KOCHI: Script writer Madhu Muttam, who has earned a name for himself in the history of Malayalam cinema with ‘Manichitrathazu’, is back with a new project in Mollywood.
The new project of this legendary script writer is titled ‘Kaanakombathu’, which will be directed by Mahadevan. Dr. Leela Prasannan will be producing the movie under the banner of CB Creations.

Newcomers Deepu Shanth (brother of Cricketer Sreeshanth), Vinod Krishnan and Shankar Narayanan will be playing the lead roles in this movie. However, the cast of film also includes some veteran actors like Salimkumar, KPAC Lalitha, Nedumudi Venu, Vettukili Prakash and Mani C Kaapan in important roles.

The cinematography will be done by Anandhakuttan and Vayalar Sharath will be writing the lyrics of the songs.

Almost all the scripts of Madhu Muttam turned out to become blockbuster hits. The only film which faltered was ‘The Bharathan Effect’ which starred Suresh Gopi, Geethu Mohandas and Biju Menon.

His brilliant ‘Manichitrathazu’ was remade in all south Indian languages and in Hindi.