Fahadh Faasil in Guppy fame John Paul George’s next ?

John Paul George who made his debut last year with the critically acclaimed Guppy is gearing up to start works for his next movie. Talks within the industry are rife that the director has roped in Fahadh Faasil for his upcoming movie.

Earlier, John Paul George had informed that his next movie will be with Nivin Pauly and it was supposed to be produced by himself and director Sameer Thahir. But after the announcement, which came last year, there were no further updates regarding the project.

Now we hear that Sameer Thahir and John Paul are jointly producing the latter’s second directorial with Fahadh in the lead. It is not yet known whether they are making the same Nivin Pauly project with Fahadh or if it is an entirely new movie. Apparently, the director is planning to retain the same set of technicians from his debut movie. Both cinematographer Girish Gangadharan and music director Vishnu Vijay won awards in last year’s Kerala State Awards. The makers are planning to start the shoot by January next year.

Fahadh meanwhile has a number of exciting projects in his kitty. He is awaiting the release of two of his films; Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum and Role Models, both slated to hit screens this Eid season.

In Malayalam, he has committed for three new projects- Carbon with Munnariyippu director Venu, an untitled rural entertainer with G Marthandan and debutant Vivek’s Aanengilum Allengilum, a rom-com entertainer co-starring Sunny Wayne in the lead.

Fahadh is also making his Tamil debut this year. He is playing the antagonist in Thani Oruvan director Mohan Raja’s Velaikaaran which also stars Sivakarthikeyan, Nayanthara and Sneha. He is also playing one of the leads in National award winner Thyagarajan Kumararaja’s untitled film. Vijay Sethupathy, Samantha, Nadiya Moidu and director Mysskin are also part of the cast.