10/01/2014

Idea D4 Dance Season2 -(D2)-On Mazhavil Manorama -Audition Details

Mazhavil Manorama Television Channel is going to launch the season 2 of their popular dance reality show Idea D4 Dance.  This program aims to showcase the talent of contestant and eventually find the best dancer.  The sponsors of the show are Idea Cellular Limited.

The season 1 of the Idea D4Dance is currently airing in Mazhavil Manorama  every Friday to Sunday at 8.00 P.M.

The judges Neerav Bavlecha , Prasanna Master, Priyamani  and anchors Jewel&  Govind Padmasoorya are most likely to continue in the Idea D4 Dance Season 2

More Updates : D 4 Dance -Season 2 on Mazhavil Manorama-Contestants, Judges & Anchors 

Audition of Idea D4Dance Season 2
Idea D4 Dance -Season 2  (D2) Reality Show on Mazhavil Manorama coming soon

The channel has invited application to participate in the audition of D for Dance for the next season of the show.  Interested candidates should apply with the following details.

How to apply for Idea D4 Dance Season 2(D2) on Mazhavil Manorama

Send your dance video, full size photograph and biodata to d2@mmtv.in

Age Limit - 9-28 Years.



 

Audition Requirements 
 1. You need to bring one full size photograph
 2. You need to come prepared to perform your favorite dance style on a song of your choice.         Duration: 2 minutes 3.
3. You need to bring your own audio CD for the dance that you are planning to perform at the auditions

D 4 Dance Season 2 Dubai auditions 

Date: 3rd October 2014
Time: 9 am to 5 pm
Venue :inform later

D 4 Dance Season 2 Kerala auditions in Aroor, Alappuzha

Date: 26, 27, 28th of September, 2014
Check in Time: 8.30 am to 11.30 am
Venue : Mazhavil Manorama, MMTV,
Near Aroor Toll Gate, N H Bypass Road, Aroor, Alappuzha- 688534

D 4 Dance Season 2 Mumbai auditions 

Date: 13th of September
Time: 9 am to 5 pm
Venue : Kent star hall,A-19/B, Sagar house,
End of Veera Desai road,2nd left of Fun Republic,Opp. Maruti chamber.
Andheri West, Mumbai.

Read more : Idea D for Dance on Mazhavil Manorama-Contestants, Judges & Anchors 

9/30/2014

Ente Pennu Serial -Cast and Crew | Actors and Actresses of Malayalam TV Serial on Mazhavil Manorama

Ente Pennu is a popular malayalam television serial on Mazhavil Manorama TV. Details of Ente pennu Serial cast are given here.  The actors and actresses of this serial  are very popular faces liked by Malayalam audience. This serial is written by Rajesh  Puthen Purayil and directed by Sreejith Palery.

The serial was launched on 6 October 2014 at 7.00 PM. Ente pennu serial is telecasted every Monday to Friday at 7:00 PM only on Mazhavil Manorama

The other malayalam TV Serials on Mazhavil Manorama include AniyathiAmalaBalamaniBhagyadevatha and  Ival Yamuna .  Most of these serials are very popular among audiences. 

Theme of the Serial Ente Pennu
Ente pennu revolves round the story of four friends and the women in their life.

Cast and Crew of Ente Pennu Serial MazhavilManorama
Director : Sreejith Palery
Writter : Rajesh Puthen Purayil
Producer: Shajeer Ravuthar
Starring : Sharan Puthumana,  Anish Ravi, Yadu Krishnan, Rajeev Parameswar, Vidya, Ambili Devi, Sajitha Betti , Swapna Treasa
Costumes : S Radhakrishnan
Make up :Hakkim Killi
Title Graphics : Nithil Besto
Studio & unit : Guru Movies
Art Direction : Rajiv Idakulam
Assistant Directors: Raphel Cheruvathoor,  Renjith Maukkodu
Background Music : Robin Mallssery
Back ground Sound :Real effects
Sound Recording : Dinesh Pavithreswaram
Editing : Ajay Prasannan
Associaate Director: Vincent Panakudan
Camera :Anpu Mani


