Prithviraj, Kunchacko Boban, Rima and Soubin in Aashiq Abu’s Neelavelicham

Today, on the 113th birth anniversary of legendary freedom fighter and Malayalam novelist Vaikom Muhammed Basheer, a new film titled ‘Neelavelicham’, based on his novel of the same name, has been announced. Director Aashiq Abu is helming the film that has Prithviraj Sukumaran, Kunchacko Boban, Rima Leena Rajan and Soubin Shahir as the leads. The makers announced the project by sharing a title poster that features a huge moonlit mansion.

Aashiq Abu has retained his regular set of technicians for ‘Neelavelicham’. Shyju Khalid is the cinematographer and music is by Bijibal and Rex Vijayan. Editor Saiju Sreedharan, costume designer Sameera Saneesh, production designer Jyothish Shankar and makeup artist Ronex Xavier are also part of the technical crew.

Aashiq Abu and Santhosh T Kuruvilla are jointly producing the film under the banner of OPM. The director has also informed that shoot will be beginning by the end of this year itself.