After Pavada, Marthandan to direct a Fahad Fazil movie next!
Marthandan, who had directed 3 films got his first hit this year with Pavada starred by Prithviraj and Anoop Menon. Maniyan Pillai Raju produced this movie and the screenplay was written by Bipin Chandran. Marthandan’s first two movies were with Mega Star Mammootty, named Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus and Acha Dhin. Both of them failed to create much impact in the box office and the second one was a disaster. But, this man made a strong comeback with Pavada and now all set to start his new venture with Young Star Fahad Fazil.
Vellimoonga fame writer Joji Thomas will write the screenplay for this movie and it will be bankrolled by Sophia Paul under the banner of Weekend blockbusters. Sophia Paul was the production partner of Anwar Rasheed in Bangalore Days and she had independently produced Kadu Pookkunna Neram, directed by Dr. Biju. Her 3rd production venture is a big one which started rolling two days back. It is a Mohanlal- Jibu Jacob untitled movie.
After Maheshinte Prathikaram’s blockbuster success, no Fahad Films had hit the screens here. He will have films from Anwar Rasheed, Mahesh Narayanan and Anil Radhakrishnan Menon in Malayalam and will have a Tamil project from Mohan Raja as well in which he is playing the antagonist opposite Sivakarthikeyan.