Mamta Mohandas is an IAS officer in Manju Warrier’s next

We had recently reported that Manju Warrier will be playing the lead role in a Trivandrum-based film directed by Phantom Praveen. The latest we got to know is that Mamta Mohandas too will be joining the movie.

Martin Prakkat, who is closely associated with the film, says, “Mamta plays an important role of a District Collector, who deals with the public at a grass root level. The story takes a turn through her. character and some of the events in the film are based on real-life IAS officers and incidents.” The actress will join the team on the first of next month.

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coming up as well as a Venu’s Carbon, in which Fahadh Faasil plays the male protagonist.
Meanwhile, shoot of the Manju Warrier film has started in Trivandrum. Manju plays Sujatha, a widow who struggles to bring up her teenage daughter in the film. “We had decided that Manju’s character won’t need make-up in the film but she surprised us all by saying she would go for a ‘make down’ to bring originality to the character,” says Martin.