Ranjith Balakrishnan, prominent screen-writer and director has decided to pen the story for the movie ‘Ayal Njanalla,’ said to be directed by actor Vineeth Kumar. The last time he penned a story for another person was two years back, in 2012 for ‘Bavuttiyude Nammathil,’ directed by G. S. Vijayan and starring Mammootty, Shankar Ramakrishnan and Kavya Madhavan in the lead roles. Pradeep Kavumthara and M.Sajas are the dialogue writers while the screen play is handled by actor turned director Vineeth Kumar himself .
Vineeth Kumar is a well known face in the Malayalam Film Industry who started his career in the year 1989 with the movie ‘Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha,’ winning him the Kerala State Award for the best child artist that year. Since then he has appeared in a lot of prominent roles in movies later, the last venture being ‘Vegam,’ directed by K. G. Anil Kumar and starring alongside Jacob Gregory and Samskruthy Shenoy.
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He has now decided to take over the director’s chair for his next venture titled ‘Ayal Njanalla,’ Interesting title indeed. What makes it even more interesting is that is stars Fahadh Faasil and he is said to don a double role in this comedy drama. If the rumors are true, one of the Fahadh character will be doing the role of an actor and the other a con-artist, set in the backdrop of the film industry. Remember this isn’t the first time Fahadh has done a double role for a movie. Previously, he did the same for ‘Netholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla,’ directed by V. K. Prakash.
The shoot is to start in Gujarat and Bangalore during the month of December. Director/ Screenwriter turned actor Renji Panicker will be doing an important role in the film. The lead actress are said to be Mrudula Murali (Elsamma Enna Aankutty) and newcomer Divya Pillai. Another intriguing cast is that of India’s Got Talent fame Akshat Singh who is also playing a key role in the movie.
Among other cast members are Joju Mala, Chemban Vinod, Sreekumar (Marimayam), T. G. Ravi, Dinesh Nair, Anil Kumar, Babu Annoor, Jins Bhaskar, Sreekanth Menon, Subheesh Jishad and Susheel Kumar. The camera will be held by noted cameraman Shamdat and Manu Rameshan will be composing the music. ‘Ayal Njanalla’ will be produced by Raghunath Balakrishnan and K. G. Suresh under the banner of R. S. Media Vision. The movie is expected to hit theaters by March 2015.
