India, Nov. 30 -- Two of Malayalam superstar Mammootty's three national awards as Best Actor came from his collaborations with filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan, namely Mathilukal and Vidheyan. Nearly two decades since Adoor last made a feature film, Pinneyum (2016), he will return to the director's chair with Mammootty in the lead. This collaboration has been the subject of speculation for a while, but it is only now that Adoor confirmed the same at a public event.

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On the sidelines of literary event held by a leading Malayalam daily, Adoor Gopalakrishnan affirmed that Mammootty would be the leading man of his next directo...