Gabbar Sing 2 to arrive soon

Gabbar Singh 2 To Arrive Soon!

Power Star will be back soon with Gabbar Singh 2, the Muhurat Function of which happened at Filmnagar Temple in Hyderabad last week. Gabbar Singh, which was released in 2012 had set a record of being the highest grossing movie in Tollywood in recent memory. The movie will be directed by Sampath Nandi and is produced by Sharrath Marar. The music will be composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The shoot of the movie is expected to begin in April and Pawan Kalyan will be acting in the movie along with the Telugu remake of Oh My God. The heroine and the rest of the cast is yet to be finalized.

It is expected that Gabbar Singh 2 will be high on action and comedy just like Gabbar Singh. The people behind the movie says that the movie will not be a sequel or prequel and the only constant would be the police officer protagonist played by Power Star. Another important factor that will work for the movie is the music by DSP, who is on a roll after delivering superb music in 1-Nenokkadine. DSP's music in Gabbar Singh was widely appreciated.

It is going to be festival time for Power Star and DSP fans this Dusshera season when the movie is expected to hit the theatres.  

Nivin Pauly: New Star On The Block

Nivin Pauly: The New Star On The Block

Saumesh Thimbath

Even while the sheen of 'new generation' is waning fast, many talented youngsters which the deluge brought with it has build successful careers. One such success story is Nivin Pauly's. Nivin made his debut in Vineeth Sreenivasan's first directorial outing, Malarvadi Arts Club, and subsequently hit a high with the director's second feature Thattathin Marayath. Thattathi Marayath did to Nivin what Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai did for Hritik Roshan – he became the hottest and sexiest Malayalam actor overnight. Then followed characters like an ordinary fisherman in Sathyan Anthikkad's Puthiya Theerangal, a scheming and villainous godman in Aashiq Abu's Da Thadiya and an NRI who does not take pride in being called an Indian in Shyamaprasad's English. Next was Alphonse Putharen's Neram, which became a roaring success taking Nivin's popularity and satellite value to newer heights.

2014 started with a bang for Nivin. Fashion photographer Abrid Shine's first feature 1983 is running to packed houses three weeks after its release. Nivin's portrayal of Rameshan, a die hard fan of Sachin and

a local cricketing hero, who realizes his dreams of being a professional player through his son, has earned praise from many directors including Priyadarshan and Jeethu Joseph. The movie, which was also a tribute to the cricketing genius that is Sachin, has struck a chord with the audience who has not completely come to terms with his retirement. His next release, directed by another debutant Jude Anthany Joseph, Om Shanthi Osana, was released a week later to register a massive theatrical performance.

Nivin Pauly is undoubtedly the most happening young actor in Malayalam at present. Nivin's humble demeanor and lack of any airs adds to his popular appeal.

Making of a remake

Copy-Act

M K Sinu

Expecting a slam-dunk hit, producers are making a beeline to the remake of last year Malayalam money-churner ‘Drishyam.’ For a material that has yielded bounty in Malayalam, there is a market outside Kerala, too – by sheer movie market size in each language. Linguistically speaking, in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, & Kannada. Big theatrical markets. Some booty to be made there.

Ever wondered why our movie going junta never like watching the original with subtitles? The reason, we are subtitle-phobic. We believe subtitles are preserve of art films. And that's surely the reason for the continuing remake. Prabhu Deva made a career out of South remakes in Bollywood.  

 

Coming to the fact of the matter. We have Venkatesh & Meena in Telugu, Kamal Hassan and Ravichandra in Tamil and Kannada respectively for Drishyam’s remake.

Hindi remake is in the pipeline. The scout is on for a superstar who has to act father of 2 adolescent daughters. Hard to find. Heroes don’t age on-screen in Bollywood. Ergo, change the script to suit the Hero. Too true to believe. Right?

Now the change in the script. Ekta Kapoor who has acquired the remake rights in Hindi just discovered – Drishyam is reportedly inspired by Japanese author Keigo Higashino's book, ‘The Devotion Of Suspect X.’ She now plans to make a film based on this book. Being presumptuous.      

 

We’ll have to give in to our ticket-buying public. They love watching a hit film from other language in the language they speak or understand. Some unalloyed joy of cinema.

Last heard, Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi starrer Ishquiya is to be remade in Tamil with Mohanlal and Arya in the lead. If my memory is serving me right, Abhishek Chaubey’s second instalment Dedh Ishqiya had a theatrical release with subtitles. For the record, Dedh Ishquiya is a commercial hit.