Mammootty has not backed out of Karnan : Writer P Sreekumar

Earlier there were news about Mammootty dropping the plans of acting in magnum opus Karnan.

Actor-writer P Sreekumar who had announced the project few months back now clarifies that all the news regarding Karnan are false.

He has stated that Mammootty has not dropped the plans and is indeed part of the project.

National award winning filmmaker Madhupal will be directing this movie.

P Sreekumar has said that the script is in its final stages and pre-production will start only after that. He has been working on the project for many years now.

Earlier there were reports that Mammootty did not want a clash between him and Prithviraj. It should be remembered that Prithviraj is also doing an epic movie based on the character of the historical figure, Karnan.

Prithviraj’s Karnan is directed by RS Vimal who earlier made his debut with the romantic blockbuster Ennu Ninte Moideen also starring Prithviraj as the lead.

Preproduction for Prithviraj’s Karnan has already started at the Ramoji Rao film city in Hyderabad. The movie is planned as a multilingual and will be made on a massive budget of 300 crores.

Now since there is an official confirmation about Mammootty’s Karnan from the writer itself, fans and common audience are eagerly waiting for the movie.

Mammootty meanwhile is shooting for The Great Father directed by debutant Haneef Adeni. The movie is produced by Prithviraj under his banner August Cinemas.

He also has some other projects lined up like Vamban directed by Ranjith and other movies with directors like Shyam Dhar, Akhil Paul and Shafi.