Alphonse Puthren’s ‘Gold’ starring Prithviraj and Nayanthara starts rolling

‘Premam’ director Alphonse Puthren has begun work on his next film titled ‘Gold’. The upcoming film will feature Prithviraj Sukumaran and Nayanthara in lead roles. The team has kickstarted the shoot on Wednesday (Sep 08) with a muhurat puja ceremony. ‘Gold’ is jointly backed by Supriya Menon of Prithviraj Productions and Listin Stephen of Magic Frames. Director Alphonse Puthren, wife Aleena, actor Krishna Sankar, Prithviraj Sukumaran’s mother and veteran actress Mallika Sukumaran and producer Listin Stephen were present at the puja ceremony. Check out the pictures from the switch-on ceremony. ‘Gold’ marks Alphonse Puthren’s first collaboration with Prithviraj Sukumaran. The movie will also mark Prithviraj’s first full-length film with superstar Nayanthara. The duo has previously shared the screen for a song sequence in the 2008 blockbuster film ‘Twenty:20’. Prithviraj Sukumaran has wrapped up the shoot of his second directorial ‘Bro Daddy’ in Telangana a couple of days ago and the star is expected to join the sets of ‘Gold’ soon.Meanwhile, Alphonse Puthren had earlier announced ‘Paattu’, a film featuring Fahadh Faasil and Nayanthara in lead roles. “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,” he said while announcing ‘Paattu’, however, the film is postponed for now as Alphonse has begun work on ‘Gold’. On the other hand, Nayanthara’s recent outing in Malayalam was ‘Nizhal’, wherein she essayed the lead role alongside Kunchacko Boban. Nayanthara signing back-to-back Malayalam movies has cheered her fans in Kerala. As the diva is a Keralite and began her journey in cinema with Malayalam movies, her association with a Malayalam film always makes headlines.