Malayalam
superstar
Mammootty,
who
has
given
us
three
blockbuster
movies
in
2008
so
far
(Roudram
by
Ranji
Panikkar,
Annan
Thampi
by
Hariharan
and
Twenty:20
by
Joshi),
will
soon
don
the
role
of
a
mahout
in
Thappana
by
Akku
Akbar,
who
recently
directed
the
super
family
entertainer
Veruthe
Oru
Bharya
starring
Jayaram
and
Gopika
in
the
lead.
Thappana
is
a
Malayalam
word
which
means
an
elephant
used
to
train
wild
elephants.
In
this
film,
Mammootty
will
be
the
owner
of
a
famous
elephant,
Kannan
(which
belongs
to
actor
Jayaram).
Earlier,
the
same
elephant
had
featured
in
Mammootty's
Rappakal.
Kannan,
which
recently
won
the
prestigious
'Gajarajapattom'
award
from
Kodannoor
Dharmashastha
Kshethram,
is
famous
for
his
calm
behaviour
and
has
acted
in
more
than
33
films.
Sources
say
Mammootty's
Thappana
will
be
an
elephant-oriented
film.
Reji
Nair
pens
the
script.
Thappana
will
be
one
of
the
superstar's
biggest
movies
in
2009.
More
details
are
awaited.
The
superstar
is
currently
in
Dubai
to
attend
the
Dubai
International
Film
Festival
where
his
internationally
reputed
film
Ore
Kadal
is
being
screened.