Malayalam cinema is trying its first biopic magnum opus with Pazhassi Raja.This film is the story of a King who ruled Kerala during the British Empire. The king of Malayalam cinema Mammootty is doing the main role and there are a plethora of artists who are a part of it. R. Sarathkumar, Thilakan, Kanika Subramaniam, Padmapriya, Manoj K. Jayan, Peter Handley Evans, Harry Key, Linda Arsenio, and Jagathi Sreekumar in other pivotal roles.The film is directed by Hariharan and written by famous writer M.T Vasudenvan Nair. The sound designing is done by Academy Award winner Resul Pookutty. Originally filmed in the Malayalam language, the film is to be dubbed and released in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi on the same date.In hindi, the great SRK(shah rukh khan ) dubs the prologue.
Businessman Gokulam Gopalan is the producer of Pazhashi Raja. The total budget of the movie is about INR 32 crores,which makes it the biggest historical movie ever produced in the South Indian film industry and the highest budget Malayalam movie.In the movie no computer graphics are used in the stunt scenes, inspite the actors including Mammootty and Sarath Kumar(who is making his debut in malayalam) made the exciting action sequences which uses the techniques of ancient Kerala martial art Kalaripayattu.
The film is scheduled to be released worldwide on 9 October 2009,release with 560 prints out of which 125 are in the original Malayalam version, 100 are in Tamil, 100 in Telugu, 110 in Hindi, and another 125 in Hindi with English subtitles for overseas release.
