National
award
winner
for
best
direction
in
1994,
T.V.
Chandran
has
cast
Sureshgopi
in
a
double
role
in
his
next
film
Bhoomi
Malayalam,
which
has
begun
shooting
in
Kannur.
This
is
the
first
time
that
Sureshgopi
is
acting
in
T.V.
Chandran"s
film.
The
film's
highlights,
in
addition
to
Sureshgopi,
will
be
the
five
female
protagonists
around
whom
the
story
revolves.
Samvrutha
Sunil
plays
the
role
of
a
factory
worker,
Priyanka
is
an
aspiring
athlete,
Padmapriya
is
a
bold
TV
journalist
and
Lakshmi
Sharma
is
a
housewife.
It
is
no
wonder
that
T.V.
Chandran
is
weaving
a
story
around
female
protagonists
because
several
of
his
earlier
movies
like
Alicinte
Anveshanam,
Mangamma,
Susanna
and
Padam
Onnu:
Oru
Vilapam
were
heroine-oriented.
Bhoomi
Malayalam
will
focus
on
the
social
development
of
Kerala
from
independence
till
date.
Music
is
handled
by
Thomas
Kottukapally
and
K.G
Jayan
handles
the
camera.The
film
also
has
Arun,
Govind
Padmasuriya,
Nedumudi
Venu,
Irshad,
Adnop
Chandran
and
Kalabhavan
Navaz,
Navya,
Kripa,
Roselin,
Lakshmi
Priya,
Jasna
Jayaraj
and
Charulatha
in
the
cast.