Manju Warrier to play the female lead opposite Mohanlal in Odiyan

According to latest reports, Mohanlal and Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan will be teaming up for a big budget 3D movie directed by popular ad filmmaker Sreekumar. The movie is titled as Odiyan.

Manju Warrier will be playing the female lead opposite Mohanlal in this movie. The two last acted together in Sathyan Anthikad’s Ennum Eppozhum. The movie was a moderate success in the box office.

Veteran actor Prakash Raj is also playing an important role in the movie alongside Mohanlal and Amitabh Bachchan. According to myth, Odiyan is named after a man who is mastered in odividya, a black magic trick to tackle the enemies. The film is written by Harikrishnan.

Amitabh Bachchan and Mohanlal have earlier acted together in Ram Gopal Varma’s Aag and Kandahar directed by Major Ravi. Amitabh Bachchan made his debut in Mollywood through Kanadhar in 2010.

Reports are also doing the rounds about Amitabh Bachchan, Manju Warrier and many other leading actors from the country starring in Mohanlal’s upcoming epic drama Randamoozham written by MT Vasudevan Nair. The movie based on the Mahabaratha war is being planned as a multilingual movie with a production cost of 600 crores.

According to reports, Odiyan will be a big budget fantasy entertainer made in 3D format. More details regarding the movie is not yet known.