‘Pothen Vava’ is, in a way, crucial for Megastar Mammootty , whose recent films have not exactly done all that well.
For instance, Balram Vs Tara Das did not succeed to the desired extent. Prajapathy and Bhargavacharitam Moonnam Kaandam also met with an indifferent response at the box office.
The successive setbacks forced Mammootty to focus on serious films and turn his back on comic and lighter-vein roles.
A highlight of ‘Pothen Vava’ is that Mammootty and director Joshy are coming together after a gap of five years. The Mammootty-Joshy team has delivered a number of hits in the past. Their last film together was “Dubai”.
‘Pothen Vava’ also marks the film debut of noted pop singer Usha Uthup. The pop diva plays an aggressive advocate mother to a docile and obedient son enacted by Mammootty. There are two heroines in the film: Gopika and Bhavana .
Others in the cast are Nedumudi Venu, Rajan P Dev, Sai Kumar and Salim Kumar.
Alex Paul will score the music for lyrics penned by Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma.
While Sanjeev Shankar will crank the camera, editing will be done by Ranjan Abraham.
‘Pothen Vava’, script of which has been written by Benny Nayarambalam, is scheduled for a Ramzan release.
