Thallumaala dropped; Khalid Rahman to helm the film with a new team

Last October, it was announced that Tovino Thomas and Soubin Shahir would be teaming up for a new film titled ‘Thallumaala’. Muhsin Parari was supposed to direct the film with Aashiq Abu and Rima Kallingal producing it under the banner of OPM Pictures. But we now hear that they have dropped the project and instead producer Ashiq Usman has taken it up.

Khalid Rahman, who is fresh from the success of ‘Unda’, will be directing it. Tovino Thomas is still part of the project but Soubin Shahir has opted out. He has been replaced by Sharafudheen. Muhsin Parari is also still associated with the film. Ashraf Hamza, the director of ‘Thamaasha’, has joined Muhsin in penning the screenplay.

‘Thallumaala’ was announced with Jimshi Khalid as the cinematographer, Sushin Shyam as the music director and Saiju Sreedharan as the editor. Khalid Rahman has retained Jimshi and Sushin in his team. Songs will be composed by Rex Vijayan and Shahabaz Amaan. Noufal Abdullah will be handling the edits. Sound designers Vishnu Govind-Sree Sankar, make up artist Ronex Xavier, costume designer Mashar Hamsa, art director Gokul Das and project designer Badusha are also part of the technical team.

Shoot will be commencing shortly and the film is slated for September release.