June 22 brought tidings of joy to the COVID-19-hit film industry in Kerala. The big-budget period film Vaariyamkunnan, with Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lead, is slated to begin shooting in September 2021. “Moreover, that film required technicians from Chennai and since that seems difficult now, we thought we would wait and see how things would go. The first new film to be shot in Malayalam after the lockdown, it is being produced under the banner of Ashiq Usman Productions. “But, can the film industry afford to wait till all that is resolved?

Source: The Hindu June 24, 2020 11:15 UTC