Basil Joseph of Godha fame will be wielding the megaphone for a film that will have the Malayalam megastar Mammootty and Tovino Thomas sharing screen space.
The official announcement has come in from the director himself. Unni. R, who has penned films such as Charlie, Big B and Leela will be writing the script while Mukesh R Mehta will be bankrolling the movie under the banner E4Entertainment along with CV Sarathy and AV Anoop's AVA Productions.
Mammootty is busy with a slew of films in various stages of production including Masterpiece, Pullikaran Staraa, Parole, Streetlights and so on, and Tovino Thomas has Abhiyude Kadha Anuvinteyum and Tharangam slated for release this year. He also has a number of other movies such as Hano 3D, a multilingual film, Oru Bhayangara Kamukan and Tick Tock in his kitty.
Basil Joseph made his debut as a director with the 2015 release Kunjiramayanam. The film had Vineeth Sreenivasan, Dhyan Sreenivasan, and Aju Varghese playing important roles and in 2017, he came up with Godha that had Tovino Thomas playing the lead role with Renji Panicker and Wamiqa Gabbi as part of the star cast.
While Tovino Thomas and Basil Joseph are teaming up for the second time after the smash hit Godha this year, Basil will be directing the mega star Mammootty for the first time. Further, Mammootty and Tovino Thomas will be sharing screen space for the first time as well.
Details about the film’s shooting schedules and the rest of the star cast are expected to be revealed soon.
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