Madhu Mantena
Manjummel Boys’ Director Chidambaram S Poduval Speaks On His Next Project With Madhu Mantena
The big news is that Chidambaram’s film is NOT a remake of Manjummel Boys, as is being presumed. According to a source close to the development, “Chidambaram was being offered several projects in Hindi. He chose Madhu Mantena’s Phantom Films on account of Mantena’s experience in film production in the South. The two met and decided to do an original film, and not a remake.The film goes on the floors at the end of the year.” Confirming the same, the Manjummel director Chidambaram says, “There is no question of remaking Manjummel | Click Here...
“In Queen We Never Thought We Were Creating History,” Says Producer Madhu Mantena
Queen directed by Vikas Bahl, is to women’s empowerment in Hindi cinema, what Deewaar was to the anti-establishment cinema. Queen , to a large extent, changed the way we looked at the shero, then known as the heroine. Revisiting the film , co-producer Madhu Mantena says Queen wasn’t designed to be such a historic happening. “We never planned it as such a landmark. Like most memorable films, Queen just happened. The film holds together ten years later for its timeless plot.To have the heroine, or the shero, if you want to call her, take off on her hone | Click Here...
Madhu Mantena and his wife Ira Trivedi seek blessing from Swami Chidanand Saraswati and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati at Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh
The renowned producer Madhu Mantena and Yogaacharya and Indian author Ira Trivedi tied the knot in the month of June this year. As it's been around 3 months since their wedding, the couples have now visited Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh to seek the blessing of Swami Chidanand Saraswati and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati. The adorable couple Madhu Mantena and Yogaacharya and Indian author Ira Trivedi were seen fully drenched in the divinity of Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh as they attended the Ganga Aarti. The couples were seen seeking the blessing of Swami Chidanand Saraswati | Click Here...
Hollywood movie Avatar’s costume team to help Hrithik Roshan become ‘Ravana’ in Ramayana?
Madhu Mantena’s version of Ramayana will reportedly see the amazingly big association of Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone. The mytho-drama will see the macho man Hrithik Roshan in the role of Ravana as per reports that are out in the media. News coming to us is that the makers of Ramayana are in talks with the USA-based costume team that worked on the epic science fiction film Avatar. Yes, if the buzz that we have heard is true, the Avatar dealt costume team will be the ones to give the huge mytho Ravana look for Hrithik Roshan. As per a reliable source, “Talks a | Click Here...
Scoop: Producer Madhu Mantena All Set To Launch His 300-Crore Ramayan
There have been any number of screen adaptations of the Ramayan. But none to match the scale ,expanse and expense of producer Madhu Mantena’s interpretation of the epic which is all set to start filming shortly. Mantena who recently bought over the shares of Phantom Films from his partners Anurag Kashyap,Vikaramditya Motwane and Vikas Bahl is all set to fly solo , and his dream project Ramayan would be his auspicious flag-bearing project. According to sources Mantena’s big-screen Ramayan would be in 3D and budgeted at Rs 300 crores. Nitesh Tiwari who directe | Click Here...
What happens to Nitesh Tiwari’s Ambitious Ramayan?
Producer Madhu Mantena and director Nitesh Tiwari’s proposed 3-part feature film based on the Ramayan has received a rude jolt. Director Om Raut in collaboration with T series has announced Adipurush Raut’s own version of the Ramayan. To be made at a reported budget of Rs 250 crores this big-screen spectacle will star Prabhas as Rama and Saif Ali Khan as Ravan . Sources say Raut intends to give a revisionist spin to the timeless Hindu epic. “Though Prabhas and Saif will play Rama and Ravan in the traditional style of antagonists the dynamics between the two e | Click Here...
Hrithik Roshan to play Lord Krishna to Deepika’s Draupadi?
The mythological never had it better in this country. While the Ramayan is being turned into a 3-part feature film by Nitesh (Dangal, Chhichhore) Tiwari, the Mahabharat will see its own treatment with the powerful character of Draupadi being portrayed by Deepika Padukone. Both projects are being produced by Madhu Mantena. We now hear that Hrithik Roshan is likely to play Lord Krishna to Deepika’s Draupadi. A source in the loop informs, “Since the producer Madhu Mantena is a very close friend of Hrithik he is in talks with the star for the role. Playing Lord Kris | Click Here...