Singing paeans of Pazhassi Raja
- IndiaGlitz, [Friday,June 08 2007]
M T Vasudevan Nair and Hariharan have commenced work for Pazhassi Raja featuring Mammootty in the role of a freedom fighter.
Hariharan says, ÂWe felt that Pazhassi Raja had not got the recognition he deserved, especially outside Kerala, for his contribution to the freedom movementÂ.
'The 1857 Sepoy Mutiny is considered the first freedom fight, but Pazhassi Raja fought the British 50 years before that, in the jungles of Wayanad. My film is about how he fights the British by organizing a tribal force in Wayanad and how he gives up his life for the causeÂ.
Kanika plays Pazhassi's wife and Padmapriya plays the other major female role in the film.
Tamil film actor Sarath Kumar is also in the cast. Music is by Ilayaraja.