Nayika Nayakan runner-up Venkitesh turns hero with ‘Das Capital’
Nayika Nayakan is a popular reality show telecast in Mazhavil Manorama channel. Lal Jose, Kunchako Boban and Samvrutha Sunil were the judges. First season of the show got over recently and Darshana S Nair was crowned as the winner. Venkitesh VP, Trivandrum based youngster, secured the runner-up position. As announced earlier by the show’s organizers, the winners have been awarded with movie offers. While Darshana will be making her debut as heroine with Lal Jose’s next film, Venkitesh has also bagged a couple of projects.
Venkitesh will be playing the lead role in director Vishak R Warrier’s movie, ‘Das Capital’. Vishak, a former associate of Lal Jose, will be making his directorial debut with the movie. Hemanth G Nair has scripted the movie that has Venkitesh playing the titular role of Das. The project was officially announced on the grand finale stage of Nayika Nayakan. Subin, Manuraj and Praveen Radhakrishnan are jointly producing the movie under the banner of Moonlight Movies.
Apart from the lead role in Das Capital, Venkitesh will also be seen in a crucial role in Lal Jose’s upcoming movie, ‘Thattumpurath Achuthan’, starring Kunchako Boban.