Yoodlee Films Expands Malayalam Slate With Prithviraj Sukumaran’s ‘Kaapa’
variety.comNaman Ramachandran India’s Yoodlee Films is expanding its Malayalam-language slate with “Kaapa,” starring Prithviraj Sukumaran (“Driving License”), one of the top stars of the industry.Directed by veteran Shaji Kailas (“August 15”), the film, billed as an action thriller, also stars Asif Ali (“Kuttavum Shikshayum”), Aparna Balamurali, who recently won India’s national film award for best actress for “Soorarai Pottru,” and Anna Ben (“Helen”).“Kaapa,” which has started principal photography, is co-produced by Jinu V.
Abraham and Dolwin Kuriakose for Theatre of Dreams and the Film Employees Federation of Kerala (FEFKA) Writers Union, the first ever film backed by FEFKA.
It is written by G.R. Indugopan (“Wolf”). Sukumaran is also starring as late biscuit baron Rajan Pillai in a series produced by Yoodlee.Set up in 2017, Yoodlee Films is the film division of Saregama India, India’s oldest music label.
It has produced 20 titles so far. Its first film, Devashish Makhija’s “Ajji,” played at the Busan, Rotterdam and Gothenburg festivals.Yoodlee is also on board Malayalam-language political thriller “Padavettu,” co-produced with Sunny Wayne, directed by Liju Krishna, and headlined by Nivin Pauly (“Premam”), which is due to release this year.
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