have been shortlisted for the final rounds. Marakkar Arabikadalinte Simham, which was censored in 2019, has Mohanlal playing the lead role with Priyadarshan directing it. It is a star-studded film that also has Suniel Shetty, Arjun Sarja, Siddique, Prabhu Deva, Sudeep, Prabhu, Madhu, Manju Warrier, Paresh Rawal, Keerthy Suresh, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Pranav Mohanlal, Suhasini Maniratnam, Nedumudi Venu, Ashok Selvan, and others in pivotal roles. The film’s technical crew includes cinematographer Tirru and editor Ms Ayyappan Nair. Ronnie Raphael...
- 1/30/2021
- by Luke
- The News Minute
MollywoodWhether it's Ayyappan and Kannamma from 'Ayyappanum Koshiyum' or Aju and Sarah from 'Bangalore Days', these relationships move away from the conventional.Tnm Staff There are many love stories and romances in Malayalam cinema which have left an indelible mark in the hearts of the audiences. In contemporary cinema, from the start of the new decade, we have seen a shift in how these relationships are portrayed. From conventional man-woman love where the goal is marriage or confronting the problems within a marriage, new films explore and question what it means to be in a relationship in the first place. The couples take their time to think about what they want from each other and how they should prioritise romance in their relationship. The problems that they confront together have also seen a shift -- from family and livelihood matters to larger issues. Here are some new Malayalam...
- 5/8/2020
- by Sowmya
- The News Minute
KollywoodThe director also clarified that he does not own a Twitter account.Digital NativeRecently rumours were rife that director Ks Ravikumar will direct actor Ajith next, collaborating for the third time in his career, and that the film will be produced by Sun Pictures. Dismissing the news as a rumour, Ks Ravikumar took to Facebook to clear the air surrounding the film. The filmmaker wrote, "Dear friends, my beloved fans, media and film fraternity, a rumour is on rounds right from yesterday in a Twitter account on my name stating that I am directing a film with Mr Ajithkumar under Sun pictures production. This a firm false news and a rumor. I do not own a Twitter account and the existing Twitter account on my name K.S.Ravikumar is a fake one. Pls do not support the fake account. (sic)," he wrote. Director Ks Ravikumar's last release was Ruler...
- 2/12/2020
- by Anjana
- The News Minute
MollywoodRJ Mathukutty is making his directorial debut with this flick touted to be a youthful romantic entertainer. Digital NativeAsif Ali is bagging some of the best roles in his career. His next film in the pipeline will be Kunjeldho, which is based on a real-life incident. Rj Mathukutty is making his directorial debut with this flick touted to be a youthful romantic entertainer. Sources in the know say that Asif Ali will be playing a college student in Kunjeldho. He will be pairing up with debutant Gopika Udayan on screen. A short clip of the film was released by the Mollywood megastar Mammootty recently which shows Asif Ali as a happy-go-lucky young man in love. A song sung by Vineeth Sreenivasan plays in the background. The technical crew of this film includes Shaan Rahman for music and Swaroop Philip for cinematography. Vineeth Sreenivasan is the creative director of the film.
- 2/7/2020
- by Cris
- The News Minute
MollywoodNimisha Sajayan and Shane Nigam are terrific in this film set in politically turbulent Kannur. Sowmya RajendranShakespeare's star-crossed couple Romeo and Juliet have been killed a thousand times since they died together - in the hands of earnest filmmakers and novelists wanting to "modernise" the play. It seems absurd that a British Elizabethan era play can get adapted for a film set in Kannur in the 21st century but that's the reason Shakespeare still resonates with his readers - the human emotions he captured are eternal. People have been falling in love forever and those around them have been opposing it forever. It's the same love story - it's how it gets told that matters. And B Ajithkumar does a stellar job of it. Let's start with the title - Eeda. It just means 'here'. Here, is the land where the villain in the love story isn't the usual bogey of caste or class but the party flag your family salutes. Here, is the land where love blooms because of a bandh. Here, is the land where childhood involves watching a teacher killed right before your eyes. Beyond signifying place, 'here' also suggests immediacy. Living in the moment, not knowing what will happen next. It pretty much describes life in politically turbulent Kannur. Even the film's title cards appear as blood smears. The Kjp and the Kpm (no marks for guessing which political parties these refer to) are the warring Montagues and Capulets. Though the filmmaker has slightly changed the names of the parties, the narrative doesn't shy away from taking jibes - in one scene, a comrade (an excellent Sujith) justifies violence against the opposition by saying, "There's no point in reciting the vedas to a wild pig that