After
playing
director
Udayabhanu
in
the
Roshan
Andrews-directed
Udayananu
Tharam,
which
gave
this
megastar's
career
a
timely
boost
in
2005,
Mohanlal
is
once
again
taking
the
director's
megaphone
on-screen
in
Pakal
Nakshatrangal
directed
by
Rajeev
Nath,
an
offbeat
filmmaker
who
made
yesteryear
hits
Janani
and
Aham.
Set
in
the
backdrop
of
cinema,
Pakal
Nakshatrangal
tells
the
story
of
a
script
writer-director
named
Siddharthan
getting
entangled
in
a
murder,
while
writing
a
murder
mystery.
One
of
the
highlights
of
the
movie
is
that
Sureshgopi
is
also
playing
a
cameo
in
this
film.
Mohanlal
plays
Siddharthan;
Suresh
Gopi's
onscreen
name
is
Vaidhyanath.
The
film
has
Murali,
Anoop
Menon,
Nedumudi
Venu,
Jagathi
Sreekumar,
Maniyan
Pillai
Raju,
Arun,
Sindhu
Menon,
Sukumari
and
Surabhi.
It
has
started
rolling
in
Thiruvananthapuram.
The
script
of
Pakal
Naksthrangal
is
by
Anoop
Menon
and
camera
is
by
Shyam
Dutt.
The
shooting
will
also
take
place
in
Mumbai.