With some exciting projects in his kitty, Nivin Pauly eyeing a box office hunt!
Nivin Pauly has had a quite year so far. His first release this year was Sakhavu, a political drama directed by National award winner Sidhartha Siva. Eventhough the movie won critical acclaim, it could not reap the desired commercial success. But the second half of 2017 seems to be an exciting year for the actor as he has some highly anticipated movies lined up for release.
His next release will be Richie, his first straight Tamil film, directed by debutant Gautham Ramachandran. It is the official remake of Kananda star Rakshit Shetty’s superhit film Ulidavaru Kandanthe. Tamil and Malayali audience are looking forward to the release of Richie after the impressive teaser that raised the expectations.
Nivin Pauly’s Onam release this year will be Njandukalude Naattil Oridevala, an upcoming family entertainer directed by debutant Althaf of Premam fame. Nivin himself is producing this movie under his banner of Pauly Jr Pictures.
Nivin Pauly starrer is currently shooting in Goa for ace filmmaker Shyamaprasad’s upcoming movie Hey Jude. Touted to be a musical romance drama, the movie marks the Malayalam debut of leading South Indian actress Trisha. It is expected to hit screens by the end of this year.
After wrapping up Hey Jude, Nivin will be joining the second schedule of Geetu Mohandas’ Moothon. The movie is highly anticipated as it involves some very big names. Geetu Mohandas’ husband Rajeev Ravi is cranking the camera. Bollywood filmmaker Anurag Kashyap is making his entry to Mollywood by collaborating with Geetu Mohandas in writing the Hindi dialogues. Eros International and Bollywood filmmaker Anand L Rai’s new production house Colour Yellow Productions will present the movie under the banner of Jar Pictures.
Another mammoth project lined up for Nivin is a period drama based on the life of Kayamkulam Kochunni. The movie is written by the National winning duo of Bobby-Sanjay and is to be directed by Rosshan Andrews. Nivin Pauly will be undergoing a complete makeover for playing the role of Kochunni. He would also be training in Kalaripayattu for the movie. Shoot for the movie will commence early next year.
Last day, it was announced that Nivin Pauly and Nayantara will be playing the leads in the debut directorial of Dhyan Sreenivasan. The movie, titled as Love Action Drama is being produced by Aju Varghese and Vishak Subramanian. It is scheduled to go on floors in October and is eyeing a summer release next year.
Nivin has also comitted for two Tamil movies this year. He has signed for Atlee’s first production venture which is to be directed by debutant Surya Balakumaran and a movie with Prabhu Radhakrishnan to be produced by RD Raja.
There are also unconfirmed reports about Nivin teaming with Pulimurugan director Vysakh. Reportedly, Udhayakrishna is scripting this movie in which Nivin will be seen as a police officer. We still await an official confirmation regarding this project.
Altogether, the next two years promises to be a spectacular period for Nivin as most of the aforementioned films have the potential to set the box office on fire.
