Gopika who had a big hit last year pairing with Mammootty for 'Maayavi', is now again called in to share the lead with the super star for the Vishu film 'Annan Thambi'.

The film in which Mammootty is donning a double role, will also have 'Rock N Roll' fame Lakshmi Rai as the other heroine. The request to be in the role came from the director Anwar Rasheed, who had already started shooting for this movie for a couple of weeks. This role was earlier ear marked for another Tamil actress, who had got some last minute problems to be on the movie.

Gopika will be also seen as Mammootty’s pair in the AMMA'a multi starrer, which will start its third schedule shooting by the second week of March.

Apart from this, Gopika’s new project includes 'Verutha Oru Bharya' which have Jayaram as the hero. The actress had already completed another movie 'Malabar Wedding' with Indrajith and co in the lead, which is her sixteenth project in Mollywood.