Prabhu to get doctorate

Popular actor Prabhu, son of thespian Sivaji Ganesan, will be conferred with an honorary doctorate by Sathyabama University, for his contribution to cinema.The actor will be felicitated at the convocation ceremony of the varsity on the university campus on May 12. Prabhu has appeared in over 150 films. After his debut in the film 'Sangili' in 1982, he acted in several movies. Apart from taking the lead role, he has acted in several types of roles, including comedian and character roles.

Sheela with Mohanlal Film

It will be of interest to note that  veteran actress Sheela and Superstar Mohanlal had never acted together for a Malayalam film, though they were in the business for more than thirty years. But now the director of family films, Sathyan Anthikkad is planning to get them together for his next film. This yet to be titled project will have both the actors together in equally important roles. Padmapriya will be heroine to Lal in this movie whose shoot will kick off by the end of May. The movie to be produced by Antony Perumbavoor in he banner of Aashirwad films will also have BijuMenon, Innocent, Mamukoya and K P A C lalitha in other pivotal roles.

Few will also remember that it was Sahthyan Anthikkad who paved a comeback for Sheela to filmdom, with his big hit movie  'Manassinakkare', which also introduced south Indian star Nayanthara to the big screen.

Top 5 movie

With the coming up of school vacations, more and more films are getting released every week, which has made the Mollywood B O, a busy place. But none of the films in the theatres are able to guarantee cent percent collections, though there are also a couple of multistarrers in the offering.The top five movies of the weekend are:

1. China Town - The movie made a very good opening in the first few days, but opinion about a poor second half has made the viewers loss interest in the flick. Anyhow, Chinatown, a multistarrer featuring Mohanlal, Dileep and Jayaram is enjoying a reasonably safe ride with 60-80 percent collections in major centres. The movie may bring back the 9 crores spend on it, in the long run. The movie which opened in 100 centres now survives in 67 stations.

2. Urumi - The multistarrer epic from Prithviraj still holds nerves and continues in major centres. The big budget visual magic is still in 28 release centres in its 6th week.

3. Chrsitian Brothers - Another multistarrer with Lal, Sureshgopi, Sharathkuamr and dileep is enjoying its hassle free run in its seventh week. The movie  by Joshiey is expected to complete 50 days in 27 centres, of which 11 has reduced the shows to a couple or single shows.

4. City of God and Doubles - Both the films are dismal failures in the Box Office. In fact 'City of God' is the biggest commercial flop from Prithvi in recent times, as the the movie released in more than 50 centres will find it hard in eight centres in its third week.'Doubles has a similar story to tell and will be seen only in 12 centres in its fourth week.

5. Bhakthajanagalude shraddhakku' and Lucky jockers - the first commercial movie from Priyanandhanan has bagged good reports from masses and critics, but poor promotion will make it harder for the movie to become a big hit.'Lucky Jockers', the first movie from Aascar films had a fairly good weekend but may find the goings tough, due to its little quality content.

The coming weekend will have a few more releases in the form of 'Seniors', 'Manikyakallu', and 'Reghuvinte Swantham Raziya'.