Twenty five years after his maiden film Mutharamkunnu P O, national award-winning filmmaker Sibi Malayil is all set to make a love story - Apoorvaragam.

Sibi Malayil, who has made memorable Malayalam films like Thaniyavarthanam, Doore Doore Oru Koodu Koottam, Aakasha Doothu, Kireedam, Bharatham, Dasaratham and His Highness Abdullah, is shooting his new film in Kochi. The crew comprises camera man Ajayan Vincent and music director Vidyasagar.

The movie stars the young crop of Malayalam - Nishan, Asif Ali, Nithya Menon and a couple of fresh faces. Apoorvaragam, which is a love story with a difference, according to Sibi, is produced by Siyad Koker under the banner of Kokers films. Sibi had said that he was on a lookout for fresh faces for the movie and chose Nishan and Asif Ali after watching them in Shyamaprasad’s Rithu.

Nishan who hails from Coorg has done a Telugu film recently.

Asif Ali will start shooting for actor-turned-director Sidhdharth Bharathan’s debut movie later this year.

Nithya Menon shot to fame with K P Kumaran’s Akashagopuram opposite Mohanlal. She has done I V Sasi’s Vellathooval, and Angel John with Mohanlal but she was noted in director Anjali Menon’s film Happy Journey, in the Kerala Café portmanteau where she matched Jagathy Sreekumar with a stellar performance.

She has recently acted in Lenin Rajendran’s Makaramanju and will be doing Santosh Sivan’s next project. Nithya in known for choosing ‘intelligent’ roles for let’s wait and watch.

Apoorvaragam will hit theatres in May.