Manju Warrier Is Not Omitted From 'Rani Padmini'

Manju Warrier, the actress who is on a high with the successful second innings in the movie field, will play the central character in Aashiq Abu's upcoming movie Rani Padmini.

The director himself confirmed the news in a recent interview given to Manorama online. Earlier, Kerala Kaumudi had reported that Manju Warrier was omitted from the project owing to her huge remuneration.

But Aashiq Abu slammed the rumours by stating that the actress is very much a part of the project. Aashiq's wife, popular actress Rima Kallingal will play the another lead character in the movie.

Reportedly, Rima and Manju will be essaying the title characters Rani and Padmini respectively in the movie. Rani Padmini revolves around the journey of two women, who are totally strangers to each other.

Aashiq says that Rani Padmini will be a thriller travel movie, which is about the journey of Rani and Padmini, from Kochi to Delhi, which later extends to Himachal Pradesh and Jammu Kashmir.

According to the director, Rani Padmini will be a completely new experiment in the history of Malayalam cinema. Shyam Pushkaran pens the script for the movie, which will start rolling from the middle of April.