Mammootty to play lead in Sheikh's movie

Mammootty will be playing the lead role in the debut venture of Sheikh, who had been a long time associate of hit-making director Shaji Kailas.

Though no details have been divulged, it's learnt that the film will be on the lines of the Ram Gopal Varma flick, 'Sarkar', which itself could be seen as a desi version of 'Godfather'.

Reports say that Sheikh has already narrated the story to Mammootty, who is very much impressed by the story as well as the treatment. It's also heard that Sheikh has plans to make the film as a bilingual, in Malayalam as well as Tamil. Shooting for the film is likely to commence in the second half of 2009 itself. More details are awaited.

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