Yugapurushan

Filimworld Newsdesk- Exclusive
Posted on 23rd May 2008
11:00 AM

The much awaited reunion of the super stars of Malayalam cinema in a
non commercial venture will have to wait if sources close to Mega star
Mammootty are to be believed.

Mammootty has decided to pull out of Yugapurushan, the movie in which
he was supposed to play Sree Narayana Guru the man who revolutionized
the caste system in Kerala, due to his busy schedules. It is believed
that the change in appearance the actor will have to undertake to play
Gurudevan, also lead to the change in mind. He was in two minds to
tonsure his head for the lead role. Sources close to the star revealed
that squeezing in a project like Yugapurushan would mean that the
schedules of various other movies would go for a toss and Mammootty
who is already peeved at the delay of Pazhassi Raja did not want that.

There were initial reports that Mammootty wasn't convinced on him
being the right choice for the role, but had given in to the pressures
of the director and producer. The project generated a lot of academic
interest when plans of roping in Mohanlal to play Swami Vivekananda
got the go ahead.

Given the latest development, it remains to be seen if the project
would materialize, as the makers were very keen on Mammootty playing
the pivotal role.

All hopes of ikka donning Sree Narayana Guru is over.
however, Mammootty is acting in the film with mlal - the role is not known.

malayala manorama on 4 june 2008 (wednesday) carried an advertisement by AVA Productions (AV Anoop, owner of Medimix). it is titled Wanted an Actor.

this is the summary of the advt. yugapurushan, produced by av anoop under ava productions and directed by r sukumaran will have actors including M, Mlal, and many prominent actors from various other languages. we are looking for an actor with resemblance to act as Sree Narayana Guru. the age should be between 35-45 and height between 5.5 ft and 6 ft. thelinja niravum athmeeyatha niranaja kannukalum ulla aalayirikkanam. contact with biodata and full size foto.