Fahadh Faasil-Akhil Sathyan film Pachuvum Athbuthavilakkum confirmed as December release

As told earlier by us, Fahadh Faasil is teaming up with Sathyan Anthikad’s son Akhil Sathyan for a film titled ‘Pachuvum Athbuthavilakkum’. The film had originally gone on floors in January, 2020 but shoot had to be stopped halfway due to the pandemic. The makers are now planning to resume works are release it in December.

‘Pachuvum Athbuthavilakkum’ has Fahadh playing a Mumbai-based Malayali youth. As per Akhil Sathyan, Fahadh’s is a fun character that offers enough scope for him to display his humour skills. The film is centred around his journey from Mumbai to Kerala and then to Goa. It is essentially the story of a young girl and an older woman, and how Fahadh’s character connects them both.

The film has three female leads – Viji Venkatesh, Dhwanu Rajesh and Anjana Jayaprakash. Viji, a renowned author, is debuting as an actor with this film. Dhwani Rajesh, a 13-year-old who had earlier starred in the Majid Majidi directorial ‘Beyond The Clouds’ is essaying a crucial role. Anjana Jayaprakash, who had appeared in the Tamil-English web series ‘Queen’, is the other female lead.

Sharan Velayudhan of ‘Ambili’ fame is the DOP and Justin Prabhakaran is handling the music. Besides scripting and directing, Akhil Sathyan is also editing the film. It is produced by Sethu Mannarkad of Full Moon Cinema.