Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla: Fahadh Fazil donning double role

Malayali audience might have twice bitten their tongue while hearing the titles of upcoming movies as soon as it gets announced. Most of the film makers used to scratch their head too hard before selecting a bold name to be given as title for each of their movies. Movie fans who are curious to hear the titles of new generation movies, might not get wondered with the skill of V K Prakash who is an expert in keeping the titles far different.

After running high with 'Trivandrum Lodge' and gearing up for the release of Poppins, V K Prakash could not keep a leap forward from helming the shoot of his new project with Fahadh Fazil titled as 'Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla' to be translated to English as 'Anchovy is a not a small fish'.

'Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla' revolves around Narendan a freaky young guy. The highlight of the movie will be Fahadh Fazil's double appearance. Unlike other malayalam movies, the theme of Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla doesn't carry any conventional story telling method.

Scripted by Shankar Ramakrishnan, the movie will be a triangular love story with Kamalini Mukherjee playing the heroine. Shankar Ramakrishnan who had been working with V K Prakash for the past 12 year finds the script to be the best gift he could present to his master. Known for his majestic script work for Urumi, Shankar has proved to be a good actor too getting involved in a couple of projects including 'Poppins' directed by V K P himself.

The theme of 'Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla' is extracted from V K Prakash's 2003 bollywood movie 'Freaky Chakra' which had won the 2003 FIPRSCI prize at Mumbai International Film Festival. The movie got a wide range of applause from viewers for its extraordinary treatment combining emotions and aspirations which touched hearts. The director was given much praise for the use of film language in rich and innovative way. Likewise 'Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla' truly speaks about the relationship of four persons which combines to form a triangular love story.

The movie is set to be a challenge for all the major characters, as all of them need to be truly merged with their roles creating emotions and hope which would take their acting skill to the next extend. Fahadh Fazil is also excited to get himself choosen to don double role, which he is handling for the first time in his career.

Kamalini Mukherjee who had made an outing with Veetaiyadu Vilayadu, Kutty Srank is back with a majestic role in 'Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla' along with Fahadh Fazil. It would be a real comeback for Aishwarya packed in a modern outfit. Aiswarya who had appeared in Jackpot, Butterflies, Narasimham will be seen in a powerful character which is much needed for the movie.

The camera will be cranked by Arun James while Abijijith will render music for the lyrics of Anu Elizabeth JoseThomas who had made name for being the backbone of the lyrics of 'Thattathin Marayathu'. The movie is being produced by Saji Medayil, Joe Kaithamattom and Christy Kaithamattom under Good Companies & Angel Works in association with Trends Ad Film Makers (p) Ltd. The shooting of the movie which started a couple of days ago will be competed at various locations in Aluva and Kochi. Having an early wrap up the movie is set to get released on 18th January 2013.