After ‘Thanthonni’, Anwar and ‘Pokkiri Raja’, Prithviraj will join the sets of ‘Manikya Kallu’, the new movie by M Mohanan (‘Katha Parayumpol’ fame). The young star will appear as Vinayachandran, a government school teacher who is transferred to a silent village. Telling the intense story of a teacher-student relationship, the movie will also feature Innocent, Salim Kumar, Mukesh, Jagathy, Kottayam Nazeer, Jagadeesh and K P A C Lalitha.

The movie which will also feature a bunch of child artists will be scripted by the director himself. Produced by Gowri Meenakshi movies, the music department of the movie will be handled by M Jayachandran. The makers are in the lookout for fresh promising faces as child artists and the heroine.