After the critically-acclaimed Captain, Jayasurya and Prajesh Sen are coming together for Vellam. Written and directed by Prajesh, the movie has Samyuktha Menon as female lead. Rest of the cast includes Dileesh Pothan, Siddique, Alencier, Idavela Babu, Jaffar Idukki, Santhosh Keezhattoor, Nirmal Palazhi, Vijilesh, Sneha Paleri and Priyanka.
Cinematography is by Roby Varghese Raj and editing, by Bijith Bala. Bijibal scores music. Shooting of the movie, produced by Manu P. Nair and John Kudiyan Mala, will begin at Kannur on November 3.
The movie Captain, debut venture of Prajesh, was the biopic of V.P. Sathyan, who was the captain of Indian National Football team from 1991 to 1995. It was a great success. Released in 2018, it featured Jayasurya and Anu Sithara in lead roles. It also had Renji Panicker, Siddique, Deepak Parambol, Saiju Kurup, Kamala Varadoor and Lakshmi Sharma in other roles. Jayasurya, who appeared as Sathyan, has won the state award for best actor.
Jayasurya’s latest release was Pretham 2, sequel of Pretham. His other upcoming movies include Rajesh Mohanan’s Thrissur Pooram and Prashobh Vijayan’s Anweshanam.
Prajesh Sen’s debut film Captain, biopic of ace footballer V.P. Sathyan, featured Jaysurya in the lead role
