Twenty 20 – India’s biggest movie ever ???

iView Author: Sethumadhavan (India)

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Well how does one call a movie big? Well it can be due to the budget of the movie or it can depend on the number & names of the stars associated apart from the director etc. For all those who’ve seen & admired SRK’s act of getting a lot of the bollywood celebs in a song for ” Om Shanti Om” , then let me tell you that Malayalam Cinema has pushed the envelope even further. Some time in 2007 it was decided by AMMA (Association of Malayalam Movie Artists) that they needed to generate funds for their activities.

Entered Dileep, one of the leading Malayalam actors who suggested that they make a movie with the best of the talent available. Dileep …


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Hope Floats!

K.Balachander did it once!

K.Vishwanath did it twice!!

And now, after 18 long years, like the exiled Pandavas who won their kingdom back, the Telugu moviedom regained its pride, thanks to this one man who dared to hope… K.Sathyanarayana or Satish Kasetty as he’s better known.

Satish’s debut movie Hope has been adjudged the Best Feature Film on Social issues by the 54th National Awards Jury — Satish received his first National Award on 2nd September from the President of India.

A real life incident conveyed by his daughter, a student, inspired him so much that the passionate movie maker lurking inside him wanted to jump out and make a feature about it right away. He however worked on the subject for another year and a half: 18 long months.

Unwaveringly confident and totally committed, Satish, if asked during the course of …


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