Mammootty,
the
megastar
of
the
Malayalam
film
industry
is
joining
hands
with
hitmaker
Vysakh
once
again,
for
the
upcoming
project
New
York.
The
much-awaited
project
marks
the
comeback
of
Mammootty-Vysakh
duo,
after
the
grand
success
of
the
blockbuster
movie
Madhura
Raja.
As
per
the
latest
reports,
the
scripting
of
New
York
is
finally
finished.
The
recent
updates
from
the
sources
close
to
the
Mammootty
starrer
suggest
that
scenarist
Naveen
John
has
finished
the
scripting
of
the
project.
The
writer,
who
rose
to
fame
with
the
acclaimed
crime
thriller
Ira,
is
joining
hands
with
both
Mammootty
and
director
Vysakh
for
the
first
time
in
his
career.
New
York,
which
is
said
to
be
a
complete
action
thriller
narrated
in
the
backdrop
of
a
family
subject,
was
originally
slated
to
start
rolling
by
the
mid-2020.
But
the
project
is
now
delayed
due
to
the
coronavirus
threat
and
lockdown.
The
Mammootty
starrer
was
initially
planned
to
be
entirely
shot
in
the
USA.
But
the
team
might
change
the
decision
considering
the
current
situation.
The
latest
reports
suggest
that
director
Vysakh
is
still
confident
that
the
shooting
of
New
York
will
go
as
planned.
Instead
of
travelling
to
the
USA
with
the
cast
and
crew
members,
the
filmmaker
is
planning
to
recreate
the
locations
in
a
studio
inside
India.
In
that
case,
the
Mammootty
starrer
might
need
a
good
amount
of
CG
works.
Vysakh,
who
has
been
considered
as
one
of
the
finest
commercial
filmmakers
of
contemporary
Malayalam
cinema,
made
his
directorial
debut
with
Pokkiri
Raja,
the
Mammootty-Prithviraj
Sukumaran
starrer
in
2010.
But
the
filmmaker
rose
to
fame
with
the
huge
success
of
the
Mohanlal
starrer
Pulimurugan,
which
hit
the
theatres
in
2016.
Mammootty
and
Vysakh
joined
hands
for
the
second
time
for
Madhura
Raja,
the
2019-released
blockbuster
which
was
a
sequel
to
Pokkiri
Raja.
The
family-action
thriller
went
on
to
become
the
first
Mammootty
starrer
to
cross
the
prestigious
100-Crore
mark
at
the
box
office.
The
actor-director
duo
has
also
announced
the
third
installment
of
the
Raja
series,
which
has
been
titled
as
Minister
Raja.