Maamaankam,
the
big
budget
movie,
starring
Mammootty
in
the
lead
role
is
one
of
the
highly-awaited
upcoming
Malayalam
movies
and
the
shoot
of
this
period
movie
is
currently
progressing
in
Kerala.
According
to
the
latest
reports,
popular
action
director
Sham
Kaushal
has
been
roped
in
as
the
action
choregrapher
of
this
movie.
In
a
recent
interview
given
to
Times
Of
India,
Sham
Kaushal
talked
about
Maamaankam.
Reportedly,
he
has
mentioned
that
Maamaankam
will
have
a
whole
lot
of
action
but
it
will
be
content
driven.
"It
has
a
lot
of
action
but
the
movie
is
content-driven;
there's
not
a
single
stunt
sequence
just
for
action's
sake.
It's
all
interwoven
with
the
story.",
he
was
quoted
as
saying
to
Times
Of
India
regarding
Maamaankam.
Sham
Kaushal
has
choregraphed
the
stunts
for
some
of
the
big
movies
of
the
Hindi
film
industry
like
Dangal,
Bajirao
Mastani,
Dhoom
3
etc.
Meanwhile,
he
is
not
new
to
the
Malayalam
film
industry
as
he
had
earlier
worked
in
films
like
Indrajalam,
Yodha
etc.
Reportedly,
Sham
Kaushal
is
also
the
action
director
of
Mammootty's
upcoming
film
Unda,
being
directed
by
Khalid
Rehman.
The
shoot
of
the
film
is
currently
progressing.
Maamaankam
is
being
directed
by
M
Padmakumar
and
the
film
narrates
the
story
of
Chaver,
who
tried
to
overthrow
the
Zamorin
rule
back
in
the
17th
century.