It
has
been
just
seven
months
since
Malayalam
veteran
actor
Bharath
Gopi
had
left
us
for
ever.
When
he
died
in
a
private
hospital
at
Thiruvananthapuram
on
January
29
due
to
a
massive
heart
attack,
his
part
in
Balachandra
Menon's
De
Ingottu
Nokkiye
was
not
even
half-complete.
Technically,
De
Ingottu
Nokkiye
is
his
last
film
in
a
career
spanning
nearly
three
decades;
however,
K.P.
Kumaran's
yet
to
be
released
Aakashagopuram
calls
special
attention
as
his
final
venture.
In
Aakashagopuram,
an
adaptation
of
Norwegian
playwright
Henrik
Ibsen's
classic
Master
Builder,
Bharath
Gopi
will
appear
on
screen
as
Abrahim
Thomas,
assistant
to
a
middle-aged
architect
Albert
Samson
(Mohanlal),
whose
single-minded
focus
on
his
job
has
hardened
him
and
prevented
him
from
having
a
meaningful
private
life
with
his
wife
Alice
(Shweta
Menon).
Bharath
Gopi,
one
of
the
most
meticulous
performers
in
India,
had
completed
his
role
much
earlier
to
his
death
and
appears
in
a
meaty
role
as
Abrahim
Thomas
in
the
film
to
be
released
in
August
22.
Set
in
London
among
the
Indian
immigrant
community,
Aakashagopuram
also
stars
veteran
Sreenivasan,
Manoj
K.
Jayan,
Geethu
Mohandas
and
Nithya.
Shot
in
various
locations
in
the
UK
by
cinematographer
Santosh
C.
Thundiyil,
the
film
has
music
by
multiple
Emmy
award
winner
John
Altman
of
Golden
Eye,
Titanic,
Bhaji
on
the
Beach
and
Shall
We
Dance.
Sound
design
is
by
Nigel
Holland
of
Batman
Begins,
Braveheart
and
Resident
Evil;
rerecording
is
by
Robert
Farr
(Star
Wars:
Episode
II&III,
Gangs
of
New
York)
and
Matthew
Gough
(Harry
Potter:
Prisoner
of
Azkaban
and
Cold
Mountain).
John
Harvey
and
Jonathan
Trussler
of
Kingdom
of
Heaven
add
visual
effects
to
the
film,
produced
by
Manu
S.
Kumaran,
Tutu
Sharma
and
Taizoon
F.
Khorakiwala.