Lailaa
O
Lailaa,
the
much
awaited
Mohanlal
starrer,
directed
by
Joshiy
is
reportedly
slated
to
release
for
April
30th.
According
to
the
sources
related
to
the
movie,
the
crew
is
planning
to
release
the
movie
by
the
end
of
April.
The
highly
anticipated
movie
will
have
Amala
Paul,
playing
the
female
lead
opposite
Mohanlal.
Lailaa
O
Lailaa,
which
was
initially
planned
in
the
year
2013,
started
filming
by
August
2014,
after
delaying
for
multiple
times.
It
was
also
rumoured
that
the
project
is
shelved,
due
to
the
creative
differences
between
scenarist
Suresh
Nair
and
director
Joshiy.
Later,
Mohanlal
himself
had
confirmed
that
the
project
is
very
much
on
pipeline.
The
team
actually
planned
to
release
the
movie
for
Christmas
2014.
Later,
it
was
reported
that
Lailaa
O
Lailaa
will
hit
the
theatres
for
Vishu.
But
the
lag
in
the
shooting
schedules
and
Mohanlal's
further
commitments
affected
the
release.
Lailaa
O
Lailaa
is
one
of
the
very
rare
Malayalam
movies,
which
experienced
such
a
great
delay
in
the
filming
and
release.
Most
of
the
Mollywood
flicks
will
complete
the
filming
within
60-90
days.
But
Lailaa
O
Lailaa
completed
the
filming
in
a
time
span
of
7
months,
in
3
schedules.
The
filming
of
the
movie
has
completed
in
Hampi,
last
week.
Sathyaraj,
Rahul
dev,
Joy
Mathew,
Ashvin
Mathew,
Vijay
Menon,
Kiran
Raj,
Kainat
Arora
etc
will
play
the
other
pivotal
roles.
Remya
Nambeesan
will
appear
in
a
cameo
role.
S
Lokanathan
handles
the
cinematography
and
Shyam
Sasidharan
handles
the
editing.
Gopi
Sundar
composes
the
music.
Lailaa
O
Lailaa
is
produced
by
Santhosh
Kottayi,
Bijou
Antony
and
Preeta
Nair
under
the
banner
Finecut
Entertainments.