Mammootty stays connected!

Mammootty has become the first actor in south to buy the new ipad , after his recent trip to the US.

Says Mammootty: “I’m a gadget geek and technology fascinates me. It’s a passion of mine to own every new device for technological advancement in the visual medium.”

Remember more than a decade back, Mammooka was the first actor in south India to make his own web site, when internet had just come in to India. He has the latest fully loaded gadgets and also knows to use them.

Mammootty is one actor who is constantly browsing the net and picking up vital information which allows him to stay ahead. As the star himself confessed : “ I use technology to stay connected with the people and the world.”

Mammootty’s Shikari takes on Mohanlal’s Shikar

Mammootty has started the work of his first Kannada film Shikari near Bangalore. The Megastar has just returned from US, after a 40 day holiday and well deserved break.

Back home he has enough reasons to celebrate as his Pokkiri Raja is a super hit. However the actor has decided to do the first schedule of his Kannada film. Mammootty’s Shikari has him playing a dual role as an IT professional and a hunter who comes as a fantasy character.

At the launch of the film Mammoottty said he liked the script of award winning director Abhaya Simha. The film is set in the pre- and post-independence times. A search is on by the filmmakers for a suitable heroine for the star. The film is being made as a bilingual in Kannada and Malayalam.

Meanwhile Mohanlal is doing a film with Padmakumar with a similar sounding title Shikar. Both the films have been slotted for release on Ramzan day. The fans are already excited about the Shikari versus Shikar battle on September 10.

‘Cinemakatha’ is Mammootty's next

Mammootty, who is presently on an American tour, will join the sets of his next movie with debutant director Martin Prakkat, by the first week of next month. The movie which is titled as ‘Oru Cinemakatha’ will feature Mammootty as a teacher who has a secret but intense liking for acting in movies.

Produced by Naushad in the banner of Big Screen, the movie's story will also be by the director who is originally a famous fashion photographer based in Kerala. Famous cinematographer Ajayan Vincent will come together for the first time, with the megastar shooting for the film at locales in Kochi and Ottapalam.

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Mammootty is the most popular Malayali

Megastar Mammootty has been selected as the most popular Malayali in the world in a poll conducted by the Asian Television Awards.

The poll was conducted by Asian Television Awards 2010, which were held in Dubai on Friday (May 14).

Mammootty beat Mohanlal and Resul Pookutty to clinch the Most Popular Malayali title in a world-wide gallop poll. Mammootty, who turned up at the event said: "This award proves that it has not affected the Malayalis' judgment. This award proves that no outside force was able to displace the icons in their mind.”

Later in his acceptance speech the actor said: "I am incredibly happy and thankful to all those Malayalis who chose me as their dearest star and I am proud of each and every Malayali in the Gulf, Kerala and the world over.”

Pokkiri Raja beats T:20 record!

Mammootty and Prithviraj’s mass masala entertainer Pokkiri Raja, has created box-office history by collecting a distributors share of Rs 2 crore 21 lakhs in its opening week from 110 screens in India (90 of them are in Kerala).

As per trade sources: “Pokkiri Raja has scored at the box-office by beating the existing record of Twenty:20, which did Rs 2.03 crore in the first week. The single biggest share is from Kozhikode Apsara (Rs 8.75 lakh), followed by Kavita, Ernakulam (Rs 7.67 lakh).

The critics may not like the film, but masses are freaking out on it. However the trade is not willing to give Mammootty full credit for the film. Says a theatre owner from Malabar area of the state where the film is doing extraordinary business: “ Mammooka appears only towards the interval point of the film. It is Prithviraj who carries the show. I would give the younger actor 55 percent for the success of the film.” Says a prominent theatre owner from Thiruvananthapuram district: “Both Mammookka and Prithviraj fans worked in tandem for the success of the film.” Any which way you lookPokkiri Raja, is surely the biggest hit of the year so far.

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