Mohanlal-Priyadarshan film Oppam has started rolling bearing great hopes !

Oppam, the upcoming film from the magical duo of Mohanlal and Priyadarshan is started rolling at Kochi on March 5. The shooting is going on smoothly at Tripunithura and as per reports the first schedule of the film will be there at Kochi till March 25. After that Mohanlal will go to Hyderabad to join his second schedule of Janata Garage, the Telugu big budget film with Jr.NTR and Koratala Siva.

Oppam will have a Munnar and Ootty Schedule as well in April as per reports and the film is planning as an Onam release of Mohanlal. There is great expectation on this Mollywood film produced by Antony Perumbavoor under the banner of Ashirvad Cinemas. It is the second time that Ashirvad Cinemas is joining hand with Priyadarshan. It was in 2001 that Mohanlal-Priyadarshan team had done a film named Kilichundan Mambazham produced under the banner of Ashirvad. Even though that film did not do much well at box office that time, later it had got great appreciation from audience after it was screened on Mini Screen.

Also Read : Moving speech by Mammootty at the function to pay homage to Kalabhavan Mani

So when Ashirvad joins with Priyadarshan again, we have to assume that they are all set to make things right this time at box office as well. Mohanlal plays a visually challenged man in this film and this one is not a comedy film like the previous blockbusters given by Mohanlal-Priyadarshan team. This is a crime thriller but will have comedy as well. Priyadarshan himself had written the screenplay and dialogues of this film and the story is from a newcomer named Govind Vijayan from Thissur.

Eakambaram cranking the camera for this film and this will be his second association with Priyadarshan in Malayalam as he had done the DOP of the film Vettam directed by Priyadarshan and starred by Dileep in 2004. Apart from Mohanlal, artists like Samdurakkani, Nedumudi Venu, Mamukkoya, Kanaran Harish, Chemban Vinod, Aju Varghese, Kalabhavan Shajon, Vimala Raman, Anusree, Arjun Nandakumar etc playing key roles in this film as well. 4 music had tuned the songs for this film as well.