Actor
Bhavana
Menon
on
Wednesday
announced
her
new
film
Ntikkakkakkoru
Premondarnn,
which
will
be
her
first
Malayalam
in
five
years.
The
film
will
be
helmed
by
first-time
director
Adhil
Maimoonath
Asharaf,
who
has
also
written
and
edited
the
movie.
Produced
by
Renish
Abdulkhader,
Ntikkakkakkoru
Premondarnn
also
stars
Sharaf
U
Dheen.
Menon,
35,
took
to
Instagram
to
share
the
film
announcement.
"Rolling
soon
-
Ntikkakkakkoru
Premondarnn,"
the
actor,
known
for
Malayalam
films
such
as
Nammal,
Ozhimuri,
and
Ivide,
wrote
alongside
the
poster
of
the
movie.
Adam
Joan,
the
2017
film,
was
Menon's
last
Malayalam
project.
The
actor
returns
to
her
home
turf
with
Ntikkakkakkoru
Premondarnn
five
years
after
she
was
allegedly
abducted
and
sexually
assaulted
inside
her
car
for
two
hours
by
some
of
the
accused
who
forced
their
way
into
the
vehicle
and
later
escaped
in
a
busy
area
of
Kochi.
The
entire
act
was
filmed
by
some
of
the
accused
to
blackmail
the
actress.
There
are
10
accused
in
the
case.
Initially,
the
police
arrested
seven
people.
Popular
star
Dileep,
the
eighth
accused,
was
arrested
subsequently
and
let
off
on
bail
later.
He
has
said
he
is
innocent.
Earlier
this
month,
Menon
spoke
out
about
her
ordeal
for
the
first
time
in
front
of
the
camera,
saying
she
now
identifies
herself
as
a
survivor
and
not
a
victim.
The
actor,
who
has
also
worked
in
Tamil,
Telugu
and
Kannada
films,
lashed
out
against
the
victim
shaming
that
she
was
subjected
to.
"I'm
not
a
victim
anymore.
I'm
not
just
standing
up
for
myself
but
also
for
the
dignity
of
all
the
girls
who
will
come
after
me.
My
mind
finally
convinced
me
that
I'm
a
survivor,
not
a
victim
anymore," she
had
told
senior
journalist
Barkha
Dutt.
In
the
same
interview,
Menon
had
said
that
she
was
offered
work
by
Malayalam
filmmakers
like
Aashiq
Abu,
Prithviraj
Sukumaran,
and
Jayasurya
but
she
turned
them
down
"because
I
couldn't
come
back
to
this
industry
and
work
as
if
nothing
happened".
"I
was
not
in
the
right
state
of
mind.
I
worked
in
other
language
films.
Now,
I
have
also
started
listening
to
Malayalam
scripts,"
she
had
said.
Since
2017,
Menon
has
featured
in
Kannada
titles
such
as
99
and
Inspector
Vikram,
among
others.
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