Lead actors and former couple Dileep and Manju Warrier will meet head on this Christmas. Both of them has big budget movies gearing up for release. For Dileep, it is 'Two Countries' directed by Shafi. The movie was shot mainly at Canada. The movie stars Mamta Mohandas as Dileep's lead heroine. 'Two Countries' will release on the 24th of December. Meanwhile, Manju Warrier's 'Jo and the Boy' directed by Rojin Thomas and starring Sanoop Santhosh in title role will also have a Christmas release. The actress herself hinted at this though no date has been forthcoming yet for the release. Both the movies are expected to take the box office by storm.
The London schedule of 'White' has been wrapped up. The team had been shooting in London for over a month. 'White' is being directed by Uday Ananthan. Huma Querishi is Mammootty's heroine in the movie. Mammootty plays a billionaire financial consultant. His relationship with a 25 year old played by Huma is what the movie deals with. 'Pathemari's' production house, Eros movies is producing this movie. 'White' will have one more schedule and the team has arrived in India for the same.
It not a much known fact that Rachana Narayankutty was once a married woman. The actress revealed about her failed marriage and subsequent divorce to a popular magazine. The actress said that hers was an arranged marriage. Her parents had inquired about the groom and had fixed the wedding. She was a private school teacher then. She got married to Arun Sadasivan in 2011, but reveals that she was abused mentally and physically. The marriage lasted just 19 days. She filed for divorce in 2012 which was granted soon after. Meanwhile she started working for Radio Mango and then on to Marimayam. Rachana has by now managed to carve a niche for herself in tinsel town.
Ranjith had been on the wait to finalize a cast for his upcoming movie 'Leela', which is all about the love affair between a mahout and an orphan girl. Playing the titular role of Leela is actress Parvathy Nambiar, who was seen in 'Ezhu Sundraa Rathrikal'. Ranjith finalised her after watching her stage performance. A few other actresses including Rima Kallingal, Karthika, Ann Augustine et al were considered for the role earlier. The controversial nature of the role had made some of them opt out. Biju Menon is doing the male lead in the movie. The role was previously offered to Mohanlal, Mammootty and Shankar Ramakrishnan, all of whom opted out due to various reasons. The movie is based on a story of the same title by Unni R. Unni is scripting the movie.
No much has been revealed about Manju Warrier's role in 'Jo and the Boy', The actress plays a very unique character in the movie. Her character is named Joyal Mary John aka Jo. She is a computer tutor at a school. Jo is very immature for her age. She has this childhood fantasy which she hopes to fulfill one day. In her journey, she meets a boy named Chris played by Sanoop. He is more mature than his age. Their life is pictured in the narrative. Directed by Rojin Thomas, the character was a eye opener for Manju who was feeling sick of doing the 'unhappy wife' roles.
Actress Bhavana has been away from mainstream cinema for a while now. Though she had done a few movies including 'Ivide', the talented actress is keeping a low profile. There were speculations that the interference of a popular actor in her career in what kept her away. The social media was abuzz that Dileep was behind this because she supported Manju Warrier. The Dileep- Bhavana pair was quite a hit, but they are not on talking terms now. Bhavana, without revealing any names revealed that a popular actor has been taking away her chances by asking makers to deny her roles in their movies. She says that a friend of hers had come to her for help and that she had helped her thinking that she could also be in that same situation. She also added that the friend was having family problems at that time. This lull in her career has actually helped the actress in choosing better roles as well as keeping her ideals of good script and good pay intact.
Parvathy Rateesh is on a roll. The 'Madhuranaranga' heroine is getting a few interesting offers. The blue eyed actress is currently shooting for 'Vakku' directed by Sujith S Nair. Her brother Pranav Rateesh will be essaying a pivotal role in this movie. Another upcoming movie for the actress is one scripted by Vinod Guruvayoor. The movie will have three principle characters. Joining Parvathy is Chemban Vinod and Kishore. The trio will essay the lead roles in the movie. the movie is all about how the three of them meet. This movie is expected to go on floors by January next year.
