Mammootty's Christmas release 'Katha Parayumpol’ will start the canning this week at Thodupuzha. The film produced by Sreenivasan and Mukesh in the banner of Lumiere films is directed by debutante Mohan.

The plot scripted by Sreenivasan tells about the relation between a filmy superstar and his old friends who are presently a parallel college teacher and a barber. Mukesh and Sreenivasan are to appear in other important roles.

Mammootty will join the sets of this film by the tenth of this month after completing his ‘Raudram’ with Renji Panikkar. The superstar, who also appears as a superstar in the film, has earmarked twenty days for the film.