If Adoor Gopalakrishnan came up last year to mesmerize the audience with the tale of four female protagonists in 'Naalu Pennungal', how can his strong competitor T V Chandran stay behind? The master filmmaker has already started shooting for his new film ‘Bhoomi Malayalam' which tells the story of five ladies who fight against the society that is chauvinistic and unsupportive to the core.

The movie will have Samvurtha Sunil as a factory worker, Priyanka as an aspiring athlete, Padmapriya as a bold TV journalist and Lakshmi Sharma as a house wife. Also in the cast are Navya, Kripa, Roselin, Lekshmy Priya, Jasna Jayaraj and Charulatha who will also have their share of stories to tell.

The other highlight of the movie is that Suresh Gopi who is for the first time appearing in the lead role of a TV Chandran film will be in a double role. The movie will tell the less known aspects in the development of the social atmosphere for the post independence period to that of the present day Kerala.

Cinematographed by K G Jayan, the movie will also feature music by Issac Thomas Kottukapally. The movie, which has already started its shoot at Kannur will also have Arun, Govind Padmasuriya, Nedumudi Venu, Irshad, Adnop Chandran and Kalabahavan Navaz in its cast lines.