Happy Days are Jolly now
Director M D Sridhar is all set to remake the Telugu flick Happy Days in Kannada as Jolly Days
Films on students and college life seem to be catching up well with directors in Kannada. This time director M D Sridhar, who had directed his previous hit film Krishna, is all set remake the Telugu flick Happy Days in Kannada as Jolly Days.
Happy remake
With remake policy being made easier, director Sridhar brings-in Telugu film in Kannada. “The producer of the original Telugu flick Happy Days was in look out for a director to remake it in Kannada. Looking at my previous work in the film Krishna, the producer agreed to go ahead with the same project. When I agreed to remake it in Kannada the problem of selecting star cast was a big problem. I didn’t wanted to rope-in any stars for the film. So, I was left in the middle of the sea to select new comers who could contribute their best of the performance on the screen,” says director M D Sridhar.
Jolly guys
The list of star cast in the film goes a long way. Pradeep kumar, Vishwas, Praveen, Niranjan, Rahul, Raghavendra, Aishwarya, Ruthuva, Spoorthi, Keethi and Archana are all doing a lead role in the film. “For actress Aishwarya this is the second film. Except her all the rest of the star cast of the film are debutants. I have high hopes that definitely Kannada version will do much better than the original one. Happy Days in Telugu went on breaking all the records in the box office. The story takes place in college. So, we’ll approach reputed colleges in the city to gives us an opportunity to complete the movie in one schedule. I will be making lot of changes in the storyline keeping in mind the nativity of local audience,” says Sridhar.
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Director M D Shridhar has plans to release the movie in October. Along with keeping himself busy in the project, he has already signed one more film for this year with actor Darshan. “Everything is finalised. Darshan has agreed to work with me for his next film. This time I’m taking up an action film. Payments are already made. And I will start shooting this from November onwards. I’m awaiting for the release of Jolly Days,” says the director.

Cyber Tantra
For the first time in southern cinema, a movie on Cyber Crime will be directed by debutant Balaji
In the lines of success of suspense movies in southern movies, debutant Kannada director Balaji is all set to direct a movie on Cyber Crime which has been titled as Tantra.
Kalyug Tantra
The idea of directing a movie on cyber crime was all started when director Balaji watched hindi movie Kalyug and was inspired. “Though the movie didn’t do well in the box office. Yet the movie brought out awareness among the people that such incidents of cyber crime do happen without the notice of anyone. When I thought of attempting to direct a film like Kalyug with different approach I landed up with my film Tantra. It’s not about magic or black magic,” says director Balaji.
Cop help
Actress Sushma makes her debut in the movie. “I have carefully selected the star cast keeping in mind that their career should not be compromised. And for the surprise of the audience, former police cop Girish Mattannanavar will also be doing a major role in the film. I have also taken support of cyber police in the city and from intelligence sleuths to prepare the script for Tantra. We have plans to start shooting from September last week,” says Balaji.

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Former PSI Girsh Mattannavar has done quite films in the past. “In the film Tantra, Girish Mattannavar will be doing a role of a detective. He suits to the character. Moreover, his previous profession will add more strength to this performance on the screen. He was a great asset in showing us the way of writing script which keeps suspense as well as some action also. All through the way he helped us in meeting important officials to know more about cyber crime,” says director Balaji.

Only comedy
Actors Vijay Raghavendra, Komal and Diganth act together for the film Mast Maja Madi


With Vijay Raghavendra seeing a success with his latest comedy flick Matte Ganesha Banda directed by Phani Ramachandra, the actor is all set to act with Komal and Diganth in the film Mast Maja Madi to be directed by debutant Vijay Kumar.
Laughter riot
Director Vijay Kumar who has managed to rope-in the three actors for the film is confidant that he can successfully push his product in the competitive market. “I took almost one year to prepare the script. I’m just saying this to prove a point that Vijay had signed this film much before Matte Ganesha Banda. So, both the films are different in their own way. As the title itself says that the film is full of enjoyment and comedy for audience of different ages,” says director Vijay Kumar. On the rumors, whether the film doesn’t features any heroines, the director says, “No not at all. My direction will be ruined if I don’t take any actress for the film. Apart from the three actors, Nag Kiran is also doing a major role in the film.

Bengali comes to learn Malayalam

Bollywood production house, Planman Motion Pictures all set to remake its bengali films in Malayalam language

It seems bollywood seems to have woken up to Malayalam language as their next potential to explore audience and new genre of films. Planman Motion Pictures headed by Arindham Choudhary is all set to remake its first English flick The Last Lear in Malayalam directed by well-known Bengali director Rituparno Ghosh.
Big B
The Last Lear starring Amitabh Bhachan, Preity Zinta and Arjun Rampal in lead roles, will be released worldwide on September 5th. “The movie will be going to be all time classic in Indian Cinema. The movie is an amalgamation of legends of Indian Cinema like Amitabh Bachan and director Rituparno Ghosh. For the first time they have come together to work in an English film. Director Ghosh who has worked with almost all the superstars in bollywood is quite happy that at last he worked with Big B. He took almost three years to prepare a script like The Last Lear, which was screened at various prestigious international film festivals. The Last Lear is a lone movie to get a Best Film Award in Canada Film Festival. Even though the movie stars Indian actors it didn’t fall of from the expectations of audience,” says producer Arindham Choudhary.
Remake in Malayalam
The Last Lear is a completely shot in English, which speaks of an ageing actor who was forced to act on the stage and on the films ignoring his likes. “The movie is powerful in all of its terms. And if we exhibit the movie in any part of India, I think it would do well. Ghosh is very much considerable with Malayalam cinema. We both thinking of remaking the film in Malayalam for the southern audience. Going by the content of this film, I think audience in Malayalam would definitely like it much better than Hindi speaking region. The movie has lot of drama and emotions in it,” says producer Arindham Choudhary.