Mohanlal,
the
complete
actor
is
joining
hands
with
director
B
Unnikrishnan,
for
a
mass
entertainer
very
soon.
As
per
the
latest
reports,
the
highly
anticipated
project
has
been
titled
Aarattu.
If
the
sources
are
to
be
true,
Mohanlal
and
B
Unnikrishnan
are
planning
to
officially
announce
the
title
of
the
movie,
along
with
a
first
look
poster,
very
soon.
Reportedly,
Mohanlal
is
all
set
to
playing
Neyyattinkara
Gopan,
a
larger
than
life
character
in
Aarattu.
The
movie
will
the
story
of
Gopan,
who
travels
from
his
native
Neyyattinkara
to
a
village
in
Palakkad
with
a
motive.
According
to
director
B
Unnikrishnan
and
writer
Udaya
Krishna,
comedy
and
action
sequences
would
be
the
major
highlights
of
the
movie.
Interestingly,
Mohanlal's
character
Gopan
will
be
seen
with
a
special
black
Mercedez
Benz
car,
which
has
the
fancy
number
2255,
in
Aarattu.
To
the
unversed,
2255
was
the
phone
number
of
the
complete
actor's
character
in
the
yesteryear
blockbuster
Rajavinte
Makan.
The
sources
also
suggest
that
Mohanlal
is
appearing
in
a
different
get-up
in
the
movie.
The
sources
also
confirmed
that
the
highly
anticipated
project
will
start
rolling
in
Palakkad,
on
November
23,
Monday.
Shraddha
Srinath,
the
popular
South
Indian
actress
is
appearing
as
the
female
lead
in
the
movie,
thus
making
a
comeback
to
Malayalam
cinema
after
a
gap
of
5
years.
As
reported
earlier,
Shraddha
is
playing
the
role
of
an
IAS
officer
in
Aarattu.
The
Mohanlal
starrer
will
also
feature
Nedumudi
Venu,
Saikumar,
Vijayaraghavan,
Siddique,
Indrans,
Raghavan,
Nandu,
director
Johny
Antony,
Biju
Pappan,
Sheela,
Swasika,
Malavika,
Rachana
Narayanankutty,
and
so
on
in
the
supporting
roles.
Vijay
Ulakanath
is
the
DOP.
Sameer
Mohammed
handles
the
editing.
Rahul
Raj
composes
the
music.
Aarattu
will
be
widely
shot
at
the
various
locations
of
Palakkad
and
Hyderabad.