Amitabh set to feature in Malayalam film based on plane hijack

Kochi: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is all set to debut in a Malayalam film based on the 1999 hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane to the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
Malayalam superstar Mohanlal, Bachchan’s co-star in Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, a remake of the 1975 hit Sholay, will play the lead role in the film Kandahar planned for release by August during the Onam festival.
Major Ravi, a commando-turned filmmaker, is the director of the film in which Mohanlal, who recently joined the Territorial Army as a colonel, plays the role of Col Mahadevan.
Mohanlal and Ravi met Bachchan, who was on a short visit to the Kerala port city, and discussed the project. Bachchan had expressed a desire to act in a Malayalam film during an interview to a television channel in Dubai in December.
“The director narrated the story to him and he said he liked the storyline and wanted to read the script in full,” said Mohanlal. “It’s not a big role but a strong one filled with a lot of emotions. He plays the father of a passenger on the hijacked plane.”
The film will be shot in Delhi and Nepal besides Kerala.
08/02/10 Ashraf Padanna/Gulf Times, Qatar

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