Exclusive! Biju Menon, Guru Somasundaram’s Naalam Mura is a suspense drama based on true incidents.

The movie, which also has Divya Pillai as part of the cast, has completed dubbing and is set for October release.

In an exclusive chat with ....... Kishore Varieth,who producing the movie under the banner of UFI Motion pictures, talks about Naalam Mura which wrapped up its principal photography last month.

"Biju Menon plays a cop in the film while Guru Somasundaram plays the other lead character.
We have given it a different treatment; it can’t be called a police story entirely,” says the producer. “It’s a suspense drama and there are plot devices in place so that the viewers can’t really figure out who is the hero and who is the villain in this till the end. There are a lot of emotional elements. Through the story, we show the problems that people have to face. ”Incidentally, Biju also played a cop in another dual-hero film Ayyappanum Koshiyum, but Kishore quickly clarifies that this film has him in an entirely different role. “Ayyappanum Koshiyum was an ego tussle between its lead characters that led to physical altercations. But in Nalaam Mura, it is mostly a cerebral game between the two leads. That said, Biju’s character isn’t a genius of some sort; he is a normal crime branch officer and we show how they solve a case in an authentic manner,” says Kishore.

The director Deepu Anthikad explains that the film is based on real incidents. “Sooraj Dev ,writter of the film, works in crime branch investigation and we used to discuss a lot of cases. This script is based on many such cases,” he says.

While he says that they did contemplate on doing “something realistic” with the script, “to bring people back to theatres, you have to present a cinematic experience”. “So, we added those elements. Visually, this film looks and feels different. It has a high production value too,” says the director, adding that the team had scouted never-seen-before locations in Kuttikanam and Peermade.

Alencier, Prashanth Alexander, Divya Pillai, Santhi Priya, Sheelu Abraham and Surabhi Santosh are also part of the cast of the big-budget film, Sudeesh Pillai and Shibu Anthikad are the co producers. Composers Kailas Menon and Gopi Sundar, editor Shameer Muhammed and cinematographer Loganathan are also part of its crew. “We are currently looking for a October end release in theatres,” concludes Kishore Varieth