Legendary
M.T.
Vasudevan
Nair,
director
Hariharan
and
superstar
Mammootty's
forthcoming
biopic
magnum
opus,
the
historical
film
Pazhassi
Raja,
which
was
finally
scheduled
for
release
on
Vishu
(April
14),
has
been
postponed
to
Onam
(September).
This
is
the
sixth
time
that
Pazhassi
Raja's
release
is
being
postponed
since
it
started
in
2007.
The
shooting
of
the
film
has
been
constantly
dragging
for
the
last
two
year
due
to
unseasonal
heavy
rains,
clashes
in
the
dates
of
the
artists
and
the
accidental
death
of
two
crew
members.
However,
megastar
Mammootty,
who
was
determined
to
complete
the
movie
as
early
as
possible,
had
recently
earmarked
nearly
three
weeks
to
complete
the
final
schedule
at
Madikkeri
in
Karnataka.
Thanks
to
Mammootty's
efforts,
the
entire
shoot
is
now
over.
The
post
production
work
is
to
begin
in
Chennai.
Music
maestro
Ilayaraja
has
scored
music
to
the
lyrics
written
by
poet
O.N.V.
Kurup
in
this
film,
produced
by
Gokulam
Gopalan
with
a
whopping
budget
of
more
than
20
crores.
The
re-recording
will
begin
after
Sreekar
Prasad
completes
his
editing.
The
film,
with
a
lot
of
special
effects
and
graphics,
is
expected
to
be
completed
in
approximately
three
or
four
months.
Pazhassi
Raja
tells
the
story
of
the
legendary
ruler
and
warrior
Pazhassi
Raja,
popularly
known
as
the
Lion
of
Kerala,
who
took
on
the
British
in
the
forests
of
Malabar
in
the
18th
century.
He
is
considered
to
be
the
first
freedom
fighter
of
India.
The
movie
will
showcase
his
heroic
fights
against
the
British
in
the
jungles
of
Wayanad
during
the
1790s.
Mammootty,
who
had
played
the
hero
in
Hariharan's
previous
historical
venture
Oru
Vadakkan
Veeragatha
(1989),
plays
the
title
role
as
Pazhassi
Raja,
while
Suman
plays
the
villain
Pazhaiveetan
Chandu.
Tamil
actor
Sarath
Kumar
plays
Edachena
Kunkan,
the
chief
lieutenant
of
Pazhassi
Raja.
Others
in
the
cast
are
Padmapriya,
Kanihaa,
Manoj
K.
Jayan,
Thilakan,
Jagathi
Sreekumar,
Suresh
Krishna
and
Kalabhavan
Mani.