Alphonse Puthren’s next stars Fahadh Faasil in the lead

Five years after his hit romantic film Premam,

director Alphonse

Puthren has announced his next directorial.

The film, titled Paattu, will have Fahadh Faasil in the lead. Announcing the project, Alphonse said on his online page, “My next feature film is titled

Paattu

(song). Fahadh Faasil is the hero of the film. This time I will be doing music too. It will be in Malayalam language. Will update rest of the crew and cast members while the film progresses.”

In a recent interview, Alphonse had revealed that he is learning more about music and can also compose now. He had also said that he had a film with Kalidas Jayaram in the making, which was a fun entertainer. But, it had to be dropped as the film was taking a long time to materialise. Ever since the new project is announced, fans have been wondering whether it’s the same project, that has roped in Fahadh as the actor.

Alphonse Putharen had debuted in Malayalam through the Nivin Pauly – Nazriya Nazim starrer film ‘Neram,’ in the year 2013. The movie, which was a bilingual, was a full-length version of a short film that he had previously made. Alphonse had also edited and written the film’s screenplay. In the year 2015, he directed the coming-of-age movie ‘Premam,’ which was considered a game-changer by many. The movie, which starred Nivin Pauly again, introduced actresses Anupama Parameswaran, Sai Pallavi and Madonna Sebastian to Malayalam, and they also went on to make it big in other industries. Alphonse himself had done a cameo in the film. Though the director had announced in the year 2017 that he would be making his next film in the language of Tamil, it did not materialise.