Mammootty’s Uncle most likely to hit screens next month

Mammootty’s Uncle is an eagerly awaited movie. Joy Mathew has scripted this movie, which marks the directorial debut of Gireesh Damodar, a former associate of Ranjith and Padmakumar. Uncle is Joy Mathew’s next movie as a scriptwriter after the widely acclaimed ‘Shutter’. Just like his previous movie, Uncle is also said to be a socially relevant film.

If reports are to be belived, Uncle is gearing up to hit screens on March 16. An official announcement regarding the same is yet to be made by the makers. Actor-writer Joy Mathew is also producing this movie and it will be presented by Soorya Films. Recently, the satellite and remake rights for the Tamil and Telugu versions of the movie were sold for a hefty price. The exact amount has not yet been disclosed by the makers.

Uncle is the story of a 17-year-old girl and her dad’s friend. It is about an unusual situation a middle class family is made to face. The social and political setting of Kerala is of much prominence in the movie. Karthika Muraleedharan, who made her debut last year with Dulquer Salmaan’s Comrade In America (CIA), is playing the female lead in Uncle.

Mammootty will be seen in a different role altogether in the movie. He is sporting a salt and pepper bearded look for his character, which is said to be a performance oriented one. The movie also stars Joy Mathew, Asha Sharath, Vinay Forrt, Suresh Krishna, Kailash, Sheela and Muthumani in supporting roles.

Azhagappan is the cinematographer and Bijibal is handling the music department. Joy Mathew and Sajai Sebastian are jointly funding the movie under their banners of Abra Films International and SJ Films.