- Kutty Shranku
Infobox Film
name = Kutty Shranku
director =Shaji N.Karun
writer = P.F Mathews
Shaji N. Karun
starring =Mammootty Kamalinee Mukherjee
Padmapriya
Meenakumari
Saikumar
Siddique
Suresh Krishna
producer = Reliance Entertainment
distributor =
cinematography = Anjali Shukla
language =Malayalam
Budget = Rs. 60 million
music = Isaac Thomas Kottukapally
"Kutty Shranku" "(The Little Sailor)" (
2008 ) is a forthcomingMalayalam film directed byShaji N. Karun .Mammootty is playing the lead role for the movie. The film will be produced by Reliance Entertainment under the banner of Big Motion Pictures, the first ever production byAnil Ambani 's newly launched entertainment concern in Malayalam [ [http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/top-stories/2008/meera-mammoottys-lady-love-080208.html A report from entertainment.oneindia.in ] ] .Plot
Kutty Sranku (translated as boat captain in Malayalam) is about a mariner who operates a cargo vessel between the sea port of
Kodungalloor near Kochi, once roaring port towns inKerala . Kutty Sranku is married to three different woman in the three islands he visits, however each one of them unaware about the presence of others. They meet each other for the first time after the death of the protagonist [ [http://sify.com/movies/malayalam/fullstory.php?id=14570142 sify.com report "Mammootty –Shaji.N.Karun come together"] ] .According to
Mammootty who plays the lead role of Kutty Sranku in the movie "I am really excited because I will be playing three different characters but not three different roles, It is going to be a challenge for me because the basic nature of all the three characters is the same but there are different behavioural patterns and mannerisms based on what the three women say." [ [http://nowrunning.com/news/news.aspx?it=16033 nowrunning.com report "Mammootty, Shaji Karun team up for their first film"] ]Though most of the script is still kept under the wraps, it is rumoured that one of the female character played by
Padmapriya is that of a Buddhist Priestess. [ [http://thatsmalayalam.oneindia.in/movies/news/2008/06/13/padmapriya-becomes-a-sanyasini.html thatsmalayalam portal's reporting about Padmapriya's character] ]Project Status
The shooting of the film has started on 15th June 2008 at backwaters of
Alappuzha [ [http://thatsmalayalam.oneindia.in/movies/news/2008/06/16/mammootty-kicks-off-kutty-sharanku.html thatsmalayalam's reporting on first day of film shooting] ] . The film will be shot in three schedules in and around Alappuzha district of Kerala. As the film is based on the change in seasons, environmental and climatic changes, the second and third schedule of the movie will be shot by the end of September and December 2008 respectively.References
External Links
* [http://www.my-kerala.com/movies/labels/Kuttysrank.shtml Location Stills from the Movie]
* [http://mammoottytimes.blogspot.com/2008/07/kuttisrankimages.html More Location Stills from mammoottytimes.com, a fan web-site of Mammootty]
* [http://movies.bizhat.com/news/mammootty_in_shaji_film.php bizhat.com news]
* [http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/jul/08slid5.htm An interview with Kamalinee Mukherjee, one of the lead female cast regarding the movie]
* [http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/07/11/stories/2008071150650400.htm An interview with Anjali Shukla, the DOP of the movie]
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