Vande Mataram : Mammootty and Arjun

Film: VANDE MATHARAM [Malayalam], ARUVADAI [Tamil]
Banner: Pankaj Productions
Main Cast: Mammooty, Arjun, Sneha, Rajan P.Dev, Jagadheesh, Jai Akash, Raj Kapoor, Riyaz Khan, Subair and others
Music : Vidya Sagar
Camera: Vetty, and Rajesh Yadav
Producer: Henry
Director: T. Aravind


Vande Mataram, is an investigative action thriller with superstar Mammooty and Tamil action hero Arjun in the lead, has completed shooting last year.

Vande Mataram is directed by T. Aravind, tells the story of a group of officers who go hunting for terrorists, who have been creating havoc in the Tamilnadu - Kerala border. Mammootty plays an officer in the Intelligence Bureau while Arjun plays a Superintendent of Police.

The film begins at RAW showing that the central investigative agency finds out that Malik, head of a terrorist organization, has crossed the border and entered India to execute deadly explosions in South India. Gopi Krishnan played by Mammootty, Southern zone command director of the Intelligence bureau, is assigned the task of tracing the plans of the group, eliminating them and destroying their plans.

Gopi Krishnan forms a core team with support from Anwar Hussain played by Arjun, who joins the group on deputation from the State police. The execution of Operation Malik forms the climax of the movie which was shot in Sengundram with the lead actors and many junior artistes.
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The film will feature two heroines, Sneha as a pilot and wife of Gopi Krishnan and Sharadha Arya as an ornithologist as the love interest off Arjun. Deepak J.D. makes his debut as villain.

Other important roles are portrayed by Jagadish, Jai Akash, Riyaz Khan, Vijay Kumar, Rajan P. Dev, Raj Kapoor and Mumtaj.

Cinematography is by Vetri and Rajesh Yadav.

The action sequences and stunts were choreographed by stunt director Anal Arasu.

K. Santhosh has written the dialogues for the Malayalam version.
The five songs in the movie were penned by Gireesh Puthencherry and Vayalar Sharatchandra Varma and are tuned by Vidyasagar. The Tamil verses are written by P. Vijay, Vairamuthu and Yugabarathi.


The film is a bilingual project, being made simultaneously in Tamil with the title Aaruvadai. Produced by Pankaj film’s Henry.

This patriotic action flick was made at a budget of Rs 14 crores.

Mammootty and Richa Pallod in Daddy Cool

Movie DADDY COOL

Director Aashiq Abu
Camera Samir Tahir
Producer Alwin Antony
Songs Anil Panachooran
Music Bijibal
Cast Mammootty, Richa Pallod, Indrajith, Kalabavan Mani

Mammootty is getting continuous flops for some time. This started with his guest appearance in Bipin Prabakar’s One Way Ticket and become full fledged with Padmakumar’s Parunthu. With Love in Singapore he found new lows.

Mammootty is not affected by the result of these films as he has more than a dozen movies in hand.
Mammootty was specialist in sentiments earlier. His Pappayude Swantham Appus by director Fasil has created waves in kerala years ago. Mammooty is back with a father-son relationship in the forthcoming film Daddy Cool. Daddy Cool is Boney M’s international hit track. Choosing ‘Daddy Cool’ helps audience to keep the name in memory.

Father son relationship and cricket will be the business proportion of this film. The story revolves around the bond of a father and his only son who is very passionate about cricket. Mammootty plays the character of Antony Simon, a Crime Branch officer.

Model turned actress Richa Pallod of Shahjahan fame is making her debut in Malayalam movie as Mammootty's heroine in Daddy Cool. Richa started her acting career as a child artist in Lamhe in1991. She acted in Pardes after a small gap. She is a model turned actress who have acted in music videos, advertisements, and Hindi, Tamil, Telgu films.

Her films in Tamil include Something Something, Unakkum Enakkum, Shahjahan and many more. She has won Filmfare Telugu Award for Best Actress for her performance in Nuvve Kavali.

Richa appears as Annie the wife to Mammootty as well as the mother to their seven year old son, Aadi Simon.

Mammootty is playing as a cool daddy who supports all the blunders done by his son and mother gets fed up with them.

Others in the cast are Indrajith, Kalabhavan Mani, Sai Kumar, Vijaya Raghavan, Babu Raj, Suraj, Anoop Chandran, Radhika, Lena etc

Daddy Cool featuring Mammootty marks the debut of director Ashiq Abu. The director himself has written screen play and has worked as assistant to Kamal.

Samir Tahir who is famous for his work in Big B handles the camera.

