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**Mayilpeeli** · 09-18-2007

Renowned writer-director-scenarist and Jnanpith recipient M.T.Vasudevan Nair, director Hariharan and Mammootty has teamed up after a long gap to give us Pazhassi Raja, a historical film.

The same team which gave us Oru Vadakkan Veeragaatha is teaming again under the banner of Sree Gokulam Movies to bring out ‘Pazhassi Raja’ depicting the heroic tale of the Raja of Pazhassi, one of the greatest revolutionaries and freedom fighters of Kerala. Kanihaa plays Pazhassi’s wife.

Kanihaa plays Pazhassi's wife. Padmapriya plays the other major female role in the film, which will have an impressive array of artists in the cast including Bijumenon, Jagathy Sreekumar, Manoj.K.Jayan, . “It took me a long time to finalise the cast; I had even gone to Bollywood to find a girl who could play Pazhassi's wife before I zeroed in on Kanihaa. The film will also have artistes from Hollywood and Britain ,” says Hariharan.

The director admits that ‘Pazhassi Raja' is his most challenging assignment yet. “This is an even bigger film than ‘Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha.' Making a period film is not like a making a contemporary film. Period films call for a lot of home work and each shot has be filmed carefully. A lot of time has been spent on the script and preparations of ‘Pazhassi Raja;' I sought the help of artist Namboodiri in designing the costumes.

‘Pazhassi Raja' will not be just another Malayalam film. It will be dubbed into English and will be shown all over India and abroad too. A film of this magnitude requires a producer who loves good cinema. I have found such a producer in Gokulam Gopalan,” says the veteran director. O.N.V. Kurup and Gireesh Puthenchery have written the lyrics, which have been set to tune by Ilayaraja.

A lot of research has gone into the writing of this script, which would cover all aspects of the revolutionary king's personality. Shooting of Pazhassi Raja commenced in Thalassery, the birthplace of Pazhassi Raja and will be completed in two schedules. The film will reach cinemas in December.