Truly,
this
Christmas
season
was
a
big
disappointment
for
all
filmgoers
in
Kerala.
Firstly,
we
did
not
have
any
superstar
movies
released
during
Christmas.
Secondly,
there
were
only
two
big
movies
in
the
season:
Prithviraj's
Lollypop
and
Dileep's
Crazy
Gopalan,
which
both
miserably
failed
to
meet
the
expectations
of
the
festival
season!
In
fact,
three
superstar
films
(Red
Chillies,
Vande
Mataram
and
Love
in
Singapore)
were
initially
planned
as
Christmas
releases,
but
were
all
postponed
to
January
2009
at
the
last
minute.
Now,
passionate
moviegoers
in
Kerala
currently
have
no
option
except
to
just
wait
for
January
2009,
a
month
of
six
big
banner
films
releasing.
Mammootty's
Love
in
Singapore,
Mohanlal's
Red
Chillies,
Raj
Babu's
Dileep
starrer
Colours,
Jayaram's
Samasathakeralam
P.O.,
Suresh
Gopi's
comedy
flick
Hailesa
and
V.M.
Vinu
Sreenivasan's
Makante
Achan
are
the
six
major
films
scheduled
to
grace
theatres
in
January
2009.
Produced
by
MHM
films,
Love
In
Singapore
presents
Mammootty
as
'Aakry
Machu',
a
man
who
rose
to
financial
heights
after
starting
his
life
as
a
scrap
dealer.
Tamil
and
Telugu
actor
Navneet
Kaur
is
the
heroine.
Also
in
the
cast
are
Suraj
Venjaramoodu,
Salimkumar,
Harishree
Ashokan,
Rajan
P.
Dev,
Lalu
Alex
and
Nedumudi
Venu.
Love
In
Singapore
is
expected
to
hit
theatres
by
the
last
week
of
January.
Red
Chillies,
directed
by
Shaji
Kailas,
is
the
first
release
by
superstar
Mohanlal
in
2009.
Produced
by
Ranjith
under
the
banner
of
Rajaputhra
Movies,
Red
Chillies
is
a
murder
mystery
revolving
around
a
gang
of
nine
Radio
Jockeys
working
with
FM
919.1.
Mohanlal's
character
is
named
Omar,
an
NRI
businessman
settled
in
the
Gulf
and
running
this
radio
station
in
Kerala.
The
film
will
feature
a
gang
of
girls
who
appear
as
Radio
Jockeys.
Dileep
is
back
again
with
another
full-fledged
comedy
entertainer
Colours,
which
will
feature
him
as
a
blind
man.
This
is
the
second
time
Dileep
enacts
the
role
of
a
blind
person.
Chess
was
the
first
movie
in
which
je
played
a
blind
man
seeking
revenge
against
a
group
of
policemen.
Scripted
by
V.C.
Ashok,
Colours
is
produced
by
Aroma,
one
of
the
oldest
production
houses
in
Malayalam.
Vinu
Mohan
plays
an
important
role
in
the
film.
Roma
is
the
heroine.
After
the
super
success
of
Veruthe
Oru
Bharya,
script
writer
K.
Gireeshkumar
once
again
teams
up
with
Jayaram
in
Samasthakerlam
P.O.,
directed
by
Bibin
Prabhakar.
The
film
is
produced
by
Howley
Pottoore
under
the
banner
of
Dream
Team
Productions.
Debutante
Serah
is
the
heroine.
Director
Thaha's
Hailesa,
starring
action
hero
Sureshgopi
in
the
lead,
is
an
action
based
comedy
thriller,
produced
by
Jagatheesh
Chandran
under
the
banner
of
Kichu
films.
This
is
the
second
time
in
his
career
that
Sureshgopi
teams
up
with
Thaha.
(The
first
was
Thaha's
debut
venture
Varnam.)
Hailesa
also
has
Vijayaraghavan,
Cochin
Haneefa,
Bheeman
Raghu,
Salim
Kumar,
Biju
Kuttan,
Kalasala
Babu,
Narayanan
Kutty
and
Jaffer
Idukki
in
major
roles.
Director
V.M.
Vinu's
Makante
Achan,
a
prestigious
production
of
Seven
Arts
after
their
recent
Rajinikanth
movie
Kuselan,
is
a
family
entertainer
which
revolves
around
a
nuclear
family
consisting
of
a
Village
Officer
Viswanathan
(Sreenivasan),
his
wife
Hema
(Suhasini)
and
their
only
son
Manu
(Vineeth
Sreenivasan).
The
movie
is
planned
as
a
lighthearted
comedy
with
some
family
sentiments.