Asif Ali Starer : Unnam in Cinemas Soon!!

Asif Ali's Christmas release Unnam seems set to be released this Christmas season. This is another of Asif's film as a solo hero, as he looks to be the next megastar of Malayalam Cinema.

"Unnam" is a Malayalam word which means "aim". The film is a musical thriller and is directed by Sibi Malayil, who is one of the leading directors in Malayalam film industry. This is the third straight film that the director is doing with Asif, the first one being "Apoorvaragam", the second one "Violin" and now the third one "Unnam". In the first two films, Nithya Menon was the heroine. However Rima Kallingal will be playing the lead lady in this film.

Asif Ali plays the role of "Aloshy" and Rima will play the character "Jenny"/"Jennifer". Rima would be sporting a new look in the film. The shooting of the film is going on in Kochi and Chalakudy area. The cast of the film include Lal who plays the role a character named Sunny, Sreenivasan who plays the role of Balakrishna, Nedumudi Venu as Murukannan and Swetha Menon to name a few. The film is a thriller, which is loosely based on the plot in which a group of people plan to do a crime for making quick money. In between, the relationship between the people in the group changes several times. Aloshy (Asif Ali) is a street singer, Sunny (Lal) has past connections with the Mumbai underworld and Murukan (Nedumudi Venu) is his confidante. Swetha Menon plays the role of a character named Sareena, who is living with Murukan after a failed marriage.

During the shooting of the film, controversy had struck when Rima had not turned up on time of a shoot due to another engagement. Sibi Malayil had filled a complaint against her action to FEKKA, informing them the incident. He later said of the issue, that is was just an in-house issue and that these things happen. "Rima was supposed to inaugurate a firm in the Trivandrum, however she had failed to inform me about it." said Sibi. "When she found that the date clashed with the films shooting schedule, she tried to back out from the engagement by giving back the fee. But the owners didn't accept it." The shooting of the film had resumed last Monday, with all cast.

The film seems to be different from the films that we are used to see from Sibi Malayil, and hence we can expect something different and new in this film. The music of the film is done by a new music director John P Varkey. The script for this film was done by Swathy Bhaskar, and the lyrics is done by Rafeeq Ahammed. The film is produced by David Kachapily. Wishing the film and crew the best for the film..

- This is kettoo

Some of the other films from Asif Ali are: Ordinary, Indian Rupee, Sevenes, Asuravithu , Salt N Pepper
Some of the up coming films of Asif Ali are: Evening Batch, Cowboy, Mithram / Nakshatram, Husbands in Goa and Sunday.

Malayalam Film Industry's new Cheer Boy: Asif Ali

I was just watching to a song on youtube "Aadhayamaai" from the album "HimaMazhayil" sung by none other than Vineeth Sreenivasan.. I was amazed to see Asif Ali as the model in it..damn!! he was looking awesome then itself.. 

I just done a quick google on Asif and came to know that the appearance in this album song was one of the first that he did.. I also came to know that his first movie was "Ritu".. Actually over the last couple of weeks I had watched a couple of films of his.. such as the hit films "traffic" and "Salt & Pepper"..

Asif has been doing a lot of films these days.. some cameos and some full length characters.. He as done negative roles as well.. but the one thing I like about him is that he is down to earth and gives 100% at what he is doing.. his efforts reflect in his acting and it is getting applauds from all corners of the industry.. this was evident from the awards he had received for playing negative role in the film "Apoorvaragam".. He has done over 10 films and has a list of new ones to be released soon..


What I have understood so far about this young lad is that he is so "raw".. just like one of us.. when you see him on chat shows, you feel like he is like a friend of yours chatting away passing time.. he has told that he has always dreamed of being an actor, and when the chance came his way.. he took it with arms wide open..


In one of his interviews, he mentions that his first crush was when he was in 9th grade and his next crush was in his 11th and 12 th grade, however he was not able to express his love for the girl due to fear of rejection.. He goes on to say that at present he is not looking to getting married at least for the next 3-4 years, as he wants to concentrate on his first love.. acting and films.. His advice to budding actors is that "Never only look at the renumeration.. but for the role and character.."


The one thing I would like to take way from his character is that, he does not like mobile/phones.. he prefers to be surfing on the net when he gets spare time rather than chat on the mobile. He is a self-proclaimed Non-Vegetarian and tells that even for the Onam Sadhya he needs fish or fish fry to eat.. 


I personally like this new cheer boy in the Malayalam film industry and think that he has a long way ahead... wishing him the best of luck for his future..


This is Kettoo signing off...