Actor Kalabhavan Shajohn is making his directorial debut with Brother’s Day, a film that will have Prithviraj Sukumaran playing the lead role. The team has returned from Greece where they wrapped up a schedule recently. On his return, Prithviraj is seen sporting a bearded look which is probably for his get-up in the film.
Listin Stephen will be bankrolling the film under his banner Magic Frames on a budget of Rs 15 crore. Miya, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Prayaga Rose Martin and Aima Sebastian have been roped in to play the female leads in this film.
Reports are that Prithviraj will be working on Brother’s Day and Driving License simultaneously and both the films will be out at the theatres this year. Driving License will be helmed by Jean Paul Lal. It is learnt that Prithviraj plays a car-crazy superstar. Suraj Venjaramoodu has bagged an important role in Driving License and he will be seen as a vehicle inspector. The film will be produced by Prithviraj under his home banner.
It may be noted here that Prithivraj’s first production under the banner Prithviraj Productions was the sci-fi thriller 9. Driving License will be the second production under this banner.
The actor-producer also has in his kitty Aadujeevitham, which is directed by Blessy. The film’s technical crew includes Resul Pookutty for sound designing, KU Mohanan for cinematography and Raja Muhammed for editing. Aadujeevitham will bring back the Oscar-winning music director AR Rahman into the Malayalam film industry. It was in 1992 that he composed for the Malayalam film Yoddha, the same year he debuted in Tamil with Roja. On his music composition for the film, the musician has reportedly said that he has completed setting the tunes for two songs, one of which has been rendered by singer Chinmayi. It is being bankrolled by KG Abraham under the banner KGA Films.
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