Anil Panachooran, Biji Bal team will handle the music section of the movie.

The film is produced by Alwin Antony, under the banner Wall Green Productions.

The film has started shooting and, is expected to be Mammootty’s summer release.

Pattanathil Bootham : Mammootty as Genie

Johny Antony is an above average commercial director Malayalam has produced. He has given us major comedy hits like CID Moosa, Thuruppugulan and hits with dileep like Kochi Raajavu, also not to forget the flop Inspector Garud.

With his new film Pattanathil Bootham he is giving more expectation than ever before. Megastar Mammootty act as a ghost which helps children and fight against social injustice. Mammootty's last film Love in Singapore was a flop. Fans are hoping he will do a comeback with this Johny Antony film.

Mammootty plays the role of Jimmy, an adventurous bike rider in circus who gets supernatural powers. Mammootty will attempt some daredevil bike racing acts in this film.

After her marriage Pattanathil Bhootham will be the first film Kavya Madhavan appears on screen. She has appeared in six films with Mammootty, but not as his heroine. This will be the first film in which Kavya dons the heroine role opposite Mammootty. Will this be her last film is the question fans are thinking about.

The actress was recently seen as heroine to superstar Mohanlal in the hit film 'Madambi'.

Pattanathil Bhootham is a fantasy-filled roller coaster adventure, aiming at kids who love Superman and Spiderman.

Innocent, Jagathy Sreekumar, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Salim Kumar are also acting in this film.

Its shooting was postponed to December because it needed a lot of set works and pre-production activities.

The film has plenty of graphics and special effects which hallmark Johny Antony's style.

Pattanathil bhootham is written by the most sought after and highest paid writers in Malayalam film industry Sibi K. Thomas and Udayakrishnan. The film is produced by Benjamin under the banner of High Bright Movie Makers. Cinematography is done by Sanjeev Shankar and art by Saloo K. George.

This film is expected to bring kids and family back to theatres. Johny Antony knows how to make the movie enjoyable for all. Pattanathil bhootham will no doubt will entertain the masses and will be remembered long.

Mammoottys much expected movie Pazhassi Raja

Mammootty-Hariharan-MT Vasudevan Nair teamed again for the mega budget historic story based movie, "Pazhassi Raja". The movie made on a huge budget of about 15 crore rupees is expected to have a wide release in the second week of April.

The team had earlier made one of the milestones of the Malayalam film industry, "Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha". This is an unforgettable film in the Mollywood. M.T. Vasudevan Nair told us an unheard story of Chanthu becoming a hero and Aromal Chekavar, a villain in Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha.

There are three heroines with Padma Priya appearing as an Adivasi girl, Kanihaa as his wife and Linda Arsenio as an English woman. Tamil film star Sarath Kuma will make his debut in Malayalam films as "Edachena Kunkan", the best friend of Pazhassi Raja.

Thilakan, Nedumudi Venu, Jagathy Sreekumar, Captain Raju, Lalu Alex, Manoj K Jayan, Biju Menon, Kalabhavan Mani, Suresh Krishna, Subair, Siddique, Roshan, Manikuttan, Kanika, Padmapriya, Urmila Unni, Valsala Menon, Nikhila play other important roles in the film. Suman will play the role of "Pazhaiveetan Chandu", who is the villain in the movie.

Pazhassi Raja is filmed using the latest technical advancements like the usage of Panavision camera. Pazhassiraja is the first mega budget movie in Malayalam film industry. Venu is the cameraman and Ilayaraja will score the music.

Pazhassi Raja was completed in more than ten schedules in ten locations, in about 140 days of shooting. The film is produced by Gokulam Gopalan in the banner of Gokulam Films.

The story is about the first organized revolt against British rule, led by Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja of the Padinjare Kovilakom of the Kottayam family near Thalassery in Kannur district. Pazhassi Raja faced threats from many quarters during his rule, from the British East India Company and the Mysore ruler, Tipu Sultan.

Raja was agitated by the unpopular revenue policy followed by the East India Company in Malabar .He then threatened to stop collecting taxes if the Company continued with this mode of revenue collection.

Pazhssi Raja had to fled his palace and take refuge in the forests with his wife and immediate attendants. Raja tried to continue his warfare with the help of aadivasas and his loyal Kurichiyar tribe.

On November 30 1805, the Raja was surrounded by Thomas Harvey Babar, a young British officer on charge of suppressing Pazhaassi and was shot dead in an operation on the banks of Mavila Thodu.

This much anticipated movie will be released during Vishu season this year. We can wait and watch if the trio-combination has worked out their magic in this movie as well.