Paleri Manikyam

Paleri Manikyam: -

Oru Paathira Kolabhathakathinte Kadha, directed by Mr. Renjith. Mammootty is going to do 3 different roles in this film. Shooting is already started inCalicut

PazhassiRaja Postponed

Super Star Mammoottty Film

"PazhassiRaja"

PostPoned To October 2

Mammootty Another Film LOUD SPEAKER Released on September 18

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Director Jayaraj and Mammootty are together again in their new film titled Loud Speaker based on a script written by Ranjit. The Lagaan heroine Gracy Singh is going to be cast opposite Mammootty in the film. It is said to be a humorous musical comedy entertainer.The film is all about a farmer who is popularly known as 'Mike' Gopalan, as he speaks loudly! The others in the cast are Nedumudi Venu, Innocent, Jagathy Sreekumar, Salim Kumar, Suraaj Venjaramoodu and Cochin Haneefa.The music director is Bijibal who will set to tune will set to tune songs penned by Anil Panachooran, while K.U. Mohanan, the noted cinematographer who did the Bollywood film Don will be the cameraman. The Kochi based Time Ad Release who distributed Dasavatharam in Kerala are the producers of the film. The 'pooja' of the film will be held in the first week of February.

PAZHASSIRAJA

Hariharan, MT Vasudevan Nair and Mammootty, the people behind Oru Vadakkan Veeragaatha, an epoch making film that became a milestone in Malayalam cinema, are in the making of another epic. The film, which is being shot with a Pan Vision camera and exploits the latest technical advancements, has Mammootty playing the lead role of Pazhassi Raja. Tamil actor Sarath Kumar makes his debut in Malayalam with this film, playing Edachena Kunkan, the best friend of Pazhassi Raja.The Sepay Mutiny of 1857 is considered to be the first organized revolt against British rule and as the first step in India's struggle for independence. But more than half a century prior to that, Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja of the Padinjare Kovilakom of the Kottayam family, irked by the unpopular revenue policy followed by the East India Company in Malabar, threatened to cut down all the pepper vines if the Company persisted in revenue collection. A determined but futile attempt was made by the British to capture the Raja in his own palace at Pazhassi in April 1796. Subsequently a proclamation was issued forbidding people from supporting the Raja, threatening confiscation of their property if they did so. In January 1797 the Raja's men launched daring attack on the security personnel stationed at Pazhassi, exterminating the entire party save one. In pitched battles fought over three days, the Raja's men using swords, spears, bows and arrows, overpowered the British forces armed with muskets. The British had to sign a temporary truce.When the occupying forces broke the terms of the truce, the Raja revolted again, but by then the British had control over most of the south. The Raja, accompanied by his wife and immediate attendants, took refuge in the jungles. In 1804 the Raja's properties were confiscated and a reward was proclaimed for his head. Towards the end of 1805, the Raja was surrounded and shot dead by the side of a stream.