Anoop Menon turns director with King Fish
We had recently reported about Anoop Menon and director Ranjith playing the lead roles in a movie titled ‘King Fish’. VK Prakash was supposed to direct the movie but has now opted out due to date issues. Anoop Menon, who has also scripted the movie, is all set to wear the director’s hat with this movie. He informed the same to his followers in social media with a brief note which reads,
Dear all,this is to share with you the news of me turning director…the film is KING FISH..vkp was supposed to direct it but he is not able to do it owing to some date hassles and hence me taking over the mantle…Will try to make an engaging and entertaining film for you all..let me thank you for the overwhelming love that you showered on my previous script outing “ente mezhuthiri athazhangal “..Will definitely try my best to better it..love..
The multi-talented Anoop Menon has previously scripted movies like ‘Aakasha Gopuram’, ‘Trivandrum Lodge’ and ‘Beautiful’. After a brief hiatus, he recently made his comeback as a scriptwriter with ‘Ente Mezhuthiri Athazhangal’, a rom-com that had a decent run at the box office.
‘King Fish’ is also a rom-com that revolves around Bhaskara Varma, who is a member of a royal family. People fondly call him Neymeen Bhasi and the film gets its title from the English name of the fish, kingfish. Anoop Menon plays Bhaskara Varma’s role while director Ranjith will be appearing in the role of his maternal uncle Neelakanda Varma. Durga Krishna of ‘Vimaanam’ and ‘Pretham 2’ fame has been signed as the female lead. Niranjana Anoop and Lal Jose are also part of the cast.
Ratheesh Vega will be handling the music department in the movie. Vijay Yesudas, a regular in Anoop Menon films, has already recorded a song for ‘King Fish’. Amjith S Koya is producing the movie under the banner of Texas Film Factory. Shoot wi be commencing by this month-end. Ranni, Kuttikanam, Ernakulam, Bangalore and Dubai are the major locations.
