With the premiere of “The Chosen” season five upon us, fans anticipating more of the same might be surprised by what they encounter from the eight new episodes coming over the next few months.

Seen as the beginning of the end in the highly-sought after program’s seven-season arc, viewers will be challenged with the most intense, mature and challenging themes yet.

In a phased release, season five will be available in theaters in the United States and Canada in three parts beginning on March 27. The season will then be available to stream on Amazon Prime Video starting in June.

Creator and director Dallas Jenkins welcomes the challenges and hardships season five presents, most notably the events leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion, including His triumphal entry into Jerusalem, the Last Supper, and His betrayal and subsequent arrest.

“Even though we’re coming to the moments that obviously change the entire world, I had an obligation in season one to get this right,” says Jenkins, who has 12 directing credits on his resume including the recent hit movie, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.” “(We need) to honor the character and intentions of Jesus and the Gospels to make sure that we are making a good show that people actually want to watch.”

Jenkins is thankful for storylines that not only build character but ones that will eventually propel the greatest story ever told to its triumphant ending.

“You’ve got big, big scriptural moments that everyone knows, that everyone, even non-believers are aware of, have seen, or seen depicted, or read about all throughout the world,” Jenkins shares. “I want us to learn the lessons that Jesus was teaching, that they weren’t getting until the Cross and the resurrection.”

To date, more than 200 million viewers have watched at least one episode of “The Chosen” with video views quickly closing in on the 900 million mark worldwide.

Jenkins joins us to talk about how he prepared himself physically and mentally to film the gripping scene of Jesus’ crucifixion. Listen as the popular director explains the significance of this season in the series’ overarching narrative and how it is the most gut-wrenching, emotional season he has ever filmed.
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കൊച്ചി: മലയാളത്തിൽ നിരവധി ശ്രദ്ധേയമായ ഗാനങ്ങൾ രചിച പ്രശസ്ത ഗാനരചയിതാവ് മങ്കൊമ്പ് ​ഗോപാലകൃഷ്ണൻ (78) അന്തരിച്ചു. ഹൃദയാഘാതത്തെ തുടർന്ന് കൊച്ചിയിലെ സ്വകാര്യ ആശുപത്രിയിലായിരുന്നു അന്ത്യം. ഒരാഴ്ച . മുൻപാണ് മങ്കൊമ്പ് ഗോപാല കൃഷ്ണനെ കൊച്ചിയിലെ സ്വകാര്യ ആശുപത്രിയിൽ പ്രവേശിപ്പിച്ചത്. ചികിത്സയിലിരിക്കെ ന്യുമോണിയ ബാധിച്ചിരുന്നു.

ഇന്ന് വൈകുന്നേരം 4.55 ന് ഹൃദയാഘാതത്തെ തുടർന്നാണ് മരണം സംഭവിച്ചത്.200 ലധികം ചലച്ചിത്രങൾക്കായി 700 റോളം പാട്ടുകളെഴുതിയിട്ടുണ്ട് മങ്കൊമ്പ് ​ഗോപാലകൃഷ്ണൻ. ബാഹുബലിയടക്കം മൊഴി മാറ്റ ചിത്രങ്ങൾക്ക് മലയാളം പാട്ടുകൾ ഒരുക്കി. ലക്ഷാർച്ചന കണ്ടു മടങ്ങുമ്പോൾ, നാടൻ പാട്ടിന്റെ മടിശീല, കാളിദാസന്റെ കാവ്യ ഭാവനയെ തുടങ്ങി നിരവധി ഹിറ്റുകൾ ​ഗോപാലകൃഷ്ണന്റെ സംഭാവനയാണ്. ഹരിഹരൻ സിനിമകളിലാണ് ഏറ്റവും കൂടുതൽ പാട്ടുകൾ ചിട്ടപ്പെടുത്തിയത്. മങ്കൊമ്പ് ഗോപാലകൃഷ്ണന്റെ നിര്യാണത്തിൽ മുഖ്യമന്ത്രി പിണറായി വിജയൻ അനുശോചനം രേഖപ്പെടുത്തി.

തീർത്തും കേരളീയമായ സാംസ്‌കാരിക ജീവിതത്തിന്റെ സ്പർശമുള്ള ഗാനങ്ങൾകൊണ്ട് സഹൃദയമനസ്സിൽ സ്ഥാനം നേടിയ ചലച്ചിത്ര ഗാനരചയിതാവായിരുന്നു മങ്കൊമ്പ് ഗോപാലകൃഷ്ണനെന്ന് മുഖ്യമന്ത്രി ഫേസ്ബുക്കിൽ കുറിച്ചു.
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Veteran Malayalam lyricist and screenwriter Mankombu Gopalakrishnan has passed away.His last at a private hospital in Kochi.
Mankombu Gopalakrishnan collaborated extensively with director Hariharan, writing lyrics for most of his films. The majority of his songs were composed by M.S. Viswanathan, adding to his legacy in the Malayalam film industry. Over his illustrious career, he penned lyrics for more than 700 songs across 200 Malayalam films. His debut film as a lyricist was ‘Vimochana Samaram’ which was directed by Mohan Gandhiraman and starring Sathyan and Sheela in lead roles.

