In
director
Fazil's
Malayalam
film
Vismayathumbathu
(2004),
Mohanlal
plays
Sreekumar,
a
person
who
has
the
sixth
sense;
Nayantara
appears
in
the
role
of
a
wandering
soul.
This
film
is
being
dubbed
into
Telugu
by
Koteswara
Rao
and
T.
Kranti
Kumar
under
the
banner
of
Sai
Naveen
Creations.
The
producers
foresee
that
the
dubbed
version
of
Vismayathumbathu
could
become
a
huge
hit
among
Telugu
audiences
since
the
film
is
a
psychological
thriller
like
the
megahit
Chandramukhi
by
superstar
Rajinikanth.
Nayantara
is
called
Reetha
Mathews
in
the
Malayalam
version;
in
Telugu,
she
will
be
Suryamukhi.
Music
is
to
be
set
by
Ponnappachan
and
dialogues
are
by
Jayaprasad.
In
Vismayathumbathu,
through
the
concept
of
ghosts,
Fazil
tried
to
show
the
possibility
of
a
human
soul's
reunion
with
the
body
after
death.
Despite
good
performances
by
Mohanlal
and
Nayantara
in
Vismayathumbathu,
the
film
could
not
impress
audiences
in
Kerala
due
to
its
feeble
storyline.
It
was
stated
that
the
movie
was
inspired
by
the
Hollywood
movie
Just
Like
Heaven
directed
by
Mark
Waters.
It
also
has
striking
similarities
with
the
all-time
classic
Manichitrathazhu
(Chandramukhi
in
Tamil).
But
the
difference
is
that
Manichitrathazhu
had
more
logic
to
convince
the
audience
whereas
Vismayathumbathu
is
based
on
the
supernatural
effects
that
cannot
be
explained
by
science.
Vismayathumbathu
has
Mukesh,
Nedumudi
Venu,
Harisree
Ashokan,
Kalpana,
Salim
Kumar,
Cochin
Haneefa
and
Risa
Bava
in
important
roles.
Songs
are
by
Ousepachan.