Sony Pictures International in collaboration with actor Prithviraj's banner will produce a Malayalam film which will go on floors by Mid-April 2018.

Here is the official statement from Sony Pictures:

"It started with what I thought was a casual conversation over coffee with Vivek Krishnani, MD, Sony Pictures India. I was trying to convince him that if Ideas that would make entertaining data and yet stay away from conventions were what they were looking for, that Malayalam cinema is the place to be.

It was then that Vivek said he would be more than willing to join hands with me for their foray into Malayalam if I did indeed have such a script at hand. I did! A few days before that, I had already zeroed in on a script that I knew should make the film that would launch Prithviraj Productions. We went to Mumbai and gave them an elaborate narration and a project overview. By the end of the day, a handshake over coffee had become a partnership between two companies! In more ways than one, I believe it, a landmark event for Malayalam film industry.

Sony Pictures, the International studio behind iconic blockbusters and entertainers like 2012, the Spider-Man franchise, and most recently Jumanji, ramped up its local production with Pad Man early this year and is now stepping into the small and dense world of Malayalam cinema. What makes this partnership doubly exciting is the nature of the film that we're producing together."

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