After his colleague superstar Mohanlal making it for the first time in Kannada film 'Love' of national repute director S.V.Rajendra Singh Babu (Debut of Aditya and top actress Rakshita) another Malayalam superstar Mammootty is making his first appearance in 'Shikari' Kannada film in the direction of youngster Abhay Simha.

Mammootty's 'Shikari' will be produced by N.R.Shetty and the chance of the Kannada version getting dubbed into Malayalam is very bright. Mammootty in the past acted with Kannada superstar Dr.Vishnuvardhana in 'Kankanam' Telugu film. After that a few prominent directors and banners tried to rope in Mammootty in Kannada but nothing positive worked out.

The reason for Mammootty to accept is the story that is having shades of pre and post independence. The hero and heroine in the film 'Shikari' go in search of the place they have read in the book.

The national award winning actress Konkana Sen has agreed to star in this Kannada film because Mammootty is in the lead role. Anmol Bhave scores the music, Suchitra Sathe is the editor and Vikram Srivathsav who handled camera in debut of Abhay Simha 'Gubbachchigalu' children film is behind the camera in 'Shikari'.

In the hilly region of Karnataka the Kannada film 'Shikari' starring Mammootty and Konkana Sen is going on the floor in the month of March 2009.