Meet North Indian Mammoothy!

A lowdown on what's going on in the Malayalam film industry.

In director G Marthandan's forthcoming film Acha Din, Mammootty may be playing the most interesting part he's delivered in the recent years.

In the film, the veteran star reportedly essays a North Indian who has been living in Kerala for two decades because, well, he loves the South Indian state!

His character Durgadas is a sweeper who lives in Kochi with his wife Sheethal, played by debutante Mansi Sharma.

"Durgadas hails from Jharkhand and though he dresses in their style, he lives like a Malayali.

"We can't reveal much about the storyline right now, but it's an unusual story told in an interesting way," says Marthandan, who has earlier directed Mammootty in Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus.

Acha Din is produced by Cyn Cyl Celluloid and will hit the screens during Ramzan.

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Anoop Menon to replace Prithviraj in Kanal

Anoop Menon will act alongside Mohanlal in director M Padmakumar's Kanal.

 The shooting of the film will start soon.

Anoop replaces Prithviraj, who was to team up with the superstar as per earlier plans.

'Glad to share with you the news that I will be teaming up with one of the greatest actors to grace the face of earth, our own Mohanlal in a pivotal role for the film Kanal,' writes Anoop Menon in his Facebook post.

According to Anoop 'this will be the first time that I will be doing a full length role with him.'

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Dr Biju's son Govardhan wins international award

Master Govardhan won the award for best actor in the recently concluded 33rd Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran, Iran, for his performance in Perariyathavar (Names Unknown).

Govardhan is the son of Dr Biju, the director of the film, which won Suraj Venjarammoodu the National Award for best actor.

Perariyathavar sensitively portrays the marginalised population in a growing society.

Govardhan plays the son of a municipal sweeper (Suraj) in the film.