It was earlier reported that the Tollywood remake of superhit Malayalam movie 'Ayyappanum Koshiyum' will feature Power Star Pawan Kalyan donning Biju Menon's role of Ayyappan Nair. His character is named Bheemla Nayak and the crew had resumed shooting for the movie recently. The makers also shared an unseen image from the movie.
While it was also confirmed that Rana Daggubati will be seen in Prithviraj's role, the makers have now announced that popular Actress Nithya Menon has come on board for the action-thriller movie.
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We are extremely delighted to welcome an exceptional & proficient talent @menennithya on board for our #ProductionNo12 ⭐#BheemlaNayak Power Star @PawanKalyan @RanaDaggubati #Trivikram @MusicThaman @saagar_chandrak @dop007 @vamsi84 @NavinNooli pic.twitter.com/xxfRx8znFZ
— Sithara Entertainments (@SitharaEnts) July 30, 2021
For the unversed, 'Ayyappanum Koshiyum', which was released last year, starred Biju Menon as Ayyappan Nair, a policeman and Prithviraj as Koshy Kurian, a retired army havildar.
Produced by Sithara Entertainments and Directed by Saagar K Chandra, the film tentatively titled as Production No. 12, will hit the big screens during the Sankranti holiday next year. While hit filmmaker Trivikram has penned the dialogues, lensman Ravi K Chandran is cranking the camera for this movie.
Actor Pawan Kalyan was last seen in the courtroom drama 'Vakeel Saab', which was the remake of the Bollywood movie 'Pink' that starred Superstar Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role. Nithya Menen was last seen in the Telugu movie 'Ninnila Ninnila' (2020).