Sreenath Bhasi replaces Kalidas Jayaram in Virus?
Recently, Aashiq Abu had announced that his next film will be based on the deadly Nipah outbreak in Kerala. The movie titled as Virus boasts of an ensemble cast comprising of Revathy, Tovino Thomas, Parvathy, Asif Ali, Rima Kallingal, Kalidas Jayaram, Soubin Shahir, Dileesh Pothan, Chemban Vinod Jose and Remya Nambeeshan. Cinephiles are highly excited about such a big cast coming together for a real-event based movie like Virus.
We have now learnt that Kalidas Jayaram has been replaced by Sreenath Bhasi in the movie. We presume Kalidas packed schedule to be the reason for opting out of such a big project. He has a busy year ahead of him as he has committed for films with directors Jeethu Joseph, Alphonse Puthran, Midhun Manuel Thomas and Santhosh Sivan.
Sreenath Bhasi is a regular in Aashiq Abu films and the talented youngster has reportedly bagged a meaty role in Virus. Besides the aforementioned actors, the movie will also have Fahadh Faasil in a crucial guest role. Virus is scripted jointly by Muhsin Parari of ‘KL 10 Pathu’ fame and Suhas and Sharfu, the writers of ‘Varathan’. The makers are trying to tell the world a story about how the Malayali community stood united to tackle the virus. Nipah virus had took 17 lives in Kerala this year.
Contrary to reports, Virus is not an anthology film but has interconnected stories set all over Kerala. The movie has veteran actress Revathy playing the role of Health Minister KK Shailaja and Rima Kallingal as nurse Lini Puthussery, who contracted Nipah and passed away while treating the virus affected patients. Tovino Thomas will be seen in the role of Kozhikode collector UV Jose.
Its technical crew includes National award winning cinematographer Rajeev Ravi, composer Sushin Shyam and editor Saiju Sreedharan. The movie is set to go on floors from December and it has been planned as a Vishu release, next April.
