Musical feast on the way; Drums Sivamani records for Neerali
Post-production works for Mohanlal’s Neerali is progressing at a brisk pace as the movie is gearing up for a grand Eid release in June. Last day, the makers posted photos from a musical session with the famous drummer Sivamani, in their official social media handle. Mohanlal, MG Sreekumar and composer Stephen Devassy are also there to be seen in the photos.
Looks like Stephen Devassy’s Neerali album will be a treat for the music lovers. Earlier, he had recorded a duet song rendered by Shreya Ghoshal and Mohanlal. The latter is singing in a movie after around five years, so expectations are high among the fans.
Neerali directed by Ajoy Varma has Mohanlal playing Sunny George, a gemologist. Nadhiya Moidu, who is making a comeback to Malayalam after a long gap, is playing his wife’s role in the movie. The cast also includes, Parvatii Nair, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Dileesh Pothan, Sai Kumar, Megha Mathew and Nasser.
Newcomer Saju Thomas has scripted this movie as an action-packed adventure thriller. The movie has been in the post-production phase for sometime now. Since it is an adventure thriller, the movie has a lot of VFX involved and the makers have signed one of India’s leading VFX companies to handle the same. According to our sources close to the unit, Neerali will have the best quality visual effects that Malayalam cinema has ever seen.
Neerali’s technical crew is mostly from Bollywood. Santhosh Thundiyil, noted for his works in several Hindi films has cranked the camera in Neerali. Director Ajoy Varma himself is editing the movie and Stephen Devassy is handling the music department.
The movie is produced by Santhosh T Kuruvilla’s Moonshot Entertainment, and co-produced by John Thomas and Mibu Jose Nettikdan.
