After being known as an ace sound designer, the academy award winner
Resul Pookutty is all set to helm the director's cap for the upcoming movie ‘
Otta
’. The film has started rolling and the shoot is progressing at Paravur Kannankulangara.
In an interview with an online news media, Resul Pookutty said that his directorial debut will have the actors
Shobana,
Asif Ali, Indrans, Arjun Ashok, Sathyaraj, Rohini, Shyamaprasad, Renji Panicker, Adil Hussain, and Divya Dutta in important roles. Resul Pookutty’s brother Baiju Pookutty will be also seen playing a key role in ‘Otta’.
Mammootty's impressive photography skills
Resul Pookutty further added that Shobana is like a beloved friend to him and she immediately agreed to do the project when he told her the storyline of ‘Otta’. He opened up that he was mindblown after watching the Shobana starrer ‘Yathra’ which was released in the year 1985.
Resul Pookutty also said in the interview that ‘Otta’ is based on a real-life incident that happened in the life of S Hariharan who is one of the producers of the film and has also written the book ‘Runaway Children’ based on his life story.
Resul Pookutty said that he had several opportunities before him when he planned to direct a film and that included a British film and two Bollywood films. But it was his stubborn desire for Malayalam cinema that he took the decision to helm a Malayalam film as his directorial debut.
‘Otta’ will also have the veteran actress Jalaja’s daughter Devi Nair playing a supreme role and the music of the film will be composed by the renowned musician M Jayachandran under the lyrics penned down by the lyricist Rafeeq Ahamed.
Meanwhile, Resul Pookutty is roped in as the sound designer for the upcoming most ambitious
Prithviraj Sukumaran starrer film ‘Aadujeevitham’ which is directed by the veteran filmmaker Blessy.