Malayalam cine actor Rajan P Dev passes away

Veteran Malayalam character actor Rajan P. Dev died here early Wednesday following brief illness, family sources said. He was 58.

Dev died at a private hospital, where he had been undergoing treatment for a liver disorder.
The funeral will take place at St. Xavier's church in Angamaly, about 40 km from here, Thursday morning.

Born in Chertala in Alappuzha district, Dev began his film career in 1980 with small roles. He soon became popular as a villain.

In a career spanning close to three decades, he acted in about 180 films, including those in Tamil, Telegu and Kannada.

Dev also immortalised the character Kochu Vava in the hit play "Kattukuthira" that was staged over a thousand times across Kerala.

However, when the drama was made into a film with the same name, the role was played by another veteran actor Thilakan.

Dev's last film was "Ee Patanathil Bhootham", starring superstar Mammootty, which is currently running in theatres.

Kandhasamy releases with 950 prints!

Producer Kalaipuli S.Thanu has confirmed that his much awaited magnum opus Kandhasamy will hit the screens worldwide with more than 950 prints in August.

Directed by Susi Ganesan, the Vikram - Shreya Saran starrer is all set to release on August 15th. "This time it will release with out fail," Says Thanu.

The songs and trailer have already created big hype for the film and the audio CDs have taken the topmost position in the charts.

Susi Ganesan has shown the film to his friends who are in his close circle and have received high appreciation for his outstanding making style in Kandhasamy.

Kaanakanmani breaks the barriers of religion

Ashly Bungalow in Peerumedu has been throbbing with life from the 18th of June with the shooting of the Malayalam movie Kaanakanmani by Akku Akbar with Jayaram and Padmapriya in the lead. Roy and Maya belonging to two different religions have had a love marriage. They are blessed with a six year old daughter Anakha. It is still an extended honeymoon for Roy and Maya, who are like two souls lost in love, rather than just husband and wife.

Though the ugly face of religion has never posed a menace in the life of Roy and Maya, there have been occassions when knowingly or unknowingly, minor issues have cropped up, all thanks to Maya's grandmother. Maya's grandma cannot let go the age old customs of the conventional Brahmanical tradition.

The problems surface when the pertinent question is raised regarding the child, as to what should be her faith. How they realize that love is the binding faith and how the child herself is instrumental in making that realization dawn upon them is the crux of the whole story. While Jayaram essays the role of Roy, Padmapriya comes as Maya and Baby Nivedita as Anakha. Sukumari essays the role of the grandmother, while Biju Menon will be seen as their family friend and Vijayaraghavan as the father of Roy ( Jayaram).

Kaanakanmani produced by Anto Joseph, has screenplay by K Girishkumar and the shooting is proceeding in and around Ernakulam and other surrounding places.

Angel John Start to roll

'After completing 'Alexander The Great' which is his next release scheduled for Onam, Mohanlal has joined the sets of 'Angel John'. The film tells the story of how Angel John, supposed to be the reincarnation of an angel, strikes a friendship with a 20-year-old student and helps him to tide over his problems. Santhanu, the son of Bhagyaraj and Poornima, plays the role of the fortunate student.The film which also features actors like Lalu Alex, Vijaya Raghavan, Jagathy, Bheeman Raghu, Bineesh Kodiyeri and others..Yester years heroine Menaka makes her second entry through this film.

Jayasurya, the director of Dileep’s Speed Track will be directing this movie. After the excellence in camerawork, Bhramaram fame Ajay Vincent was recommended by Lal himself to handle the camerawork of Angel John