The debut film of actor Mukesh’s son Shravan had a unique audio launch, held underwater!

The launch was held at Kovalam beach in Thiruvananthapuram on February 6 and marked the first-of-its-kind event in the film industry. Putting across the message on ocean conservation, the team, including actress Varsha Bollamma, director Rajesh Nair, music director Prakash Alex and actor-turned-producer Vijay Babu dived into the sea in their scuba outfits to launch the music of the film.

“By diving into the depths of the ocean, we could use the event for an environmental cause,” said director Rajesh Nair. “The scuba divers alerted us about the plastic debris settled on the sea bed. But I didn’t believe them. Then I saw it with my eyes and was shocked to see the amount of plastic deposited on the shallow beds of the ocean.

It was very hard for us to walk under water due to the plastic deposits. I wish to spread awareness about this among people,” says Rajesh.

Later the party peeps, socialites and stars from the film industry switched to their party avatars and headed to the launch venue.

Though the lead actor and hero of the film Shravan was missing at the do, his father, Mukesh, dancer Methil Devika, Asha Aravind, Unni Mukundan, Prasanth, Rajagopal and Usha Rajesh were spotted at the do.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> Entertainment> Hindi> Events> Kochi / February 07th, 2018

Following some power-packed performances, the actor was laid low after a skiing accident and is re-starting his career from scratch.

Gulshan Deviah grabbed eyeballs with Bejoy Nambiar’s 2011 thriller, Shaitan, and went on to headline the coming-of-age adult comedy Hunterrr four years later as the bumbling Mandar Ponkse. Life was on a roll for the 39-year-old actor when he went to Kashmir to bring in his wedding anniversary on February 12, 2017. The following day, Gulshan was skiing on the snow-capped slopes of Gulmarg when he took a tumble that resulted in a broken knee, and he was to be confined to the bed for the next eight months.

Reminiscing about the unfortunate accident, the actor says, “I was just a beginner, on a 4.5 km run at 10,000 feet. The previous day I had done seven runs from 10 am to 4 pm, and even though I fell a few times I didn’t hurt myself. On February 13, I continued from where I had left off. After three runs I was exhausted but since I was feeling good, I decided to do one more before taking a break. After a kilometre I swerved to the left and my ski got stuck in the snow. The next thing I remember, I’m flying through the air.”

Usually the ski opens out when something like this happens, but in Gulshan’s case, his right knee twisted and snapped. “I knew something bad had happened as a shooting pain felled me,” he narrates, recalling his trainer and wife Kallirroi Tziafeta panicking as they watched him try to stand and topple over because of his knee.

Even as he was hoping it would turn out to be just a sprain; the actor was rushed to the local dispensary in a sledge and, with the help of pain killers, survived the night. “The swelling was so bad that even going to the bathroom was difficult. The doctors told me that the medial and lateral ligaments had been severely damaged and my anterior ligament was blown. I would have to undergo surgery but they needed to rehabilitate my leg first for three weeks by putting it in a straight brace which I could only take off while having a bath. I could barely walk,” he recalls.

After three weeks, Gulshan went into surgery and post-op couldn’t bend his knee even at 15 degree but the pain was gone. “The doctor said I was one in a thousand cases when it came to pain tolerance. I guess I had prepped myself well,” he slants a wry smile, going on to inform that the doctors had used a tendon to replace the ligament which, being much harder, usually needs a year to become more flexible. “After two months, the doctor assured me that my leg was healing well but I was out of work for eight months. I had to drop a couple of films and turn down two I might have done, along with several other offers. In the meantime I only focused on my physiotherapy. At times I would even over-train and then the doctor would tell me off,” he smiles.

Finally, Gulashan is back on his feet with Vasan Bala’s romcom Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota, which introduces Abhimanyu Dassani and Radhika Madan. “The physical training I had to undergo was a challenge as my leg was broken then. This is the only film I am doing and we should wrap it up by early March. It’s almost like re-starting my career from scratch after eight months of being out of action,” he signs off with a smile.

source: http://www.mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com / Mumbai Mirror / Home> Entertainment> Bollywood / by Shravan Shah,Mumbai Mirror / February 13th, 2018

Rajesh Nair says his film ‘Kalyanam’ narrates a love story that is married to comedy. It reaches cinemas today
It is again ‘son rise’ in Malayalam cinema! If Pranav Mohanalal made his debut last month, this month, it is the turn of Shravan, son of Mukesh and Saritha, to make his debut in cinema with Rajesh Nair’s Kalyanam.

“Kalyanam is a marriage of comedy and romance,” says the director about his film after his previous one, Salt Mango Tree, dished out a tangy treat to viewers.

“This is about a romance that began at the age of five for Sharat, enacted by Shravan. A laidback guy, his only aim in life is to woo his girl, Shari, and win her for keeps. Varsha Bollamma plays Shari. In this day of communication glut, there is no dearth of means to convey his feelings to his girl. Yet, he is hesitant and that is how the story unfolds. By the way, the tale is set in the nineties,” explains Rajesh. On the lookout for new faces for this story of young love, Rajesh happened to hear that Mukesh’s son was all set to follow in his parents’ footsteps. So Shravan became Sharat while Rajesh found his heroine from dubsmash videos of which Varsha is quite a star. The girl from Coorg had no issues about the language as her mother is a Malayali. “I call it a clichéd love story, which is also our tag line,” chips in Rajesh.

Till a few decades ago, a couple would struggle to meet each other, talk to one another or even express their feelings. It was an age of stolen glances, hidden messages, wayside meetings and so on. “I wonder how many love stories died an early death because the concerned people could not talk about it to each other,” muses Rajesh who quips that he chose his partner himself. However, today every youngster has hundreds of methods to reach across to his/her love. “But that does not mean every one is finding it easy to communicate with their partners. That nervousness and apprehension have still not changed,” laughs Rajesh.

Shravan, says Rajesh, was Sharat and he points out that there was nothing surprising in that considering that “acting is in his genes”. When acting with his father, Mukesh, Sharat was able to hold his own despite his initial nervousness, says Rajesh.

He says while Salt Mango Tree was a sugar-coated pill for viewers, this is a “full-length comedy” about two families and their children. He hastens to add that though the film is not preachy and makes no claims to have a message or anything of that sort for viewers, there is an underlying thread that makes it clear why parents should support and guide their children as they assume new responsibilities and begin new chapters in their lives.

Mukesh acts as Shari’s father and Sreenivasan and Parvathy act as the parents of Sharat. Rajesh insists that even the parents are not the usual screen parents. “Parvathy chechi and her husband are so in love with each other that he leaves his job in West Asia to be with her. He indulges her so much that he happily does all the work in the house while she bosses him around,” he narrates.

Standout role

According to the filmmaker, Parvathy’s character is a standout role for the actor who has been evolving with every role of hers. He can’t stop gushing about her act as Sharat’s mother and how she stepped into the character so well.

Salt Mango Tree had some memorable lines that still make the rounds of comedy clips aired on television. Will Kalyanam also have such sparklers to liven up the proceedings? “Of course. Dialogues have been written by Govind Vijayan, Summesh Madhu and Rajesh Radhakrishnan. So you can expect plenty of funny one-liners and dialogues,” says Rajesh.

Binendran Menon is the cinematographer and debutant Prakash Alex is the composer of all the five songs and background score of Kalyanam.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Entertainment> Movies / by Saraswathy Nagarajan / Thiruvananthapuram – February 22nd, 2018