Actors, Actresses and the characters of Ente Pennu Serial 
Aneesh Ravi as -Mukundan, later replaced by Sajan Surya
Yadu Krishnan as -Emmanuel Isho
Sharan Puthumana as -Father Joseph Illikkan
Rajeev Parameswar as - Radheyan
Vidya vinu Mohan as -Sathyabhama ; replaced by Leena Nair
Lekshmi as Radha
Ambili Devi as -Meera
Sajitha Betti as Rukmini
Swapna Treasa as Annie
Ashwini as Seetha
Ente Pennu Serial -Actors and Actresses

Vidya in Ente Pennu Serial
Ente Pennu Serial Cast

Ente Pennu - New Malayalam Serial on Mazhavil Manorama


Ente Pennu Serial Actors- Yadu Krishnan, Sharan and Aneesh Ravi

Tags:Ente Pennu Malayalam Serial : picture credit : Ente pennu serial team

9/28/2014

Aswamedham 2014 Season By GS Pradeep on Kairali TV to begin on 6 October 2014

Aswamedham, the reverse quiz show on Kairali will be launched on October 6, 2014. The new season is produced by Santhosh Pali. Grand Master G.S. Pradeep is presenting this show. Kairali started the game show Ashwamedham in 2002, it completed 500 episodes in the 1st season and entered Limca Book of Records.


Aswamedham Show on Kairali TV 
The  auditions of Ashwamedham 2014  was held at various centers in Kerala.

The new season of the  show will have three stages - Yaagam, Yajnam and Rajasooyam.

Unlike earlier seasons the contestants can pick places, personalities, or events for the competition. The number of questions asked by the grand master will also be fewer than earlier seasons. In the earlier seasons nearly 20 questions were asked to find the answer.
Aswamedham Show 2014 was inaugurated by Singer M.G.Sreekumar

9/27/2014

Ente Manasaputhri - Malayalam TV Serial on Asianet

Ente Manasaputhri is a Malayalam television Serial aired on Asianet during July 2007 to May 2010. The climax episode of the serial was telecasted on  21 May 2010.

Theme of the serial
Ente Manasaputhri is the television adaptation of the story 'Punarjanmam' by K.K. Sudhakaran published in manorama weekly. The story revolves round the two orphans -Sofia and Gloria-with very difference nature and temperaments. Sofia (played by Sreekala) is very calm and simple whereas Gloria (played by Archana)is ambitious and extrovert. The serial was very popular among audience that time . The story -mainly on the life and rivalry of Sofia and Gloria - also was on human relationships, of heartaches and misunderstandings, love and jealousy, greed and sacrifice .

Ente Manasaputhri on Asianet


Cast and Crew of the serial Ente Manasaputhri

Production: Sandra Communications
Producer , Project director, Editing, audio design : Biaju Devaraj
Story and conception  : K.K. Sudhakaran
Camera Man : Anpu Mani
Sceen play / Dialogue : Dinesh Pallathu
Director : S. Sudheesh Sankar

Actors and Actresses :

Sreekala, Archana Susheelan, Souparnika, Rajeev, Premkumar, Sreenath, Namitha Pramod, Beena Antony, Sona Nair, Jayan, Suma Jayaram, Fazal Rezi


Awards:
Kalakeralam Television Awards 2007
  • Best actress - Archana (Ente Manasaputhri) 

Fraternity for Arts and Media Entertainment (FRAME) media awards 2008.
  • Best Serial -‘Ente Manasaputhri’ (Asianet)
  • Best female actor -Sreekala Sasidharan (‘Ente Manasaputhri’) 

Prathibha Puraskaram 2009
  • Best Serial -‘Ente Manasaputhri’ (Asianet)
  •  Best Director Sudheesh Shankar ('Ente Manasaputhri')

Lulu Minnale Television Awards 2010
  • Best Co-actors -Fazal Rezi and Souparnika Vijay (Ente Manasaputhri on Asianet) 

9/25/2014

Actor Anoop Menon's Marriage plans revealed

Malayalam Actor , script writter  and lyricist Anoop Menon recently revealed in an interview that he will get married to some one who has no connection with film industry. He plans to get married within an year.


The 38 year -old actor entered the tinsel town when he was 26 years old through the movie Kattu chembakam.


