To keep alive the memories of actor Cochin Haneefa, the Cochin Haneefa Foundation is organising a major cricket tournament – Cochin  Haneefa Cup. The Cochin Haneefa Memorial Tournament, which will be a cinema cricket championship, will be held at TCC cricket ground, Tripunithura.

The championship which will begin on April 12 will continue till April 23. The game will be played in the Twenty20 format on a knock-out basis. About 16 teams representing various strata of the film fraternity including directors, music directors, editors, production controllers, dancers, make up artists, production boys, singers, press clubs and different media organisations are expected to take part in the tournament.

The champions will get an ever-rolling trophy along with cash award of `1,00,000 while the runners up will get trophy and `50,000. Those who become the second runners up will get `25,000 and trophy. In addition to this there are awards for Man of the Match, Man of the Series, Best Batsman, Best bowler and best catch.

Actor Mammootty will be the chief guest at the prize distribution ceremony. The inauguration on April 12 will be attended by Fefka president Sibi Malayil, Fefka directors union president Kaml, All India Film Employees Confederation general secretary B Unnikrishnan, Malayalam Cine Technicians Association (MACTA) general secretaries Siddique and G S Vijayan, writers union general secretary A K Sajan, Renji Panikar and Tambi Kannanthanam.

The Cochin Haneefa Foundation was formed by the friends and family members of the actor, as part of an attempt to keep the memories of  Cochin Haneefa alive, said Foundation officials Fasil Mohammed, V C Noushad, Vinod Vijayan and Collins Leophin at a press conference in Kochi.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Kochi / by Express News Service – Kochi / April 07th, 2014