Arvind Swami, Kunchacko Boban team up for bilingual road movie Ottu

After almost 25 years since his last Malayalam film Devaraagam, Tamil star Arvind Swami will be making his Mollywood comeback with a project that will see him share screen space with Kunchacko Boban.

Talking about the upcoming movie titled

Ottu

, its filmmaker

Fellini TP

tells us, “It revolves around two friends and their bond. The story happens between Mangalore and Mumbai. It can be categorised into a

road movie

because it has those elements. The film will be a bilingual that will be released in Malayalam and Tamil.”

On roping in Arvind for the film, the Theevandi filmmaker says, “It happened almost two years ago. I met him through a friend called Shaneem. Arvind had a lot of offers coming in from Malayalam but he’s pretty choosy. We had about three sittings and he loved the idea; that’s how he came on board.”

The film is scripted by S Sajeev, who had also written Appu Bhattathiri’s directorial Nizhal that has Kunchacko Boban and Nayanthara in the lead and Fellini as a creative director. “Ottu was supposed to go on floors last year but because of the pandemic, we had to delay it. The plan right now is to start shooting in March with Mumbai, Goa, Mangalore and Udupi being the main locations,” says Fellini.

As for the rest of the cast and crew, the filmmaker says that the team is currently finalising the actresses. Music director AH Kaashif, who had composed for Pathinettam Padi, and editor Appu Bhattathiri are part of the crew.