As Vishu
arrives, bathing the State in the
auspicious yellow of the konnapoo, Amrita TV prepares a bouquet of Kani programmes for its viewers.
The day begins on a lyrical note with Kavithayude Kaineettam, that gifts
its viewers with exquisite compositions in verse from the best bards of
Malayalam, ONV, SugathaKumari and Madhusudhanan
Nair, who recite their own poems, recounting their Vishu reminiscences through
the fluid grace of rhymes at 7.30 am.
In Aksharangalude Vishukkani at 8.30 am,
gliding gently down the tranquil waters of the Bharatapuhza, noted writer
C.Radhakrishnan explains to Alamcode Leelakrishnan, the actual significance of
this ancient agrarian festival
commemorating the birth of the Malayalam New Year; paints a verbal picture of
the event as it was celebrated in all its splendor and richness 50 years ago;
describes the profusion of rituals and rites associated with the fete, that has
since shrunk into a kani and a kaineettam.
Providing a
musical interlude, Pattinte Kaineetam gives a windfall of the best
foot tapping numbers from the top grossers of Vishu at 10 am.
New Releases ,
a detailed rundown of the Vishu movie scene, where blockbusters and shoe
stringers clash for collections at the box-office: Mayamohini, Dileep’s
full-length female makeover, as the seductive Mohini; comedy thriller Cobra
that sees Mammoootty teaming with Lal for the 1st time; Thiruvambadi
Thamban with Jayaram as an elephant contractor; Ashiq Abu’s eagerly awaited 22
Female Kottayam with g Rima Kallingal and Fahad Fazil in the lead and so on
will follow at 10.30 am
At 11.30 am, Sauhridathinte Vishukkani crosses over
into Tamilnadu to beard superstar Sharath Kumar in his own lair, in Thenkassi
where he is the lord of all he surveys. He talks at length about his political
ambitions, film career, the challenges thrown up the most difficult role of his
cinematic life, that of the hijda in ‘Kanchana’, in which the alpha male with
his muscular frame had to look dainty and feminine.
An hour long
exuberant Goan carnival, Mathapum
Poothiriyum at 12 noon , stops by Saji Surendran’s ‘Husband’s in Goa’, a
romcom that is being shot into shape on location, on
3 decamping husbands who cut loose from their
wives and live it up in Goa. Together, the TV team and the film crew paint the
town red, hitting the top destinations and the hot spots: in between there is
fun n’ frolic on the beaches with Lal, Indrajith, Jayasuriya, Asif Ali and Rima
Kallingal in top form; camaraderie and high spirits when Sarayu interviews the
3 ‘husbands’; interactions with the director and cameraman that reveals juicy
behind- the-scenes stories and so on.
Manthrikante Vishukkani slated for 2 pm, spends this Vishu in the company of Jayaram and
Ramesh Pisharadi in Coorg on the sets of the comic horror flick, ‘Manthrikan’.
Exchanging their ‘supernatural’ experiences,
Jayaram recalls how he arrived at the film location –an ancient palace- late
after midnight, was shown to his room by the caretaker who helpfully informed
the sleepy actor that the owner’s wife had committed suicide in the very spot
not long ago and Jayaram suddenly found himself very wide awake ….
The Vishu
special movie, Orma Mathram is a
realistic depiction of the trauma undergone by a young couple, whose only son
is reported missing in a bomb blast in their vicinity. Dileep portrays with
sombre ease, the harrowing ordeal of the father caught in the dilemma of not knowing whether his son is dead or lost,
in one of the best performances of his career. Supported by Manoj K Jayan,
Dhanya Mary Varghese, Nedumudi Venu, Lalu Alex etc the film will be aired at 2.30pm.
Heroyude Pattu Visheshangal at 7.00pm
looks in on the sets of the latest Prithviraj starrer ‘Hero’, for which the
youth idol has crooned a song and danced
to his own tune .Prithvi, an actor by choice became a singer by chance when
Deepak Dev urged him to take up the microphone for ‘Puthiya Mukham’; in Hero,
where he plays a stunt master, Prithvi gets his 2nd outing in
playback in the song ‘Tarzan Antony
Coming Back to Cinema’. During the interview in which director Deepan,lyricist
Shibu Chakravarthy and Music Director Gopi Sunder also chip in, he reveals how
he became a singing star, how the song was little rehearsed but well sung, the picturisation
of the number costarring Yamee Gautam etc.
Movie Bazar at
7.30 pm is devoted to
a coverage of the audio release of Mohanlal’s forthcoming cop story, Grandmaster, a lavish
function attended by its complete cast and crew.
By
Smitha Sivaji
