Manju Warrier set to star with Amitabh Bachchan

Kochi: Popular Malayalam actress Manju Warrier has been often making headlines ever since she did a dance performance at an event last year. It was rumoured many times that she would make her comeback, but the wife of Dileep had denied. The latest buzz is that she will star alongside Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan will feature in a television advertisement for a jewellery brand.

The advertisement for Kalyan Jewellers will go on air on July 15. "The advertisement will be filmed towards the end of this month, and it will go on air from July 15. The advertisement will be part of the brand campaign 'Vishwasam Athalle Ellam' of Kalyan Jewelers," the spokesperson of Push Integrated Communications, makers of the ad, told IANS.

Amitabh, who is already one among the brand ambassadors of Kalyan Jewellers, previously shot an ad-film with Malayalam actor Dileep, who is Manju's husband. After 14 years of wedlock, Manju makes a comeback with this commercial. She is known for her work in Malayalam films such as Aram Thampuran and Kanmadam.

Dileep had been an ambassador of Kalyan for the past four years and he has recently withdrawn his contract. The two minute commercial will be directed by Sreekumar Menon. She will pair with Nagarjuna in Telugu, Prabhu in Tamil and Sivaraj Kumar in Kannada. Through the contract with Kalyan, Manju has become one of the highest paid actors for a commercial in Malayalam.