The shoot of Mammootty's much-awaited investigative thriller CBI 5 had resumed recently in Kerala. After actress Kaniha, now the latest star to join the set is actor Soubin Shahir. The news was shared by the movie's director K Madhu through his Instagram handle. Sharing a picture with Soubin from the sets, Madhu penned a note that read, “Soubin joins Team CBI. Happy to welcome one of my fav actors/ directors to my set.” After the post surfaced online, speculations are doing the rounds the actor is is likely to play a baddie in the movie. CBI 5 marks the comeback of Mammootty's evergreen superhit character Sethurama Iyer CBI after a long gap of 17 years. The actor has retained the same look that he had sported in the prequels and fans are eagerly waiting to watch their favorite character Sethurama Iyer CBI on the big screen.

The upcoming thriller, which is the fifth and final installment of the CBI series, is scripted by SN Swamy who had revealed that the ‘CBI’ film will revolve around ‘basket killing’. The first CBI film, 'Oru CBI Diary Kurippu', was released in 1988 and it was immediately followed by a sequel, 'Jagratha', in 1989. Mammootty's lead character Sethurama Iyer, a brilliant investigative officer, is one of his career-best characters. As both the movies were super hits, the makers, after a gap of 15 years, did the third part of the movie, 'Sethurama Iyer CBI' in 2004, and a fourth part, 'Nerariyan CBI', in 2005. However, the third and fourth were an average hit at the box-office.

The franchise also stars Mukesh, Renji Panicker, Soubin Shahir, Asha Sharath, Sai Kumar, Kaniha and many others. It is said that the movie will have new-age elements in it, however, Mammootty's character styling, mannerism, etc. will remain the same. The character DYSP Vikram played by Jagathy Sreekumar too will be appearing in the upcoming film. Coming to the technicalities, the upcoming installment's cinematography is done by Akhil George. Music is by Jakes Bejoy. The musician will be reprising the iconic CBI background score which was originally composed by Shyam.

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