Randamoozham, the epic novel written by one of the most popular and honored writers in Indian literature and cinema, MT Vasudevan Nair, is in the news for last few years related to the reports of its celluloid version. The reports of making it into a film came years before and it was planned by Gokulam movies by Gokulam Gopalan who produced the biggest budget film ever made in Malayalam, Pazhassiraja. At that that time it is said that Hariharan will direct the movie version of the novel and it will be scripted by MT Vasudevan Nair himself. Only Mohanlal was selected to play the lead role of Bheema in the film. But later reports came that it is dropped due to the budget issue and also due to the difficulty in making such an epic novel into a single film.
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Now reports are coming in that it is not dropped and it will start next year after Mohanlal finishes his prior commitments. The film will be made in 5 languages including English and the production will have Hollywood assistance as well. There are rumors that it will be directed by Sreekumar instead of Hariharan, who had directed the Kalyan Jewellers advertisements.
But the biggest rumor that doing its rounds in Mollywood now is that Prithviraj will also join the film along with Mohanlal from Mollywood and he might be playing a character opposite to Mohanlal. As per reports Prithvi Raj had already agreed to play the antagonistic character in this film and if it happens it will be the first time Mohanlal and Prithviraj share the screen together.
The names such as Manju Warrier, Amitabh Bachchan, Allu Arjun, Vikram, Venkatesh etc being discussed in online media platform as rumors are saying they are also in the cast list of this film. AR Rahman said to be the music composer of this film and Santhosh Sivan will crank the camera. Still there is no official confirmation about the movie from the concerned people and all are treated as a rumor now. But the anticipation is raising each day as the report of making the epic novel into a film had come alive again.
