Vidya Balan was not my first choice for Aami, says director Kamal

We had earlier reported that ace director Kamal will be making a biopic on the life of Malayalam’s late legendary writer Madhavikutty. The movie is titled as Aami. Aami was Madhavikutty’s pet name

Bollywood actress Vidya Balan will be playing the role of Madhavikutty in this movie. The movie also stars Prithviraj Sukumaran in a prominent role. Murali Gopy will be playing the role of Madhavikutty’s husband in the film. Many other new comers are also part of this biopic.

Director Kamal has earlier made a biopic on the life of JC Daniel with Prithviraj in the lead titled as Celluloid. The film was both critically and commercially acclaimed. Celluloid won the National award for the best feature film in Malayalam for the year 2013.

The director in a recent interview said that Vidya Balan was not his first choice. Kamal said, if the late actress Srividya was alive he would have Aami only with her. His next best choice was Vidya Balan. Eventhough the National award winning actress was a bit hesitant about acting in a South Indian movie, after hearing about the role she agreed to do the movie. The actress’ father is also a huge fan of Madhavikutty’s works.

There are four songs in the movie out of which two are in Hindi. Famous lyricist Gulzar will be writing the Hindi songs. Zakir Hussain’s brother Thoufeeq Quershi will be composing these songs.

Oscar award winner Resul Pookkutty is the sound designer for the movie. Aami is produced by P T Rafel. Malayalam songs are written by Rafeeq Ahmed and composed by Jayachandran.

The movie will go on floors from the 18th of next month. Shooting will happen in Kerala, Kolkata and Mumbai.