Jayaram to star in Prakash Raj’s next bilingual

Prakash Raj has roped in Jayaram to play the lead in his upcoming directorial which will be a bilingual in Malayalam and Tamil. Jayaram and Prakash Raj have been shooting together for the past few months for the upcoming multistarrer Achayans.

Prakash Raj’s movie is about a percussionist and the character demanded someone with such skills. That is when he learnt about Jayaram’s skills in playing chenda.

Jayaram himself revealed this in a recent interview. He said, “Prakash Raj never knew that I played chenda professionally till he saw me perform. After that, he told me a subject that he had in his mind for long. I loved the story as the character of the movie is someone who needed the skills of a percussionist. So, I could easily relate to it.”

Prakash Raj then told Jayaram that he wanted him to play the lead role in the movie. Jayaram readily agreed to do the role. This is a dream project for Prakash Raj and he has now started to work on the script. The movie will go on floors this year.

Jayaram and Prakash Raj have acted together in several movies. Their friendship dates back to the 90s. In fact it was Jayaram who asked Prakash Raj to play the character in Achayans. Interestingly, Prakash Raj has also sung a number in this movie.

Achayans is written by Sethu of Sachi- Sethu team. The movie directed by Kannan Thamarakkulam marks the third time union of the director with Jayaram after Thinkal Muthal Velli Vare and Aadupuliyattam. Achayans also stars Unni Mukundan, Adil Ibrahim, Sanju Sivaram and Amala Paul in major roles.