Mammootty as 'Pokkiri Raja'!

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Bellary Raja - that was the name of Mammootty's character in the blockbuster "Rajamaanickam". And now the mega-star of Malayalam Cinema gets ready to play a character named Pokkiri Raja in a film with the same name.

Pokkiri Raja is to be directed by Vaishakh, who had earlier been a television anchor and then had worked as an associate to Johnny Antony and had also assisted director Joshiy in Twenty Twenty.

The film will be produced under the banner of Mulagupaadam Films by Tomichchan Mulagupaadam, who had earlier produced the Sibi Malayil-directed Mohanlal-starrer Flash. Pokkiri Raja will be scripted by the Udayakrishna - Sibi K. Thomas duo. Jassie Gift will score the music for the film.


Meanwhile, Mammootty's much-anticipated Vande Mataram, which was planned for release this Christmas, has been re-scheduled to Pongal 2009. The film is simultaneously being produced in Tamil as Aruvadai and Arjun and Sneha are also in the cast. Interestingly, Love in Bangkok and Pazhassi Raja, Mammootty's other big releases in 2009, will be released in the same Pongal period.

Pazhassi raja is a gripping tale of a warrior prince of Malabar during 18th Century.Mammooty does the role of Pazhassi raja while Sarath Kumar and Manoj K. Jayan as warriors. Padmapriya takes on the role of a tribal girl.Ilayaraja scores music while the script has been penned by veteran M.T.Vasudevan Nair. Academy Award Winner Resul Pookutty will be working on sound editing. Find all this and more information is on FindNearYou.com. Its entertaining!