At a time when Malayalam cinema is looking for newer promotional strategies to attract the audience, here’s an interesting one. And that comes from K P Sunanda, the heroine of 'Vellaripattanam' who has written a congratulatory note to none other than Manju Warrier. Hold on! Here’s the catch, K P Sunanda is played by Manju Warrier herself on screen.
The congratulatory letter was send to the actor for getting a bike licence. Sunanda who is a member of the Chakkarakudam Panchayat 5th ward states that she struggled a lot to learn to drive a scooter and maybe for someone like Manju, who is the picture of bravery, such a feat might have been easy. Sunanda has also indirectly made digs against K P Suresh (another character in the film), who is taking money from her for helping her learn to ride a scooter. A fresh letter released by the crew of 'Vellaripattanam', which is soon to hit the theaters, has already gone viral on social media.
Produced by Full On Studios, 'Vellaripattanam' is directed by Mahesh Vettiyar who has co-written the film with journalist Sarath Krishna. The film is a political satire as well as a family drama. While Manju Warrier plays KP Sunanda, Soubin Shahir plays her brother KP Suresh. This will be her next release after 'Thunivu' and 'Ayesha.'
Salim Kumar, Suresh Krishna, Krishna Shankar, Sabareesh Verma, Abhirami Bhargavan, Kottayam Ramesh, Malaparvathy, Veena Nair, Pramod Veliyanad, are the other lead actors. The cinematography is by Alex J. Pulikal. Other credits include executive producer (KR Mani), editing (Appu N. Bhattathiri), art (Jyotish Shankar), production designer (Benny Kattapanna), associate director (Sreejith B. Nair, K G Rajesh Kumar), digital marketing (Vysakh C. Vadakeveedu), PRO (AS Dinesh).