wants to kill you - and this is a pig that has learnt the vedas." A comrade might decry fascism but still disapprove of his fianceé’s clothes with a single glance. And lust can also be someone asking his lady if she needs help with linking her Aadhar with her mobile. Anand (Shane Nigam) and Aishwarya (Nimisha Sajayan), who belong to rival political families, meet and fall in love. Their love grows through Facebook and WhatsApp messages, each day beginning and ending with the phone. These sequences set in Mysuru are a world away from Kannur where even what plays on the TV is dictated by politics - at Aishwarya's home it's endless panel discussions, in Anand's home it is endless religious ones (in a hilarious throwaway line, he asks a relative how he hopes to get married if he advises people to use cow urine as a facial on Facebook). The Mysuru portions have a sense of freedom infused in them. Aishwarya wears western clothes, her hairstyle is more modern, the couple go out freely on dates. In Kannur, there's always a bit of tension built into the script. It's not always as obvious as a fight - it's there in suddenly revealing to the audience that a man has a missing hand or a scar, a reminder that bloodshed is not new to this soil. Aishwarya and Anand may seem like very different people but what unites them is a dislike for the violence they've grown up knowing intimately. Ajithkumar doesn't make his lovers spout lengthy monologues to tell his audience this - it's in the way their eyes go glassy when they listen (separately) to exhausting speeches and political discussions. It's in how they react to bloodshed - going weak in the knees when it happens, almost mirroring each other. The film is faithful to the Shakespearean play. The twists and turns, the upheavals come as they do in Romeo and Juliet - there's even a balcony scene that's worked into the script. But the storytelling is so powerful, so fresh, that there's absolutely no sense of deja vu. The lead actors, Nimisha and Shane, are terrific. Their crop of pimples remind us of how young they actually are (as were Romeo and Juliet), how passionate love can be at that age. When they lock their eyes, him blushing, unable to stop smiling, her gaze blazing and full of adoration, they look so ordinary and yet here they are, caught in a romance of epic proportions (though they didn't ask for it). The music in the film (John P Varkey, Chandran Veyatummal) blends in beautifully with the script. Usually, films with a heavy dose of violence leave me with a headache, thanks to the thumping background score. But Eeda isn't interested in glorifying violence, it wants us to understand, even question it. The frames (cinematography - Pappu) allow you to absorb what's happening and think about it - many of the fight sequences, for instance, also focus on the face of someone who's watching what's happening. It's not just a tangle of limbs, what does this do to the fabric around it? Eeda ends where it begins, with a bandh. Ajithkumar gives us an Inception-kind of last scene that had me at the edge of my seat. There's hope, there's suspense, there's dread. Maybe for some love stories, not knowing what happens next is the happy ending we can hope for.
- 1/5/2018
- by Editor
- The News Minute
MollywoodThe film stars Shane Nigam and Nimisha Sajayan.Digital NativeThe Malayalam romance drama Eeda is all set to hit the marquee in January and the exact date is expected to be revealed officially soon. The trailer of the film that was released recently has garnered the attention of the film buffs as it had the actors mouth the dialogues Entha Eede and Ningal Entha Eede in the north Kerala dialect. Starring Shane Nigam and Nimisha Sajayan as the lead pair, the film is written and directed by B Ajith Kumar. Incidentally, he is a National Award winning editor and Eeda will be his first directorial venture. Ajith Kumar is a graduate from the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. According to reports doing rounds in tinsel town, the film is set in the north Malabar region. Shane Nigam plays an Mba graduate employed in an insurance company where he gets to meet the heroine and love blossoms. Produced by Sharmila Raja under the banner Collective Phase One Delta Studio, Eeda will be distributed by Lj Films Pvt. Ltd. Apart from writing and directing the film, Ajithkumar has also edited it. While Shane Nigam and Nimisha Sajayan are the lead stars in this romantic drama, the star cast also includes Surabhi Lakshmi, Alancier Ley Lopez, P. Balachandran, Sujith Sankar, Manikandan Achari, Babu Annoor, Shelly Kishore, Rajesh Sharma, Sudhi Koppa and Sunitha. John P. Varkey and Chandran Veyattummal have composed music for this flick with Pappu cranking the camera. Ajith Kumar made his debut as editor with Maanthrika Veena in 1999 and had edited several films in his long career. He is also a National Award winner having won the award for Naalu Pennungal which was directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Eeda is his first directorial venture after a very successful stint as an editor.
