A few months ago it was announced that actor Jayasurya and producer Vijay Babu of Friday Film House will be associating for the film titled Thrissur Pooram. The duo had collaborated for Aadu and Aadu 2 and this time around it will be an action entertainer that will have Jayasurya in a serious role.
Reports also emerged that Swathi Reddy will be making her comeback to Malayalam films with Thrissur Pooram. While her fans were eagerly waiting for it to happen, the latest reports now say that Anu Sithara has taken over the role. Sources in the know say that Swathi could not join the sets due to date issues and eventually the role went to Anu Sithara. Anu will play Jayasurya’s wife in the film and it is said to be a performance-oriented role.
Wielding the megaphone for this venture is Rajesh Mohanan while the story and screenplay are by the music composer Ratheesh Vegha. Deepu Joseph will be in charge of the editing table and RD Rajasekar has been signed up to crank the camera with Ratheesh Vegha composing the tunes. Thrissur Pooram will be shot in different locations in Thrissur, Coimbatore and Hyderabad. The others in the star cast also include Senthil Krishna, Sabumon Abdusamad, Vijay Babu, Gayathri Arun, Mallika Sukumaran and Sreejith Ravi.
Anu Sithara currently has Mamangam in her kitty. The historical has Mammootty playing the lead role. Mamangam began its production with debut director Sajeev Pillai wielding the megaphone. But due to creative differences with the producers, noted filmmaker M Padma Kumar was brought in by the filmmakers. With Ganesh Rajavelu aka Jim Ganesh wielding the camera, M Jayachandran is scoring the music, Sreekar Prasad is in charge of the editing, and Kaecha Khamphakdee is choreographing the stunts. The film is bankrolled by Venu Kunnampilly under the banner Kavya Films.
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