 Mumbai Express
(Kamal Hassan, Manisha Koirala)
 Kamal Hassan is on to his new film which he produces and plays the lead in. Titled 'Mumbai Express', it is planned as a bi-lingual in Tamil
and Hindi. Paired with Kamal is Manisha
Koirala.
Apart from producing it, Kamal also pens the story-screenplay-dialogue. The film is produced under his banner Rajkamal Films International, which had earlier produced films like 'Aboorva Sagodharargal', 'Devar Magan' and
'Virumandi'.
Centering on the fast life of a metro like Mumbai, the film is directed by Singeetham Srinivasa Rao. The teaming up of the Kamal-Rao duo earlier resulted in such entertainers like 'Pesum Padam', 'Aboorva Sagodharargal', 'Michael Madana Kamarajan', and 'Magalir
Mattum'.
Shooting for the film has commenced in
Mumbai and will be completed by January.
 Apart from Kamal and Manisha, the film also stars Nasser, Ramesh Arvind, Pasupathy, Kovai Sarala, Vyapuri, Hrithik and Deena. The Hindi version will have Om Puri, Mahesh Manjrekar, Saurabh Shukla, Vijayraj and Sharat Saxena in the supporting cast.
Kamal plays the role of Avinasi, and the film is meant to be a hilarious entertainer. The music for the film is composed by
Ilayaraja, cinematography by Sidharth, sets by Samir Chanda, editing by Ashmit Kunder and stunt choreography by Vikram Dharma.
Malini Mannath
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