Kalidas Jayaram has been on a roll ever since his debut movie Poomaram’s release. The young actor has been signed up for a number of projects and the latest addition to this list will be Happy Sardar. Kalidas will be playing the title role in this movie that will also have Bollywood actor Javed Jaffrey in an important role. This is not the first time Javed is acting in a Malayalam film – he has earlier played a Pakistani soldier in the film Picket 43.
According to industry reports, Happy Sardar is a film about the great Indian wedding. Touted to be a romantic tale, it will be laced with humour throughout, we hear. A few stills from this film has been released online and is going viral among the netizens. Kalidas looks vibrant and energetic keeping in line with the title. One picture has him dancing, while another has him posing with three women actors of the film. The third is a solo picture of Kalidas.
Happy Sardar is written and directed by Sudeep and Geethika. The film has Siddique, Sreenath Bhasi, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Shanti Krishna and Balu Varghese playing supporting roles.
Kalidas’s last release in the Malayalam film industry was Argentina Fans Kaattoorkadavu, which came out earlier this year. The film’s screenplay was penned jointly by its director Midhun Manuel Thomas and John Manthrickal. Kalidas acted opposite Aishwarya Lekshmi in the film revolving around the football craze in Kerala.
Besides Happy Sardar, Kalidas also has the Santosh Sivan directorial Jack and Jill, where he will act with Manju Warrier. The shooting of the film commenced last year and scenes involving Manju Warrier have been wrapped up. The film’s cast also includes Soubin Shahir, Nedumudi Venu, Aju Varghese, Soubin Shahir, Basil Joseph, Ramesh Pisharody and Suraj Venjaramoodu in supporting roles. Aditi Balan of Aruvi fame plays the female lead in this flick. Jack n Jill will be a bilingual releasing in Malayalam and Tamil.
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