It's official now: Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mohanlal to team up 23rd Feb 2007
14.00 IST
By P. Sreekumaran
In what is being billed as the casting coup of the year, two heavyweights of Malayalam cinema have joined hands at long last.
The men in focus are celebrated Malayalam director Adoor Gopalakrishnan and megastar Mohanlal .
Speculation had been rife ever since Mohanlal called on the maestro at his residence in Thiruvananthapuram a few months ago.
Now the suspense is over, and it is official. Adoor will direct Mohanlal in a film yet to be titled.
The movie is based on three stories of noted writer late Takazhi Sivasankarapillai.
Mohanlal will have two heroines: Padmapriya and Nandita Das , according to the grapevine. Jagathy Sreekumar will also play a key role in the movie, shooting for which will begin in March.
The other megastar of Mollywood, Mammootty has already done three films with Adoor. The films are: ‘Mathilugal’, ‘Anantharam’ and ‘Videyan’.
Filmgoers of Kerala are eagerly looking forward to the making of another award- masterpiece from the maestro.