After
a
long
span
of
about
eighteen
years,
M.T.
Vasudevan,
one
of
the
most
creative
Malayalam
writers,
is
teaming
with
Hariharan,
one
of
the
most
popular
Malayalam
filmmakers
and
with
the
heartthrob
of
Malayalam
film
industry,
Mammootty
for
the
mega
budget
film,
Pazhassi
Raja.
The
team
behind
the
super
hit
film
Oru
Vadakkan
Veeragatha
is
working
on
this
new
venture
to
create
another
mega
hit
movie.
The
movie
tells
the
story
of
Pazhassi
Raja,
the
'Lion
of
Kerala',
king
of
the
Kottayam
Royal
family
of
Malabar,
Kerala.
The
movie
will
showcase
his
heroic
fights
against
the
British
in
the
jungles
of
Wayanad
during
the
1790s.
Pazhassi
Raja
was
one
of
the
first
freedom
fighters
of
India.
The
biopic
magnum
opus
historical
film
will
be
produced
by
Gokulam
Gopalan.
The
movie
also
casts
Tamil
actor
Sarath
Kumar,
who
plays
the
role
of
Pazhassi
Raja's
trusted
commander-in-chief
named
Dalapathy.
Kanika
is
the
female
lead.
The
others
in
the
star
cast
include
Kalabhavan
Mani,
Padmapriya,
Jagathy
Sreekumar,
Thilakan,
Murali
Manohar,
Linda
Arsenio
and
Manoj
K.
Jayan.
Lakshmi
Rai
from
Belgaum
plays
a
seductive
role
in
the
film.
Venu
cranks
the
camera
(Panavision).
Music
maestro
Illayraja
provides
the
music
for
the
songs
penned
by
O.N.V.
Kurup.