Voices
Finally viewers of Malayalam cinema will get to their favourite heroines’ voices. Kamal was one of the first to buck the trend and use Kavya’s lovely voice in his award-wining ‘Perumazhakalam.’ Sathyan Anthikkad’s film has Mamta Mohandas dubbing for her character Vidyalakshmi and now Nayantara will lend her voice for her character in Shyamaprasad’s ‘Electra.’
Arabian tale
Blessy is enroute to a new destination. This time he plans to take his viewers to the deserts of West Asia to narrate the story ‘Aadujeevitham,’ based on a tale by Benyamin. Prithviraj will play the lead. “It is a story on a wide canvas and I am still working on the script,” said Blessy. He says it was the story that inspired him to adapt it for the screen. After ‘Bhramaram’ all eyes are bound to be on this film and Prithviraj.
On a roll
Love him or hate him, Prithviraj is one actor who just cannot be ignored. Although his ‘Thanthonni’ did nothing much for the actor or the star, he has much to look forward to this year. Art house director P.T. Kunju Mohammed has cast him in his epic film on freedom fighter Mohammed Abdul Rahman Sahib. “It is a commercial venture that will unfold the story of this remarkable man and his life from April 23, 1921 to November 21, 1945. It will be a slice of political history of Kerala and feature 132 characters. Almost all the leading freedom fighters and politicians of those times will appear in the film,” says P.T. whose last film ‘Paradesi’ had wowed cineastes. Rumours abound that Prithviraj is tipped to play Velu Thampi Dalawa in Viji Thampi’s film.
It’s play time
Another talented versatile musician who has joined the group of singers and actors who are testing their creative boundaries in film city is violinist Balabhaskar. He makes his debut on the screen with a role in ‘Pattinte Palazhi,’ Rajiv Anchal’s musical. He plays a musician in the film that narrates the story of a playback singer.
