Gowri Munjal teams up with Mammootty

Making her successful debut with Puneet Rajkumar"s Kannada flick Namma Basava, Gowri Munjal has acted in Allu Arjun"s Telugu hit Bunny and Kannada films including Gandana Mane opposite Shivarajakumar and Jaaji Mallige opposite Ajay.

The actress has really come a long way in her acting career and would now be seen paired opposite non-other-than Malayalam superstar Mammootty in his forthcoming investigative thriller Paleri Manikkam, to be directed by Renjith.

The film is being produced by A.V. Anoop and Subair under the banner of AVM Productions and Varnachithra Big Screen. The flick is based on a famous novel Paleri Maanikkam- Oru Paathira Kolapathakathinte Katha by T.P. Rajeevan, first published in Mathrubhumi as a weekly serial and revolves around a village girl Manikkam, who is brutally raped and murdered on the 11th day of her marriage.