John Vijay, who was last seen in the role of Ameer in superstar Rajinikanth-starrer Kabali, is all set to come back to Malayalam. The actor will be seen in a pivotal role in Amal Neerad’s new directorial venture, which has Dulquer Salmaan in the lead role.
When quizzed about this, Amal confirmed the news saying, “I cannot say more about his role. All I can say is that his portions will be filmed in the United States and he will act as a Tamilian. Those scenes will be canned soon. Along with Dulquer and John, Jinu Joseph, Karthika Muraleedharan and some foreign actors will also feature in those scenes.”
It is not the first time that John acts in an Amal Neerad film. He was introduced to Malayalam in Bachelor Party, which has Amal in the role of director, cinematographer and producer. Later he has acted in Amal’s Fahadh Faasil film — Iyyobinte Pusthakam, after Shaji Kailas-directed Madirasi, in which Jayaram appeared in the lead role.
John Varghese-directed multi-starrer Adi Kapiyare Kootamani was John’s last outing in Malayalam.
Amal’s yet to be titled film is also produced under his own production house — Amal Neerad Productions. The Gopi Sundar-musical is written by Shibin Francis, who earlier co-wrote the story of Prithviraj’s Pavada.
