Mohanlal to play an ex-cop in B Unnikrishnan’s thriller

This year saw several of Mollywood young stars including Nivin Pauly, Tovino Thomas and Kunchacko Boban don the khaki and boots to play police officers. However, Mohanlal who essayed such memorable roles in Vandanam and Baba Kalyani, had taken a break after his previous outing as a cop in Red Wine in 2013. That would change with his next film with director

B Unnikrishnan

.

The filmmaker tells us, “Mohanlal will play an ex-cop in the movie. It will be a

thriller

but also focuses on a lot of complex relationships.”

Unnikrishnan, who has also scripted the movie, says that it will be a big budget film. “There are plans for making it a multilingual but it will only be finalised by next week. I am working out the rest of the details too and will announce it once everything is locked in,” he says.

Mohanlal and Unnikrishnan had previously teamed up in Madampi, Mr Fraud and Grandmaster, which also had the superstar playing a cop. The upcoming movie is expected to begin shooting on Jan 20 and will be Mohanlal’s next project after he completes the second schedule of Major Ravi’s 1971: Beyond Borders.