Debutante Durga Krishna to play the female lead in Vimaanam
We had earlier today that Prithviraj’s upcoming movie Vimaanam has started rolling in Kochi. The team were looking for a fresh talent to play the female lead and finally they have found one. Durga Krishna, a native of Kozhikode has bagged the big opportunity to star opposite Prithviraj.
Vimaanam directed by newbie Pradeep M Nair film is inspired by the real life story of Saji Thomas, a speech and hearing person who hails from Idukki. It is an inspirational story about how he overcomes his physical disabilities build an aircraft on his own.
Durga Krishna will be seen as a village belle in the movie. The director had earlier informed that Vimaanam will not be a biography on Saji Thomas’ life, instead an endearing romantic track will have more prominence.
Prithviraj is playing a youth who is a pre-degree dropout in the movie. His main aim in life is to build an aircraft that he can fly. The movie will have two time periods, so Prithviraj will be appearing in two different looks. He will be shedding a few kilos along with taking flying courses to play his part in the movie.
Vimaanam is being planned on a big scale involving a lot of VFX works for the flying scenes. Listin Stephen is producing the movie. Gopi Sunder is composing the music
Nedumudi Venu, Sudheer Karamana, Aanandam fame Anarkali Marikar, Shanthi Krishna and many other prominent supporting actors are also part of the cast.
After completing the shoot in Kochi, the team will be moving to Batkal in Mangalore for shooting some important scenes. Delhi is another major location.
