Swathi Reddy to play the female lead in Thrissur Pooram

Shoot for Jayasurya’s new film ‘Thrissur Pooram’ commenced only recently. Rajesh Mohanan is directing the movie and it is being produced by Vijay Babu’s Friday Film House. Composer Ratheesh Vega is debuting as scriptwriter with this movie, which is touted to be an action packed mass entertainer.

The makers have roped in Swathi Reddy to play the female lead. She plays Jayasurya’s wife in the film and hers is said to be a very important character. The two had earlier shared screen space in ‘Aadu Oru Bheegara Jeeviyanu’, in which Swathi appeard in a cameo. She was last seen in Malayalam in Lijo Jose Pellissery’s ‘Double Barrel’.

As well reported earlier, ‘Thrissur Pooram’ is a film structured just like the real Pooram festival. It is divided into several chapters each signifying the various stages of the festival. Jayasurya plays a mass character named Round Jayan. Senthil Krishna of ‘Chalakkudikaran Changathi’ fame reportedly plays the villain. Sabumon Abdusamad, Vijay Babu, Gayathri Arun, Mallika Sukumaran and Sreejith Ravi are part of the cast.

The movie has cinematography by veteran RD Rajasekhar and edits by Deepu Joseph. Ratheesh Vega is handling the music department as well.