Sreenivasan and Dilip pair for Passenger

Veteran actor-director Sreenivasan and comedian-turned-hero Dilip will handle the key roles in the upcoming Passenger directed by debutant Ranjit Sankar. Initial reports said that the film will be a family entertainer with a focus on humour.

The film is produced by S.P. Pillai under the banner of Vijaya Combines. Music director Bijibal, who shot to fame in 2007 through his compositions in Arabikatha directed by Lal Jose, will set music to lyrics written by Anil Panachooran.

P. Sukumaran handles the camera. Other cast members include Mamtha, Lakshmi Sarma, Jagathy, Innocent, Nedumudi Venu, Harisree Asokan, Anoop Chandran, Kukku Parameswaran, Kochu Preman and others. The shoot has already started on October 9 at the locations of Kochi, Shornur and Guruvayoor.

Dilip is now busy shooting for a song sequence of AMMA's Twenty:20. The song is picturised on Dilip and Bhavana. Twenty:20, the biggest multi starrer in the history of Malayalam films, is due for release on October 30 in nearly 100 screens in Kerala.