Mammootty to play <i>Pazhassiraaja</i>
On the 18th of March, director Hariharan, MT Vasudevan and Mammooty will launch the new film named Pazhassiraaja. The film is about the hitherto lesser-known freedom fighter who lived in Kerala. The first freedom fight began in 1857 but Pazhassiraaja began his fight against the colonial rulers more than 52 years before the battle began. All the other kingdoms fell to the British conquerors. But Pazhassiraaja remained ferociously independent. He fought the war with an army of farmers against the British and their guns.
How
did
they
choose
Mammooty
for
the
role?
"He
has
the
features,
age,
the
physique
and
the
skills
to
play
the
role," says
Hariharan,
the
film's
director.
Padhmapriya
and
Sneha
are
the
heroines.
While
Sneha
is
Mammooty's
wife
in
the
film,
Padhmapriya
plays
the
role
of
the
tribal
girl
who
assists
Pazhassiraja
in
the
war.
Most
of
the
research
and
information
was
gathered
from
historical
records.
The
film's
shooting
begins
in
April
this
year.