Jayasurya and director Prajesh Sen are teaming up for a film called Vellam. Sources in the know say that Nimisha Sajayan has been roped in to play the female lead in the film.
Jayasurya and Prajesh have earlier teamed up for the latter’s debut directorial Captain, a biopic on the legendary footballer VP Sathyan. The film starred Anu Sithara as the female lead with Renji Panicker, Siddique, Deepak Parambol, Saiju Kurup, Kamal Varadoor and Lakshmi Sharma in supporting roles. Jayasurya won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Captain.
Meanwhile, reports have surfaced that another upcoming film of Jayasurya will be a fantasy thriller, which is based on the life of the legendary priest Kadamattathu Kathanar who lived in Kadamottom. The priest was believed to have possessed some supernatural powers which helped him perform miracles. Jayasurya will be playing the priest.
Actor-producer Vijay Babu and Jayasurya are teaming up for the film on Kadamattathu Kathanar. They are also working together for a film called Sufiyum Sujathayum. Vijay Babu has said that the biopic will commence after Sufiyum Sujathayum is wrapped up.
Sufiyum Sujathayum is an intense romantic tale, we hear. The film has Aditi Rao Hydari playing the female lead and she will be seen as Jayasurya’s wife. Wielding the megaphone for this venture is Naranipuzha Shanavas, director of the critically acclaimed film Karie. The film is bankrolled by Vijay Babu under his banner Friday Film House. Vijay Babu has said in an interview to the Times of India that it is a romantic thriller with dark humor thrown in. He also said that Jayasurya will be seen in a different avatar altogether. It may be noted here that Vijay Babu and Jayasurya have earlier collaborated for Aadu and Aadu 2 both of which turned out to be popular.
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