National award winning director T V Chandran began filming his latest venture 'Vilapangalku Appuram' based on the aftermath of the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Suhasini, Biju Menon and Thilakan play prominent roles in the movie. Producer of the film Aryadan Shoukat has written the story of the film.
According to Shoukat, ‘the story revolves around Sahira, a Muslim woman who flees Gujarat soon after the riots and arrives in Kozhikode.’
"This role is played by Priyanka who recently starred in a Tamil film 'Veyyil'. Sahira arrives in Kozhikode and is taken care by Mary Varghese (Suhasini) and Gopinath (Biju Menon). She has a lot of problems related to the aftermath of the riots and she is brought back to normalcy by the two doctors" said Shoukat, son of senior Congress leader and former minister Aryadan Mohammed.
The film would be shot in Ahmedabad, Wayanad and Kozhikode.

Mumbai, Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt was Monday headed back to jail after a two-month reprieve when a special anti-terrorism court here gave him a copy of the judgement convicting him in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts. The actor, who is likely to be shifted back to Pune's Yerewada Jail later Monday, requested for permission to speak to his daughter Trishala in the US and wear home clothes in jail.Dutt surrendered before the special Terrorists and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court Monday afternoon. He had been granted bail by the apex court Aug 20 pending receipt of a copy of the judgement.Dutt's advocates Satish Maneshinde and Karan Singh told reporters that they will file an appeal against the TADA court's verdict on Friday.In what could spell further trouble for the actor, the prosecution will recommend to the government to appeal against the judgement of special Judge P.D. Kode who had found Dutt not guilty under provisions of the TADA. The court had in July sentenced the actor to six years' rigorous imprisonment under the Arms Act for illegal possession of an AK-57 army assault rifle and attempting to destroy it. After he surrendered and was taken into custody, dressed in his trademark blue shirt, blue jeans and boots to match, Dutt sought permission from Judge Kode to phone his daughter to which the judge replied that he would allow her to visit him in prison. Dutt said he only wanted to talk to her over the phone. Kode granted him the permission. Advocate Satish Maneshinde requested the judge to ensure that the same security is maintained in jail for Dutt as before. In the morning, three convicts, Yashwant Bhoinkar, and father-son duo Shahjahan and Abbas Shaikhdare were given copies of the judgement concerning them. The trio have already served their jail term of three years under the Customs Act but are in custody. In all, 21 convicts have received the copies of the verdictSpecial Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, who led the trial on behalf of the prosecution, told media persons shortly after Dutt's surrender that he would also recommend that the prosecution agencies appeal against the meagre sentences awarded to some of the accused in the Mumbai serial blasts case. The fast-paced developments followed the handing over of certified copies of the judgement, which runs into 4,340 pages and weighs almost 25 kg, to some of the accused and the prosecution. The court started handing over certified copies of the judgement to the convicts since last Saturday. While 13 convicts, including 10 facing death sentences - Asghar Yusuf Mukaddam, Shoaib Ghansare, Abdul Gani Turk, Parvez Shaikh, Mushtaque Tarani, Shahnawaz Qureishi, Abdul Akhtar Khan, Farooque Pawle, Zakir Hussain and Feroz Malik got their copies that day, Dutt was given his copy on Monday. He is accused No. 117 on the list.Two others on the death row - Yakub Memon, brother of absconding prime accused Tiger Memon, and Iqbal Shaikh - were not brought to the court on Saturday since they remained indisposed. Three others who have been sentenced to life terms - Salim Rahim Shaikh, Nasim Barmare and Bashir Khairullah - were given their copies. Dutt's associates Kersi Adjania and Russi Mulla also received their copies Monday. On Tuesday, the members of the Memon family, former additional customs collector Somnath Thapa, Imtiaz Gawthe and some women convicts are likely to be given their copies. The court in its July ruling had not found Dutt guilty under the draconian provisions of TADA. It had ruled that he had acquired the weapons for self defence in the wake of the communal carnage that engulfed Mumbai in December 1992-January 1993, a couple of months before the serial bomb explosions.

The veteran of Kannada cinema of over four decades Dwarakish received the 'Adarsha Rathna' award for his service to Kannada film industry as producer, actor and director on Tuesday evening at Gayana Samaja in Bangalore. "I have surpassed many difficulties in life for survival. Life in cinema is a big challenge for a person like me", said Dwarakish referring to his looks and shot build. At the same function famous flute player Pravin Godkindi who is in to television and films recently, literary personality Sa.Shi.Marulayya also received the awards.

Mohanlal, who has lined up three more movies to get released this year itself, will start another two films next January. After completing 'Flash' for this Christmas, Mohanlal will immediately join the sets of 'Casanova' by Roshan Andrews which will have a first schedule of fifteen days. There after Mohanlal has allotted fifty continuous days for Sathyan Anthikkad film that is charted as his Vishu movie. With Meera Jasmine as the heroine, the crew may need a little more luck to complete the film on time, as with the case of her latest 'Calcutta news'. Sathyan Anthikkad is now giving final touches to the scripts of this untitled movie which will start this January 20.

Suresh Gopi is planning to start his new film with Anil C Menon titled 'Collector' by the first of next month. The film which had him in the title role will have a schedule to be shot at Dubai. Suresh had been earlier with the director in last years 'Rashtram' which was a moderate success. The actor is presently busy in the sets of 'The Boot' directed by his favorite Shaji Kailas. The thing of interest in both these films will be that , both 'The Boot' and 'Collector' is scripted by Rajesh Jayaraman, who had earlier penned for Suresh Gopi's 'Time'.

Mammootty has joined the final schedule of 'Raudram' this week. Last week he was busy shooting for the third schedule of 'Pazhassi Raja' which still has got another four schedules to complete, before it is released for the next Vishu. 'Raudram' which is all set to reach theatres on November 29 will have an extended third schedule which will be completed in two more weeks. Scripted and Directed by Renji Panikkar, the shoot for the film is in full swing at Ernakulam.

“ 'Dasvatharam' will be a milestone movie in my career”, says Asin. Speaking about the film, Asin says, "I have completed the shooting for the entire movie and the dubbing works would commence very soon". Asin says, "Being part of a Kamal Haasan movie is a delight for me. Every scene in the movie has been shot with great care and I am confident that it would rock the theaters". Asin says,” The shooting for Hindi remake of 'Ghajini' will resume this November”. Directed by Murugadoss himself, the Hindi version features Aamir Khan in the lead role. Asin says, "I am in no hurry to accept offers. I want to wait and watch and pick the right offers."

On October 16 a special preview of the keenly awaited romantic comedy, JAB WE MET was organized in Mumbai. Shahid Kapoor attended with his parents, Pankaj Kapoor and Supriya Pathak, who thoroughly enjoyed the film. Kareena Kapoor, not surprisingly, decided to give the trial a miss (presumably to avoid any awkwardness) and is likely to watch the film at another pre-release trial. Inside reports of those that saw the film have been extremely positive. In fact the film has already been passed by the Indian censors with a clear "U" certificate. The UK censors who have also seen the film have approved it with a clear "PG" cert. We are informed that the running time of JAB WE MET, releasing worldwide on October 26, is 2 hours 22 minutes.