If there’s a problem with the makers of Kottayam Kunjachan, then our film will not be about him: Vijay Babu
Earlier this week, a massive announcement was made during the success celebration event of ‘Aadu 2’. It was announced that Mammootty will be teaming up with Midhun Manuel Thomas for the second part of the iconic blockbuster ‘Kottayam Kunjachan’. Vijay Babu’s Friday Film House was set to produce the movie.
But now the makers of Kottayam Kunjachan have come out saying that they have not sold the rights for the sequel to anyone and that the announcement was made without informing them. Kottayam Kunjachan’s producer M Mani has said that Vijay Babu had met him once but they did not discuss about the second part. He added that they are not interested to take this issue legally.
However, Vijay Babu has said that he met M Mani, director Suresh Babu and scriptwriter Dennis Joseph to inform about the project and seek their blessings. They had mutually agreed to discuss the terms and conditions later. But later when Vijay Babu tried to contact them, they didn’t respond. He added that he has no idea why they have come up with the issue now.
Opening up more about their project, Vijay Babu said that they initially did not have plans to make a second part. Apparently, their movie was not scripted based on Kunjachan. But since their character had similar mannerisms to Kunjachan, they thought of developing the movie based on him. He clarified that if M Mani has an issue with it, then their movie will not be about Kottayam Kunjachan.
According to Vijay Babu, the movie is still in its early stages with only the story taking shape. They are yet to start works for the full fledged script. Vijay Babu confirmed that even if it is not about Kunjachan, they will be definitely doing the movie with Mammootty. Let’s hope the two parties sort out the issues soon, so that we get to see Kunjachan set the screen on fire once again.