- 12/28/2017
- by Editor
- The News Minute
W hen Mirza Comes Back is one of the twenty-three films selected for the co- production market of Film Bazaar 2013. We spoke to the director Kamal K.M.:
Kamal K. M. Karamattathil
Tell us about your project. What language will it be in?
When Mirza Comes Back is set in Kashmir, in the backdrop of an earthquake that has struck both sides of the border. Our protagonist is a young man who crosses the border in search of his sister after the disaster. On the other side, he meets a girl and instantly falls in love, and sees the prospect of a different life waiting for him. Once he marries her, however, he comes back with her, and then crop up questions of identity, of who belongs where.
The film is in the Kashmiri language, since the story is set in Kashmir. I didn’t want to make it...
Kamal K. M. Karamattathil
Tell us about your project. What language will it be in?
When Mirza Comes Back is set in Kashmir, in the backdrop of an earthquake that has struck both sides of the border. Our protagonist is a young man who crosses the border in search of his sister after the disaster. On the other side, he meets a girl and instantly falls in love, and sees the prospect of a different life waiting for him. Once he marries her, however, he comes back with her, and then crop up questions of identity, of who belongs where.
The film is in the Kashmiri language, since the story is set in Kashmir. I didn’t want to make it...
- 11/18/2013
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
A small independent film has been quietly winning hearts and awards in the festival circuit. The latest victory for Kamal K.M.’s I.D. is winning the Black horse competition at the 3rd Ars Independent International Film Festival in Poland.
Not many are aware that Resul Pookutty, best known as the Oscar-winning sound designer for Slumdog Millionaire, turned producer for I.D. with five other friends (called Collective Phase One). His ambition for production encompasses the plan of opening a production house of his own very soon.
Resul Pookutty, the producer, chats with Nandita Dutta:
Why did you think of getting into production and forming Collective Phase One?
It was never in my mind to start a production house, it just happened. Rajeev Ravi, Madhu Neelakandan and I were together at the Ftii. So one day Rajeev called up and said that a junior of ours, Kamal, has written a film...
Not many are aware that Resul Pookutty, best known as the Oscar-winning sound designer for Slumdog Millionaire, turned producer for I.D. with five other friends (called Collective Phase One). His ambition for production encompasses the plan of opening a production house of his own very soon.
Resul Pookutty, the producer, chats with Nandita Dutta:
Why did you think of getting into production and forming Collective Phase One?
It was never in my mind to start a production house, it just happened. Rajeev Ravi, Madhu Neelakandan and I were together at the Ftii. So one day Rajeev called up and said that a junior of ours, Kamal, has written a film...
- 10/1/2013
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
I.D. directed by Kamal K.M. is the only Indian film selected for the Narrative Competition section of the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival that runs from June 13-23, 2013.
The Narrative Competition comprises of 12 films that compete for the Filmmaker Award and Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature or Best International Feature. 10 films are from the USA, 1 from Latvia and 1 from India.
I.D. revolves around an ambitious young woman who finds herself unexpectedly propelled on a journey that takes her from the high-rises in the heart of Mumbai to the teeming streets on the city’s forbidding outskirts in an exploration of gender, class and identity in today’s metropolitan India.
The film is produced by Resul Pookkutty, Rajeev Ravi, Madhu Neelakandan, Sunil Babu and B. Ajithkumar. It has previously screened at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2013, Abu Dhabi and Busan film festivals in 2012.
The Narrative Competition comprises of 12 films that compete for the Filmmaker Award and Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature or Best International Feature. 10 films are from the USA, 1 from Latvia and 1 from India.
I.D. revolves around an ambitious young woman who finds herself unexpectedly propelled on a journey that takes her from the high-rises in the heart of Mumbai to the teeming streets on the city’s forbidding outskirts in an exploration of gender, class and identity in today’s metropolitan India.
The film is produced by Resul Pookkutty, Rajeev Ravi, Madhu Neelakandan, Sunil Babu and B. Ajithkumar. It has previously screened at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2013, Abu Dhabi and Busan film festivals in 2012.
- 5/9/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
It’s a film produced by Collective Phase 1, a group of cinema professionals from India comprising of Resul Pookutty Cas, Mpse, Rajeev Ravi, Madhu Neelakandan, Sunil Babu, B. Ajithkumar and Kamal K.M. The film is directed by Kamal K.M. The idea to start this kind of experiment in independent filmmaking came from Oscar winner Resul Pookutty. The film is produced in association with Jaar Pictures and the cast includes Geetanjali Thapa, Murari Kumar, Rukshana Tabassum, Read More...
- 11/10/2012
- Bollywood Trade
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