Pathemari,
the
upcoming
Mammootty
starrer
directed
by
Salim
Ahamed
started
filming.
Television
host
Jewel
Mary
will
make
her
acting
debut
as
the
female
lead
opposite
Mammootty
in
the
movie.
Mammootty
is
teaming
up
with
the
National
award
winner
Salim
Ahamed,
for
the
second
time.
The
duo
has
earlier
worked
in
critically
acclaimed
Kunjananthante
Kada.
Salim
Ahamed's
directorial
debut
Adaminte
Makan
Abu,
earned
highly
positive
reviews
from
the
audience
and
critics.
Salim
Kumar
played
the
lead
role
in
the
movie.
Adaminte
Makan
Abu
won
four
National
Film
Awards
and
four
Kerala
State
Film
Awards,
including
the
award
for
Best
Actor.
The
movie
was
the
official
entry
of
India
for
Academy
Awards
of
2012.
Pathemari
revolves
around
the
lives
of
Gulf
Malayalis
and
the
problems
faced
by
them.
The
movie
will
illustrate
the
4
stages
of
the
life
of
Pallickal
Narayanan
played
by
Mammootty.
Jewel
Mary
will
play
Narayanan’s
wife
Nalini.
Sreenivasan,
Siddhique,
Salim
Kumar,
Joy
Mathew
and
Yavanika
Gopalakrishnan
will
play
the
other
crucial
roles.
Madhu
Ambatt
handles
the
cinematography
and
Resul
Pookkutty
handles
the
sound
designing.
The
filming
is
progressing
in
at
the
various
locations
of
Kerala,
Hyderabad
and
Dubai.