Born in 1947 at Mankombu village in Alappuzha, he had written the story and screenplay for around 10 movies.

He had handled the dialogues and lyrics of the Malayalam-dubbed versions of Tamil, Kannada and Telugu movies, including box-office hits like RRR, Bahubali- 1, Bahubali-2 and Magadheera.

As a young writer, cinema was his dream and the turning point came after he decided to board a train to Madras in 1970. An offer to take up the editor post of Anveshanam magazine helped him to connect with filmmakers. He entered the tinsel town as a lyricist through the movie Vimochana Samaram in 1971.

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He caught the attention of the industry after the song Laksharchana Kandu Madangumbol… written by him for director Hariharan’s Ayalathe Sundari in 1974 became a major hit. He picked words and images rooted in tradition and that could easily connect with the audiences. Some of his memorable songs include Ilam manjin kulirumayoru Kuyil… (Ninnishtam Ennishtam); Ashada masam… (Yuddha bhoomi); Kalidasante kavyabhavanaye… (Sujatha); Naadan pattinte… (Babu mon); and Ee puzhayum Kulirkattum (Mayookham). He had worked with legendary music directors, including M.S. Viswanathan, Devarajan, M.K. Arjunan, Ravindra Jain, Bombay Ravi, K.V. Mahadevan, M.B. Sreenivasan, Ilayaraja and Keeravani, to name a few.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Speaker A.N. Shamseer condoled his death. They recalled that his songs reflected the culture and life of the Kerala society.
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“No one’s heard it.”

It’s easy to chalk things up to coincidence, to believe in happy accidents and happenstance. Chris Tomlin could have very easily credited chance — random serendipity — for his timely connection to an upcoming Christian movie. But he doesn’t; instead, he sees it as divine, predestined providence.

The famed recording artist and worship leader is stepping into a new role: executive producer.

Tomlin, 52, is seated in the producer’s chair for the new movie, “The Last Supper,” set to debut in theaters nationwide March 14. The film, from Pinnacle Peak Pictures, the distribution studio launched nearly 20 years ago by David A.R. White of Pure Flix fame, centers on the days leading up to wayward disciple Judas’ betrayal of Jesus as the Savior’s closest followers gather for a final meal before His impending crucifixion.

When he was first approached by the creators of “The Last Supper,” Tomlin said they asked if he had a song — or could write one — that would work for the film.

“I played a couple songs [and I said], ‘I’ve got this one I just wrote and no one’s heard it — literally, no one’s heard it,’” he recalled of his conversation with the filmmakers. “[I] played it for them and I had not seen the movie when I wrote this song and it just went perfectly with this movie. And I was like, ‘OK, this feels like something that’s right.’”

Finding the song tied to a theatrically released movie was certainly not on Tomlin’s radar when he wrote “No Greater Love” alongside Tyler Hubbard of the country music duo Florida Georgia Line during a writing retreat at 20th century novelist Ernest Hemingway’s home in Ketchum, Idaho.

Hubbard and a couple other country songwriters told Tomlin they wanted to write a worship song with the “Holy Forever” singer, explaining they wanted the theme to focus on John 15:13, which reads, “There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends”..

“Line for line, [I was] like, ‘Wow, this fits so perfectly,” he said. “It was just one of those moments you’re like, ‘OK, we’re in the flow. … God is in this.’ He’s like, ‘I’m putting the pieces together. You didn’t even know I was putting these pieces together, but I’ve got this little plan.’”

“So much of my life,” Tomlin reflected, “is like, ‘Wow, I did not see these pieces coming together like this,’ but you’re just trying to be faithful and follow and walk with God, and it’s amazing what happens.”

Tomlin’s life — and career as a worship leader — has been a sequence of “pieces coming together.”

Of his role not only writing and recording worship music but traveling the world to lead people in worship, Tomlin said he feels the immense responsibility of the calling God has placed on his life.

“I always pray this prayer: ‘God, if your presence does not show up, then there’s not going to be any real lasting [impact],’” he said. “What I mean is I always pray for the presence of God to touch people. “

The singer-songwriter referenced the Old Testament passage Exodus 33:16, as Moses was leading the Israelites out of Sinai and toward the Promised Land. In the verse Moses said to God, “How will anyone know that you look favorably on me — on me and on your people — if you don’t go with us? For your presence among us sets your people and me apart from all other people on the earth”.

As he picks up his guitar and plays the chords to his songs, Tomlin said his prayer is those who hear him “sense God’s presence.”

“There’s nothing like the sound of the people of God singing the praises of God in the presence of God,” he reflected. “And when that happens, it’s so powerful.”

Tomlin went on to say his concerts should be distinguishable from secular shows, not because he’s a better artist but because “your soul is singing to a living God” when you sing worship songs.

“What we’re doing here is eternal,” he said.
Sources:faithwire

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