He has acted in many malayalam TV serials and in more than 50 films. He has written scripts for many movies including Pakal nakshathrangal, Beautiful etc .

His upcoming movies are She Taxi with Kavya Madhavan, Pavada with Shobhana & Prithviraj and Dolphins starring Suresh Gopi.


Earlier there was gossips on his marriage with actress Bhavana, his co-star in the movie Angry babies. But both of them denied all the rumours and confirmed that they are just friends.

First Images of Mars from Mangalyaan(MOM) and MAVEN Released

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s   Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan) has successfully reached Mars Orbit on September 24, 2014.  The main objective of this project was to reach Mars and then explore Mar's Atmosphere.


Milestones of this mission
  •  India is the  first country in the world to reach Mars in its first attempt.
  •  India is the fourth country to reach Mars following US, Europe and Russia
  •  India becomes the only Asian country to reach Mars
  •  MOM cost $74 million , it is one-ninth of the cost of NASA's $671 million Maven mission, which also put its spacecraft into Mars orbit this week (21 September 2014)



Following the success of the mission, MOM captured the images of the Mars taken from MOM . ISRO released  the first images of Mars. They are given below.

 ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission captures its first image of Mars. 
 Taken from a height of 7300 km; with 376 m spatial resolution.


The second image released by ISRO

Martian atmosphere as seen from an altitude of 8449 km. 
Image taken using Mars Color Camera on-board ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission


NASA of USA also released the first obeservations from MAVEN. MAVEN is the first spacecraft dedicated to exploring the tenuous upper atmosphere of Mars.

MAVEN Spacecraft Returns First Mars Observations

 NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft has obtained its first observations of the extended upper atmosphere surrounding Mars.

The Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS) instrument obtained these false-color images eight hours after the successful completion of Mars orbit insertion by the spacecraft at 10:24 p.m. EDT Sunday, Sept. 21, after a 10-month journey.

Image credit(ISRO and NASA)

9/23/2014

Oscars : 'Liar's Dice' by Geethu Mohandas is India's official entry for the best foreign language film

National Award winning Hindi Film ' Lias Dice' will be India's offical entry to the Oscars for the best film in foreign language category at the 87th Academy Awards. Liar's Dice, starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Geetanjali Thapa, tells the story of a young mother who takes her daughter to Delhi in search of her missing husband.


'Liar's Dice'  has been chosen by a 12-member jury appointed by the Film Federation of India , and out of a record number of 30 shortlisted films. The film is India's Official Entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the 87th Academy Awards scheduled to take place on February 22, 2015.

This movie directed by Malayalam actress Geethu Mohandas has won two awards at the 61st National Film Awards 2013-Best Actress for Geetanjali Thapa and Best Cinematography for Rajeev Ravi.

Congrats to Geethu Mohandas and Team for this great Achievement.

'Liar's Dice' is Geethu Mohandas's directorial venture. She she had previously made short film Kelkkunndo in 2008, which received wide acclaim and awards including  National Film Award in the  Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Non-Feature Film).

Liars Dice- a Geethu Mohandas Film
Liars Dice- a Geethu Mohandas Film


'Liar's Dice'  had its world premiere at the 2013 Mumbai Film Festival in October 2013, where it took part in the Indian competition section. Next, it was selected for screening at the Sundance Film Festival and International Film Festival Rotterdam. It won a special jury award at Sofia International Film Festival

The official Teaser of the movie Liar's Dice is given below

Oscar Winners from India 

Legendary director Satyajit Ray received an honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement. 
Four Indians have won individual Oscars -

  • Bhanu Athaiya-Best Costume Design for Gandhi
  • Resul Pookutty- Best Sound Mixing for Slumdog Millionaire 
  • A R Rahman-Best Original Score for Slumdog Milllionaire 
  • A R Rahman and Gulzar- Best Original Song for Slumdog Millionaire's Jai Ho.    


Best Film in Foreing Language category
Three Indian submissions have made it to the final five at the Oscars in the past - Mother India (which lost to the winning film Nights in Cabiria by one vote), Salaam Bombay and Lagaan.

Will Liars Dice make to the finals? Let us wait and see.