Malayalam film festival begins

DOHA: A film festival featuring quality Malayalam language films will begin at the Doha Cinema tomorrow.

The week-long film festival is organised jointly by the Sarang Fine Arts Society and Pravasi Doha with the support of the Indian Embassy in Qatar, the Qatar Cinema and Film Distribution company, the Kerala State Chalachithra Academy and Soorya.

Pradeep Nair's highly acclaimed film Oridam, starring Geethu Mohandas and KPAC Lalitha will mark the beginning of the festival at 8.30pm on Sunday.

Kazhakam, directed by well known director M P Sukumaran will be shown on Monday.

Urvashi and Nedumudi Venu play lead roles in this movie.

Murali and Navya Nair present lead roles of Kanne Madanguka, directed by newcomer Albert, to be screened on Tuesday.

The film Moksham by Rajeevnath, featuring Jagathy Sree Kumar and Zeenat Amman will be screened on February 8.

Sreenivasan's master piece movie Chithariyavar, directed by Lalji, is scheduled for February 9. The festival will end on February 10 with the screening of award-winning director Sharat's Seelabathi in which Kavya Madhavan and Sunil play the lead roles.