Has Megastar Mammootty dropped Karnan ?
RS Vimal who made his debut through the romantic blockbuster Ennu Ninte Moideen, few months back announced that he will be doing a movie based on the life of historic character Karnan with Young Super Star Prithviraj Sukumaran playing the lead role.
At the same time actor-writer P Sreekumar had also announced that he will be writing a script for a movie based on the historical life of Karnan. He said that Mammootty will playing the epic character in his movie.
National award winning filmmaker Madhupal was said to be directing this movie. P Sreekumar also said that he had been working on this project for years now and the scripting is in its finishing stages.
But there has been no official confirmation about the movie as of now. Social media is abuzz with questions about Mammootty’s Karnan. There is an uncertainty regarding the movie in all the movie discussion circles and within the industry.
It has to be noted that Mammootty has not mentioned about the movie in any media interactions or events.
Mammootty meanwhile is busy shooting for The Great Father directed by debutant Haneef Adeni which is produced by August Cinemas.
He has also signed for new projects with Shafi, a mass entertainer with ace director Ranjith titled Vamban, a movie with Akhil Paul and another movie with 7th day fame Shyam Dhar.
Meanwhile, makers of Prithviraj starrer Karnan have started their extensive pre-production works in Hyderabad.
Director RS Vimal in a recent media interaction announced that the movie will be made on a large scale with a whopping budget of 300 crores. The makers are also trying to rope in top stars from other industries. This movie is planned as a pan Indian one with release in multiple languages.
Now since there are no official announcement from Mammootty’s side, people has started believing that this dream project has been dropped abruptly.