Jayasurya to star in E Sreedharan biopic titled as Rama Sethu

Of late, Jayasurya has been more interested in doing biopics and films based on real life characters. He has already starred in footballer VP Sathyan’s biopic ‘Captain’, for which he won the Kerala State Award. He also has late actor Sathyan’s biopic coming up. Jayasurya has now signed yet another biopic. He will be playing E Sreedharan in his biopic which has been titled as ‘Rama Sethu’. It comes with the tagline ‘A Bridge between God and Society’. VK Prakash will be directing the movie and it is scripted by S Suresh Babu.

E Sreedharan, popularly known as ‘Metro Man’ is credited for changing the face of public transport in India. He is well known for his efficient leadership in building the Konkan Railway, Delhi Metro and Kerala’s own Kochi Metro.

Interestingly, scriptwriter Suresh Babu had initially planned another film titled ‘Arabi Kadalinte Rani – The Metro Woman’ with Rima Kallingal as the lead. It was about Lalitha, an ordinary textile worker, her admiration for E Sreedharan and her attempts to meet him. M Padmakumar was supposed to direct the film but it got dropped.

Suresh Babu has now adapted the screenplay to develop it as a full fledged biopic. The focus will be on Sreedharan’s professional journey and since it is a biopic, the movie will traverse multiple timelines. Jayasurya will be portraying his life from the age of early 30s to 80s. The story will be told from the perspective of two characters – Uthaman, a railway canteen employee, and his daughter Lathika, the same old textile worker. The story will explore how Sreedharan inspired Uthaman and his family.

Arun Narayan is producing the movie. The makers have roped in veteran Ravi K Chandran to wield the camera. More details regarding the entire cast, technical crew and when shoot begins is expected to be revealed soon.