![]() ![]() “The earlier story is a strong point, which we have used to recreate the mood. “We have tried to give the visualisation a cinematic effect to make it more enjoyable,” says Ranjith. The mother, Annie, had made the families promise that they would bring the children together on the death anniversary of their father (essayed in the film by Murali). The script for the serial is by Santhosh Echikkanam, and the story is being developed around a query on how the promises to the dead mother (essayed in the film by actor Madhavi) are being honoured by the four families who adopted the children. ![]() The film was directed by Sibi Malayil and scripted by Dennis Joseph. It helped that Aadithyan already had the rights to a sequel to ‘Akashadoothu.' But then the project met with one road-block after the other for example, the deaths of actors such as Aranmula Ponnamma who were part of the film.” Aadithyan and Ranjith are happy that three years of hard work and waiting have paid off.įor Aadithyan, it has been a real task to find the right combination that would make the idea work.Īdds Ranjith: “Our quest was to find an innovative and appealing theme for a new mega serial and the idea of a sequel to a popular film caught our imagination. It's been a long and tough road for the serial's producer-director duo. The serial begins with Monu's birthday celebrations and a startling revelation thereafter. He does not remember his parents or siblings. Monu, the youngest of the four, was but a baby when he was given up for adoption by his terminally ill and widowed mother. Ranjith under the banner of Rajaputra Visual Media and directed by Aadithyan, the story takes off exactly 16 years after we saw the children going their separate ways after the funeral of their mother. This television-meets-cinema sequel is perhaps a-first-of-its-kind in India, though it's been done before in the West – ‘The Prisoner,' ‘The Highlander' and ‘The Day of the Triffids,' and so on, being some examples. Remember ‘Akashadoothu' (1993), the heart-rending tale of four orphaned children that made Kerala weep? Now ‘Akashadoothu' makes a comeback, not on the silver screen, but as a mega serial! Catch up on the lives of the four children in this sequel to the cult movie, which will go on air on Surya TV soon. ![]()
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