However with the announcement of the National Awards today, the film has come out with flying colors. The film has bagged Anjali Menon the award for Best Dialogues, while the performance of the late actor Thilakan has been specially mentioned by the jury.

And what’s more, the director Anwar Rasheed has even more reasons to be overjoyed, since his film has been awarded the very prestigious award for for the most popular film that provided wholesome entertainment. Congrats to the entire ‘Ustad Hotel’ team!

]]> http://www.balconybeats.com/2012/malayalam-films/breaking-news-live-2012-malayalam-movie-poster-gallery/feed 0 http://www.balconybeats.com/2012/malayalam-films/ardhanaari-2012-malayalam-movie-poster-gallery http://www.balconybeats.com/2012/malayalam-films/ardhanaari-2012-malayalam-movie-poster-gallery#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:08:03 +0000 balconybeats http://www.balconybeats.com/?p=13272 Here are the poster designs of the film ‘Ardhanaari’ that have been designed by ace designer Collins Leophil. ‘Ardhanaari’ has been directed by Dr. Santosh Souparnika and also marks the maiden production venture of renowned playback singer M G Sreekumar. The film stars Manoj K Jayan in the title role, along with other actors like Maniyanpillai Raju, Thilakan and Sukumari. Have a look at the posters!

Thilakan has been on ventilator support for the last couple of days, ever since a fresh bout of pneumonia had worsened his health. A team of doctors has been constantly attending to the actor round the  clock.

Thilakan was admitted to the hospital following a heart attack a few weeks back. The actor had shown considerable improvement in his health after the first few days of treatment, only to worsen again.

The bulletin also stated that the actor was suffering from pneumonia again, and that his health condition was extremely serious. Thilakan had showed improvement in his health a few days back, and had also started responding to medicines.

Thialakn, is one of the most senior actors in the industry and is remembered for several roles that he had essayed to perfection. He was admitted to the hospital following a heart attack and pneumonia.

Mammootty said that Thilakan had stormed back to life from adverse circumstances even earlier and that this too would be one such occasion. He wished the actor a speedy recovery and added that AMMA would offer all support to Thilakan. Dulquar had had the opportunity to star with Thilakan in one of the biggest hits of the year, ‘Ustad Hotel’.

Meanwhile, doctors said that there was a slight improvement in Thilakan’s condition.

News reports suggested that the actor’s condition had worsened, and that he was under constant observation by the doctors at the private hospital where he has been admitted. His family is with him.

Thilakan, who has been put on the ventilator, had taken ill earlier in the month as well, and was discharged from the hospital quite recently, when his condition was seen to be stable.

Thilakan was admitted to a hospital in Ottappalam initially last Saturday after he had complained of physical discomfort while on the way to a cultural event.  Later he was shifted to the ICU in a hospital at Thrissur. He is reportedly under the care of neuro specialists in the hospital.

It has also been revealed that there is no reason for concern, and that he was responding quite well to the medication.

Dileep says that Thilakan had expressed his opinion and that there was nothing wrong with it. As is the case with any other citizen Thilakan has the right to express his opinions as well.

He also added at the Press conference that was held at Cochin, that he held Thilakan in high regard, as he was like one of the senior most members of his own family. Dileep said that he always preferred to keep quiet when seniors expressed their opinions.

It all started off with veteran actor Thilakan being denied an award, that many felt was rightfully his due. The actor, who had staged a comeback of sorts with the film ‘Indian Rupee’ was apparently not given an award because because he did not essay the role of the chief protagonist in the film. Quite a strange reason indeed for the actor and his spectacular performance in the film to be ignored by the jury.

If Thilakan was not awarded, actor Jagathy Sreekumar who is at Vellore Christian Medical College, recuperating from an accident that he had met with a few months back, was in for a surprise, when the jury decided to make him the Best Comedian of the year for his performance in the film ‘Swapnasanchari’. Director Siby Malayil has been quite verbal in his displeasure at the award, stating that an actor of Jagathy Sreekumar’s caliber should not be relegated to a comedian. There are plenty of others who feel that the award comes as a rude shock.

Salim Kumar even plans to approach the High Court with a petition, stating that his documentary film ‘Pokkaali’ was not even viewed by the jury members! Salim says that he had furnished the Film Academy with the film print of the documentary, when it had insisted that the digital print was insufficient. But the jury never got to see the documentary! Salim has also reportedly taken offence to Blessy being selected as the Best Director, since he feels that the film ‘Pranayam’ was a straight lift off the Australian film ‘Innocence’.