Avatharam - All India Theaters List - Dileep, Lakshmi Menon, Joshiy

Avatharam - All India Theaters List - Dileep, Lakshmi Menon, Joshiy

Kerala: Girls gets beaten up for criticizing Asif Ali's 'Hi I'm Tony' in Facebook ??

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Asil Ali's Eid release 'Hi I'm Tony' has been getting mostly negative reviews. According to media reports couple of girl students who posted negative comments about the movie where allegedly abused and beaten by Asif Ali fans association members. There was reportedly a gang war like situation when the association members and friends of the students collided on broad daylight in public place. There are reports claiming that they were just goons and not members of fans association. But now fans association came up with a clarification on the issue that the girls abused one of their member and even insulted his mother which lead to the fight.

The film is directed by Lal Jr; whose debut film was last years break away hit 'Honey Bee'. The film features actors like Lal, Biju Menon, Asif Ali, Mia George etc.

Mammootty's Manglish - Kerala Release paper ad with theater list

Salman Khan's KICK - Indian & British Censor notes - Exclusive

Salman Khan's upcoming EID flick 'KICK' was censored by CBFC, India last week. The film was granted a 'U/A' (Unrestricted Public Exhibition-But With Parental Guidance) certificate with one cut. According to censor report 'A Massage scene' has been chopped off from the film. The film'ss certified length is is 2 hours 26 mins 34 secs. 

The British censors BBFC censored the film yesterday and granted the film '12 A' certificate, means Cinema release suitable for 12 years and over. Censor report says film has moderate violence & gore. The Approved Running time is 146m 33s. The reporter furhter states the following

There are scenes of moderate violence, including multiple punches, kicks and blows with the impact of each blow heightened by the loud sound effects. There are gun shootings which result in small blood spurts, a head-butt, and a scene in which punches result in rib cage bones being broken, depicted in an x-ray style. There is some gory injury when a man and a woman fall to the ground from a suicidal jump and they are seen lying with blood around their heads. There are Hindi and English uses of mild bad language (e.g. 'saala', 'bloody', 'damn', 'shit').

Film will hit the screens worldwide on July 25th

Kerala Box Office - 2014 Half Year Exclusive Report

Kerala Box Office - 2014 Half Year Exclusive Report

6 Months into 2014, lets look at how how Kerala Box Office performed so far this year. Total 91 Malayalam film released till June 27th including 10 Dubbed ones. The Top grossers are

1. Bangalore Days

The first blockbuster of the year is the mega multi starrer Bangalore Days. The film is also the first and biggest success in Malayalam by a Women Film Director. With Ramzan fasting beginning from tomorrow June 29th) it will be interesting to see whether the film will beat Mayamohini & T20 to grab the 3rd or 2nd biggest hit of all time title.The film is a huge success in 'Rest of India' markets too grossing around 6 crores, becoming the 2nd biggest hit following Drishyam.

Gross - 19.61 crore in 29 Days 

Distributors Share - 8.64 crore

2. Ring Master

Another summer vacation, another Dileep hit. The film was made for ladies and Kids and it worked out well thanks to the target audience. As usual critics thrashed it and mass audience accepted it. The film didn't take a great opening but sustained through out as the Vishu releases slowly faded out.

Gross - 14.56 crore 75 days

Distributors Share - 6.15 crore

3. How Old Are You HOAY

Ladies were queuing up for the film from FDFS. Even though competition with Mr Fraud hurt the film in the initial days later the film picked up as Fraud went down. Thanks to the strong support from Family, especially Women, audience the film attained Super hit status. Its also the biggest grossing Women oriented film in Malayalam.

Gross 12.25 crore 42 days

 Distributors Share - 5.15 crore 

4. Ohm Shanthi Oshaana OSO

2014 is a rare year for Mollywood as two Women oriented film attained huge success, first OSO, then HOAY. The film made Nazriya a household name and the most popular Malayalam actress since Manju Warrier, looking at the response she is getting in theaters.

 Gross - About 10 crores

5. Mr Fraud

The film took a thunderous opening and had the biggest 1st week of the year (which BD later broke). Fighting social media activists and critics the film attained success thanks to the mega opening. Unlike Grandmaster the film was a disappointment at Outside Kerala markets. 

Gross - about 9.5 crore

 Distributors Share - 4.25 crore

6. Jilla

Film featuring 2 of the biggest mass super stars @ Kerala Box office raked in 2.63 crore, the biggest ever, on day 1. But the insignificant role Mohanlal got proved to be a curse for the film. The Drishyam Tsunami also affected it greatly as the film couldn't create life time records as far as Tamil films are concerned.

Gross - about 9.5 crore

 Distributors Share - 3.5 crore 

7. 7th Day

The film surprisingly took a huge opening, Prithviraj's biggest, despite low key promotions and not even a trailer being released.  The film got mixed reviews and couldn't sustain the early momentum.

Gross - 9-9.5crore

Distributors Share - about 3.75 crore

8. 1983 

The film got tremendous reviews which helped the film which began in a low key manner to acheive HIT status in the long run. The successful run of Nivin Pauly in 2014 began with this film.

Gross 7.5 crore

Maan Karate - the biggest Tamil hit of 2014 so far, in Kerala,  based on Returns on Investment. The rights were purchased for 15 lakhs and the total gross is about 1 crore. 

Among dubbed films Bhaiyya (Yevadu) was average while Lucky The Racer (Race Gurram) did above average business, while all others where wash outs.

Among Hindi films 2 States was a huge hit, and now Ek Villain took good opening.

Among Hollywood films X-Men Days of Future Past is the biggest hit of 2014 so far.



* Figures are approximate values and may not necessarily be exact. Actual Figures might be slightly different

Thattathin Marayathu Telugu Remake - Exclusive Details

Blockbuster Malayalam hit of 2012 'Thattathin Marayathu' gets a Telugu remake. The film will be directed by Sasikiran, daughter of famous Telugu actor MS Narayana. New face Dileep and Parul will play the lead role made memorable by Nivin Pauly & Isha Talwar in the original. Shaan Rahman who composed music for the original will be working in the remake as well. As per Music Director's update recording of the songs of Thattathin Marayathu Telugu is almost over. Hemachandra, Chaitra and Rakendu Mouli along with singing  also wrote the lyrics for the songs. Sachin Warrier and Remya Nambeesan will be singing "Muddu muddu" which is the Telugu version of hit track 'Muthuchuppi'.Filming will begin shortly and the film will hit the screens soon.


'Thattathin Marayathu' was a Rom-Com which told the love story of a Hindu/Nair Boy and a Muslim Girl.