India, Nov. 13 -- While the makers of Prithviraj Sukumaran's upcoming movie Khalifa had recently denied that Mammootty is part of the action-thriller helmed by Vysakh, recent rumours had that Bollywood actor Bobby Deol has been cast as its antagonist. The Animal and Ba***ds of Bollywood actor has been in huge demand in the South as well, starring in chief roles in Pawan Kalyan's Hari Hara Veera Mallu earlier this year and Thalapathy Vijay's next movie Jananayagan.

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So, naturally fans of the Vysakh-Prithviraj film had more than enough reasons to celebrate the casting rumour. But when OTTplay got in touch with Khalifa scriptwri...