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EntertainmentFounded by Vivek Ramadevan, Catalyst is said to provide a range of services such as celebrity management, project designing, movie marketing, public relations and casting, under one umbrella.Tnm StaffFacebook/ Catalyst Entertainment ConsultancyThe website of Catalyst Entertainment Consultancy, said to be one of the first entertainment consultancies for the Malayalam film industry, was launched by Mollywood star Mammootty on July 15. It has been started by Vivek Ramadevan, an Mba graduate from Psg College of Technology, who has 20 years of experience in celebrity management and PR. In a Facebook post, he extended his gratitude to actor Mammooty for being supportive and helping him with the process in the initial days. Thanking Mammootty, Vivek wrote, “From sending me to a debutant Blessy who was looking for a new heroine, to giving me Dulquer's number when Aopl, Sreenath and Vini wanted to make Second Show and trusting me, to giving me an opportunity with Peranbu and Mamangam,...

InterviewAnna, who was noted in her debut film ‘Kumbalangi Nights’, talks about playing the lead in ‘Helen’, a survival thriller directed by Mathukutty Xavier.CrisSitting at her home in Kochi, Anna Ben listened as director Mathukutty Xavier narrated the story of Helen, a new film. She liked how he was making it all very visual. It was going to be his first feature film, Anna’s second. Her first, Kumbalangi Nights, had done insanely well. But it didn’t occur to Anna that she should choose her second carefully, that there’d be expectations from her. She used a simple formula to choose: she should enjoy working in the film. “I don’t know if there’d be such expectations, it hasn’t struck me like that. I liked how Mathukutty made it all very visual, scene by scene. I also felt assured by the fact that Vineeth Sreenivasan (actor-singer-director) was producing it,...

Kochi, Feb 14: Director Ranjan Pramod, who is back after a sabbatical of six years with his latest film "Rose Guitarinal", seems to be in an experimental mode. He has teamed up with new faces and even canned a song in a single shot with no cuts.

"The song 'Chutti Varum Katte' from the movie will be the first Malayalam song taken in a single shot with no cuts," said the popular scriptwriter-turned-director.

"Rose Guitarinal", a musical romantic saga, to be released later this month, features a whole array of new faces on the screen and off the screen.

The movie, produced by Subair under the Varnachitra banner, is the.