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Vineeth Sreenivasan, who delivered a blockbuster hit with Hridayam earlier this year, has wrapped up the shoot of his next directorial venture, Varshangalkku Shesham. The film, which translates to After Many Years, features an ensemble cast of Pranav Mohanlal, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Dhyan Sreenivasan, Nivin Pauly, Aju Varghese, Basil Joseph, Neeraj Madhav, Neeta Pillai, Arjun Lal, Nikhil Nair, Shaan Rahman, and Vineeth himself.

The film, which is produced by Visakh Subramaniam under the banner of Merryland Cinemas, has been shot in over 50 locations across Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh. The film took 40 days to complete, with a crew of over 200 members and a cast of more than 1000 artists. The film is expected to be a coming-of-age drama that explores the lives of a group of friends over three different phases.

Vineeth Sreenivasan took to social media to announce the wrap of the film and thanked the entire team for their hard work and dedication.

Morgan Neville’s company Tremolo Productions is officially in production of an untitled Andy Kaufman documentary alongside Josh and Benny Safdie’s Elara Pictures. The Emmy-nominated Alex Braverman will direct the feature-length film.

“No matter how many times I watch Andy Kaufman’s work, I feel like I’m seeing a magic trick for the very first time,” Braverman said. “I’m excited for our project to honor that. This is the film I’ve wanted to make my entire life.”

The Safdie brothers will executive produce the project alongside Rick Rubin and Braverman’s father Chuck Braverman, who produced Kaufman’s 1980 special “Andy Kaufman Plays Carnegie Hall.” Wavelength founder and CEO Jennifer Westphal also will executive produce.

Wavelength and Tremolo had previously worked together on the 2018 Mr. Roger’s documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” directed by Neville. This documentary also marks the second time Neville and Rubin have worked together on a project,...

CinemaHelmed by Vineeth Srinivasan, the Malayalam romantic drama hit the big screens on January 21 this year.PTIDisney Plus HotstarBollywood filmmaker and producer Karan Johar announced on Friday, March 25 that his production banner Dharma Entertainment and Fox Star Studios have bagged the rights of Malayalam movie Hridayam. The Vineeth Srinivasan directorial featured Mollywood star Mohanlal's son actor Pranav Mohanlal in the lead, while actors Dharshana Rajendran and Kalyani Priyadarshan were roped in to play the female leads. The coming-of-age romantic-drama released in theatres worldwide on January 21 this year and attained critical and commercial success. Taking to Twitter, the 49-year-old filmmaker expressed his excitement over buying the rights of the movie for three languages -- Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. “I am so delighted and honoured to share this news with you. Dharma Productions & Fox Star Studios have acquired the rights to a beautiful, coming-of-age love story, #Hridayam in Hindi, Tamil & Telugu...

Mollywood‘Hridayam’ is touted to be a musical with 15 tracks by singers including Ks Chitra, Sachin Warrier, Unni Menon and even actor Prithviraj.Tnm StaffThe filming of Hridayam, an upcoming movie directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan, is completed. Vineeth一 who acts, sings, writes, produces and directs films in Malayalam一 posted on Facebook about 'packing up' the film. "What a spectacular journey it has been so far!! Hopefully the testing times will pass and we’ll be able to bring the film to you guys soon.. And yes, the dream has always been a theatrical release and we are still holding on to it.. please do keep us in prayers!! #hridayam (sic)," Vineeth posted. The wrap-up photo has the film's male lead actor, Pranav Mohanlal, with Vineeth and two others, holding the clapboard together. Hridayam has Pranav, Kalyani Priyadarshan and Darshan Rajendran playing lead roles. An early poster showed the three of them lying down,...

MollywoodFrom the old to the new, here are seven unusually intense love stories from the Malayalam film industry.Neelima MenonRomance as a genre remains largely underexplored in Malayalam cinema. We’ve had love at first sight narratives like Aniyathipravu, Ohm Shanti Oshana, Ennennum Kannettante and Thattathin Marayathu, tragic romantic dramas like Ennu Ninde Moideen, Annayum Rasoolum and Innale, celestial love like Njan Gandharvan, romcoms like Salt N Pepper, Neelakasham Pacha Kadal Chuvanna Bhoomi, Thanneer Mathan Dinangal, forbidden love like Ore Kadal and a fantasy fringed romance like Nandanam. At other times, there have been incredible moments of romance encrusted in unlikely films like Bhoothakannadi , the multiple romances in Venu Nagavally’s Swagatham and Kalipattam, an affair that spills over with lust but ends movingly in Mathilukal, a man torn between guilt and love in Thoovanathumbikal and the coming-of-age narrative of a lad who experiences love at various stages of his life in Premam.

At 33, this engineer-turned-actor is one of the most sought-after stars in the Malayalm film industry.

After debuting in Vineeth Srinivasan’s Malarvaadi Arts Club in 2010, Nivin Pauly was seen in minuscule roles in several multi-starrers until Vineeth offered him the lead role in Thattathin Marayathu a year later.

Vineeth Sreenivasan, son of popular Malayalam actor Sreenivasan, is a multi-talented film personality. He is an accomplished playback singer, lyricist, actor, director, producer and screenwriter. While Vineeth made his debut as actor with Cycle in 2008, his maiden directorial was the hit flick Malarvadi Arts Club in 2010. He then went on to direct critically acclaimed films such as Thattathin Marayathu and Jacobinte Swargarajyam.

Mumbai, Dec 21: Isha Sharvani who created ripples on the stage of Sony TV’s dance reality show “Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 5” will be making her Mollywood debut. She will be seen in the upcoming movie “Anju Sundarikal”, a love story by Samir Thahir. Nivin Pauly will be cast opposite the dancing star in the flick. Nivin romanced with Isha Talwar in “Thattathin Marayathu” which became a hit film. And so now he will be romancing with the beautiful Isha Sharvani onscreen.

As we all know, Isha Sharvani made her entry in Bollywood with “Kisna” which had Vivek Oberoi in the lead role. Though the Subash Ghai film did not fare well at the.

Pacha, a Bolivian film by Héctor Ferreiro will open the first edition of the Kochi International Film Festival today. The festival that will run from December 16-23 will be inaugurated by Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy.

The festival will screen films from Latin America, Europe, Asia and USA, apart from films on the 100 Years of Indian Cinema and Centenary of Masters.

A total of 50 international films and 24 Indian films will be screened. Five films from Thailand, eight from Poland six films from Iran will be a part of the international section. While 18 Malayalam, one Tulu film and three Hindi films are in the line-up.

Line up of films:

100 Years of Indian Cinema

Malayalam Golden 10:

Elippathayam (The Rat Trap) by Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Chidambaram by G. Aravindan

Danny by T. V. Chandran

Amma Ariyan by John Abraham

Oppol by K. S. Sethumadhavan

Nirmalyam by M. T. Vasudevan Nair

Uppu by Pavithran

Olavum Theeravum by P.