‘Mahaveeryar’, directed by Abrid Shine, starring Nivin Pauly and Asif Ali is a much awaited time-travel fantasy movie. The film also features a stellar cast including Lalu Alex, Siddique, Shanvi Srivastava, Vijay Menon, Major Ravi, Mallika Sukumaran, Sudheer Karamana, Krishna Prasad, Padmarajan Ratheesh, Sudheer Paravoor, Kalabhavan Prachod and Shailaja P Ambu.

The film is based on M Mukundan's story and is scripted by Abrid Shine. The cinematography is by Chandru Selvaraj. The movie is produced by Nivin Pauly and P S Shamnas under the banner of Pauly Junior Pictures and Indian Movie Makers.

Now, Nivin Pauly and Abrid Shine are sharing some interesting facts about the movie, in a special interview with Kaumudy Movies.

“My character in the movie has no links with monks like Kumbidi in early Malayalam movies. Numerous scenes were shot in Rajasthan. There were lots of questions about the movie. Shine answered all of it accurately”, said Nivin Pauly.

“The movie is a political satire. I have taken care to prepare the film without losing the soul of M Mukundan's story. None of the scenes in the movie are dream-like. I have not taken ‘Guru’ as a reference. It is a movie that moves ahead in a narrow line. The film could have been shot in Kerala or Mysore. However, there was a reason to shoot in Rajasthan. I felt that we needed the color tone of the palaces in Rajasthan. Those palaces have a special beauty. It was shot in Rajasthan considering that another part was to be shot in Kerala”, said Abrid Shine.