One of the most thinking actors of our times, Mammootty has agreed to be on a historical titled ‘Bombay, March 12’. The megastar will thus pave the way for one of the popular scenarist of our times, Babu Janardhanan to debut as an independent director

Based on the suffering of the commoners who were held in between the riots that rocked the financial capital, the movie will be a multilingual made in other languages also. The shooting of the movie is planned to take place in Rajasthan and Kerala.

Babu Janardhanan had in the past, penned the scripts for some critically acclaimed movies like ‘Achanurangatha Veedu', 'Vaasthavam' and 'Thalappavu'.