Alphonse Puthren reveals that he had planned a film with Mohanlal

Ever since the release of the sensational blockbuster ‘Premam’, there has been lot of speculations about director Alphonse Puthren’s upcoming films. He had planned several projects in these five years but none of them could take off. In a recent interview with The Cue, Alphonse revealed that he even had plans to make a film with superstar Mohanlal. However, he didn’t mention why the project couldn’t materialize.

Alphonse had also tried to make a Tamil film with Malayalam superstar Mammootty and Arun Vijay as the leads. It was a Mumbai-based film that was supposed to be made on a budget of over Rs 15 crores. But due to financial constriants, he had to drop the plan.

Alphonse is currently working on a musical film. For quite sometime, he has been learning music from various sources for the project. Kalidas Jayaram was supposed to star in the film initially but he opted out as he got other commitments. As of now, the director is yet to finalize the cast.