India, Dec. 2 -- The big announcement in Malayalam film circles on December 1 was that director Tharun Moorthy would once again join hands with Malayalam superstar Mohanlal after the blockbuster success of Thudarum. However, this led to speculations that Austin Dan who was set to direct Mohanlal in L365 was replaced by Tharun. Now, producer Ashiq Usman has clarified that the recently announced project will have a new story and why the Austin Dan project was dropped.

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Mohanlal had announced his new project L365, helmed by Austin Dan in July this year, with the shoo...