INDIAN CINEMAS LEGEND LALETTAN MOVIES

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He was born in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala, in the Southern part of India on 21st May 1960.

In picture a room that I have never seen, that of his childhood, youth hot as it would be in the southern part of India, in a coffee house sitting around the table is a group of young energetic BCom. students of MG College. The passion for cinema was driving them. They didn't have any experience and no prospect but had the will to do it and thus they formed a company called 'Bharath Cine Group'.

The lights are on 'Thiranottam'. On the screen is our own Prince Lal. The clapboard held afront, lal is infront of the camera. "Lights Camera Action..." and it got rolling on the 4th day of September 1978 at 11.30 AM on Kesavadev Road, in front of lal's house in Mudavanmugal. The team includes Suresh Kumar, Unni, Priyan, S Kumar, Ashok Kumar and more. But then, money that is what they didn't have. The location was Lal's Mudavinmugal house, Suresh's house and the surroundings. Lal was in the role of a mentally retarded servent named 'Kuttappan'. Somehow they completed the movie but the censer board stood against their hard work. They stopped the release by saying that it contains some scenes which is not acceptable... But they somehow managed to get special sanction from the Indian President and they released the movie in a theatre at Kollam. They didn't givenup by their first experience. Passion for cinema was in them for they arranged some money from a financer and started off for Madras by train.
es it was their first journey to Madras. They were welcomed by the great city and was at Room No:3 of the famous Swamy's Lodge. But things were not smooth. It was a big city infront of them wide open to the cinema world.

One morning they were casually going through the Malayala Manorama daily when they sighted an ad for new faces in a malayalam movie. Why don't we give a try. Lal took a couple of snaps at the near by studio. He looked at them. He was never convinced with his photos and decided not to apply. He said with a sigh "It is not my baby...". "You don't have to invent a face for yourselves, you have one" said Suresh, upon learning the story of him not applying because the photo was bad. Suresh well aware of Lal's capabilities as an actor, send that photos to the addressed without Lal's knowledge.

The next day lal received a telegram asking him to attend an interview. He was infront of Fazil, Sibimalayil, Jijo etc., where he showed his abilities. Fazil noticed him. Yes he was the villan whom they where looking for.

The panel decided to call him and thus he made his first appearence in Fazil's "Manjil Virinja Pookkal" in the beautiful land of Kodaikkanal. The movie was a great success. Baskets of flowers were showered upon this great movie. Everyone played their part well but one said:"Take a look at this villan my friends, he will become a great actor one day".

Now the frame shifts to a cool morning of 1986, that day the sunrise bring a new news to us malayalees.

"The news about the birth of a Prince"

The crowning of the Prince was on the previous day when the all time super megahit 'Rajavinte Makan' was released. After that day he never looked back.

State Awards, National Awards, Padmasree... what's next...?

Once during the shooting of Vanaprastham a French Technician said: "He is the man born in the wrong side of the world; if he is in some other country he may already got the OSCAR AWARD." No he was wrong, we know that the country is not a constraint for him, he already reached the Cannes Festival.

Now we know what next....

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SHIKKAR will be a biggest ramzan release.RELEASING TOMORROW WITH 80 AND MORE centers.

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SAW FIRST SHOW . FANTASTIC PERFORMENCE BY
LALETTAN. NICE MOVIE. WILL BE A SUPER HIT.
CELEBRATIONS GOING ON PALAKKAD PRIYA THEATRE.

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‘Shikaar’ opens with good response
IndiaGlitz [Friday, September 10, 2010]

After an year from his ‘Bhramaram’, Mohanlal finally has a release that may satisfy most of his fans. The superstar's latest ‘Shikaar’, the first release of the Ramzan season opened in 101 centres across three states. The movie made it to 83 theatres yesterday in Kerala, with positive responses from the first day audiences.

‘Shikaar’ has some fantastic performances from Mohanlal and Samuthirakani. It also features four songs and some daring fight sequences and is expected to end the drought of big hits for Mohanlal. The movie directed by M Padmakumar in the script of S Suresh Babu, is taking on Mammootty's ‘Pranchiyettan And The Saint’ and Lal Jose's ‘Elsamme Enna Aanakutty’ which will get into theatres on Friday.

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http://sify.com/movies/malayalam/ful...8&cid=14625530



Kerala Box-Office (September 1 to 16)
Saturday, 18 September , 2010, 16:55

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It's boom time at the Kerala box-office. Ramzan has kick started the theatre collections. All three Ramzan releases- Mohanlal's Shikar, Mammootty's Pranchiyettan and the Saint and Lal Jose's Elsamma Enna Aankutty, have been appreciated and is likely to sail through.

Mohanlal's Padmakumar directed Shikar, which released on September 9 in Kerala, Chennai and Bangalore has taken extraordinary opening in 110 screens. The film has grossed an astounding Rs 5 crore 47 lakhs in 8 days from 110 screens, which is phenomenal by any yardstick. It would have taken a distributors share of around Rs 2.10 Crore.' The film is the clear number one at the Kerala box-office this Ramzan.

Way down at number two is Lal Jose directed Elsamma Enna Aankutty, which has grossed Rs 1.54 Crore from 63 releasing centers in Kerala. The film has been appreciated and is sure to be a sleeper hit.

At number three is Mammootty highly raved about Pranchiyettan and the Saint. Ranjith has proved once again that he can make critically acclaimed movies which are different and enjoyable for lovers of good cinema. The film has grossed Rs 1.42 Crore in a week from 61 screens in Kerala. The film made on a shoe string budget and on a single schedule will definitely cover its cost from theatricals and make profits on its satellite and Home video rights.

In the fourth place is Salman Khan's Dabangg, which opened to full houses in 20 odd screens in Kerala and is a hit. At number five is Vinayan's Yakshiyum Njanum, which has been shifted to smaller centers.

[vishwwa]

Hasn't Shikkar turned out to be the biggest ever opening in malayalam cinema...??.......heard like that from a friend who knows about the trade...
but has it overcome 'Twenty20' collxns which was the biggest till now..?

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'Shikaar' wins the final race
IndiaGlitz [Tuesday, September 28, 2010]



'Shikaar' has emerged the final winner in the Ramzan race. The movie which had a grand opening on its first couple of days, has managed to continue with the trend for the first couple of weeks in almost all major centres.

The movie is said to have brought in a distributor share of 3.5 crores from its first two weeks.

Meanwhile, Mammootty's latest release 'Vande Mathram’- a bilingual with Arjun, has bombed in the Box Office. The movie made in a 7-8 crore budget may fail to bring in not more than 3 crores from its BO run. The case of the movie in the Tamil BO is also uncertain. The producer of the movie Henry is alleging the lack of cooperation of Mammootty as a serious reason for his movies failure at the Box Office.

“The film was delayed due to Mammootty's lack of interest in the project. He seems to have sleep walked through the film and couldn't do the final action sequences with the needed intensity. We were forced to chop off some portions which were badly done by him”, laments Henry.

Meanwhile, the other movie in the theatres 'Elsamma Enna Aankutty' is moving to stronger proportions with a steady audience even in its third week. In some centres, this movie by Lal Jose has more number of viewers than 'Shikaar', which is already acclaimed as a hit.