National award winning actor Salim Kumar has turned director and it was indeed a very big news in Mollywood for quite a long time. Now the film is finished its shoot and in the post –production stage and getting ready for release. The film has titled as Compartment and it is a special film. The specialty of this film is that the lead characters in this film, including the hero and heroine, has been done by children and that too not normal children. The children who are considered as special children due to their growth problems both mentally and physically had done the central characters.
Apart from them popular actors like Super star Suresh Gopi, Kalabhavan Mani, Kalabhavan Shajon, K P S E Lalitha, Kochu Preman, Nilambur Ayisha, Anjali Upasana, Laya Jose, Vinod Kedamangalam, Aby etc also became the part of this movie. The story and screen play of the film has also done by the director Salim Kumar himself and he said to the media that he has told the story fully in a very humorous way and it will be something to watch out.
He also said to the media and through it to the malayali audience that he needs their support and prayers if the film is good and even if the film has raised up to their expectation they had to respond to him as he is waiting for their valuable responses. He also said that it may be the first in world cinema which has these special children playing the central roles in a full length feature film.
A still from Compartment
Salim Kumar is not that much active in his acting career after he got national award for best actor few years ago for his mind blowing performance in Adaminte Makan Abu which was conceived by Salim Ahammed. Salim Kumar later acted in only a few films and he always tried to do character which has some relevance in the film and also chose films which offers anything good for the spectators.
Salim Kumar is one of the best ever actor in comic roles Malayalam cinema has ever produced and he had acted in almost 250 films in his fairly long career. We hope that Salim Kumar who had won great applauds from the audience with his great performances will also get the same when his first film as director get released. All the very best to Salim Kumar and the Compartment team.
