Mammootty’s next will be a performance-oriented movie

Mammootty has a slew of movies lined up and the 65 year old superstar is shuffling from one set to another. He was last seen shooting for Ajai Vasudev’s Masterpice, in which he plays a college professor. According to our sources, Mammootty will be taking a schedule break and join the sets of his next movie with Sharrath Sandith.

This yet to be titled movie will mark the directorial debut of Sharrath Sandith, who is a noted ad filmmaker. Mammootty has worked with Sharrath in several ad films over the last decade, most popular being the ones for South Indian bank.

Sharrath’s directorial debut is said to be inspired from true events and has a moving story. Miya George has been roped in to play one of the female leads. The makers are yet to finalise on the other heroine. More details regarding the other cast and crew members will be announced before the commencement of shoot.

The movie will start rolling by the second week of June in Bangalore. They are planning to complete the shoot in two schedules – 25 days in Bangalore and the rest in Kerala. The director has assured that his debut movie will have a classy presentation just like his ad films.

Mammootty has already finished shooting for his upcoming movie with 7th Day fame Shyam Dhar. This untitled movie is slated to hit screens for Onam. Cinematographer Shamdat’s upcoming bilingual Streetlights is another movie in the pipeline. It is a crime thriller in which Mammootty will be seen as an investigative officer. The movie is funded by the megastar’s own production house Playhouse Pictures.