It
was
earlier
reported
that
Mohanlal,
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
Surya
will
be
seen
together
in
the
Malayalam
film
directed
by
Major
Ravi.
But
later
news
was
heard
that
Surya
backed
out
from
the
film
due
to
date
issues
and
that
Mohanlal
and
Major
Ravi
are
in
search
of
another
actor.
Finally
the
lucky
draw
has
gone
to
the
Bollywood
actor
Suniel
Shetty.
Suniel
Shetty
is
not
new
to
Malayalam
films.
Although
a
cameo
role
,
he
was
seen
in
Priyadarshan
film
Kaakkakuyil.
Now
Mohanlal
will
play
the
lead
with
Amitabh
Bachchan
confirming
himself
to
play
a
pivotal
role
in
the
movie.
Major
Ravi
has
been
very
much
applauded
for
his
war
based
films
like
Kurukshetra
and
Keerthichakra.
Both
had
Mohanlal
as
the
hero.
This
two
films
even
gave
Mohanlal
the
Leut
Colonel
title.
Kandahar
movie
is
all
about
Kandahar
Indian
Airlines
flight
hijack
incident
which
rattled
the
nation
in
1999.
The
movie
is
said
to
be
a
bilingual
one
in
Tamil
and
Malayalam
and
will
be
shot
in
Kerala,
Delhi
and
Nepal.