Surya tv premiering 'Makaramanju' on sunday(29-4-2012) 4 pm.

Surya tv telecasts new malayalam 'MAKARAMANJU' as sunday premiere. The film deals with a segment of Ravivarma's life, the timeline being when he was painting 'Urvashi-Pururavasu'. Yesteryear dream girl Radha's daughter; Karthika is said to be playing twocharacters: the artist's muse for the painting and Urvashi. As we had it before the film is directed by acclaimed art house director Lenin Rajendran, stars noted cinematographer-director Santosh Sivan in the lead. Karthika believes that this is the best start she could get for a career in Malayalam cinema, and is glad it has happened early in her career. The artist carefully studies his model's face, gently applies kajal in her eyes and steps back to watch his work. Satisfied with the rehearsal, film director Lenin Rajendran decides to go for a take. 'Camera rolling,' announces veteran cinematographer Madhu Ambat and suddenly the buzz of conversation on the set is replaced by silence. The lead actor removes the chewing gum from his mouth; a make-up artiste rushes in, rumples the actor's hair and dabs a little foundation on his face. The actorcurls the tips of his moustache, takes a deep breath and says: 'I am ready.' The rehearsed scene is flawlessly enacted and then thelead actor, ace cinematographer-director Santosh Sivan, saunters over to take a look at his work. The royal artist In a white dhothi with a broad jari border and a green kurta, Santosh looks the part he is enacting – that of the royal artist Raja Ravi Varma inLenin's latest film, 'Makara Manju.'