Mohanlal & director Shaji Kailas join hands, new project to begin in October

MUMBAI: Superstar Mohanlal on Wednesday announced he is set to reunite with filmmaker Shaji Kailas for his next film, 12 years after they last worked together. The untitled film will be produced by Antony Perumbavoor and is scheduled to begin in October.

Mohanlal and Kailas have previously collaborated on films like the 1997 drama "Aaram Thamburan", "Narasimham" (2000), 2004 action drama "Natturajavu", "Baba Kalyani" and "Alibhai" in 2007.

The duo last worked in the 2009 crime thriller "Red Chillies".


Perumbavoor has also backed the actor's upcoming epic-historical "Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea", directed by Priyadarshan.

Mohanlal, who was seen earlier this year in "Drishyam 2", has a packed slate of films, including "Aaraattu", Jeethu Joseph's "Ram" and "Bro Dady", directed by actor Prithviraj Sukumaran.

Mohanlal is also gearing up for his directorial debut "Barroz", billed as a big scale 3D-fantasy project.