On September 03, at around 04.00 PM, director VA Shrikumar announced on his Facebook page that his next movie titled ‘Mission Konkan’ will be based on the valor of Mappila Khalasis. The director also revealed that his film will be a mega-budget outing, and it will be made in several Indian languages.

Interestingly, at 06.00 PM, Janapriya Nayakan Dileep announced his next film, and the name of this movie is ‘Khalasi’. It should be noted that this movie will be also portraying the bravery of Khalasis and their patriotism.

As both Dileep and VA Shrikumar have announced different movies on the same subject, industry experts believe that these films will run into controversies in the coming days. Dileep and Shrikumar are also considered arch-rivals in the industry for several professional and personal reasons, and their race to make different movies on the same theme will surely open scope for debate.

‘Mission Konkan’ is produced by Shrikumar himself in the banner of Earth and Air Films. In his recent press release, VA Shrikumar revealed that several Hollywood technicians will be working in his film. The film will also have several top names from Bollywood, Mollywood, Kollywood, and Tollywood in the lead roles.

On the other hand, Dileep’s Khalasi will be directed by Mithilaj Abdul, the program director of Comedy Utsavam, a show that is being aired in Flowers TV. The script of the movie is being written by Mithilaj, Anuroop Koyilandi, and Satheesh. Khalasi is produced by Gokulam Gopalan in the banner of Sree Gokulam Movies.

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Mollywood filmmaker VA Shrikumar entered the industry with a bang with the movie ‘Odiyan’. Even though released with huge pre-release hype, the film received mixed reviews from audiences, but it managed to emerge as a safe bet for the producer. After ‘Odiyan’, VA Shrikumar was supposed to do a movie based on M T Vasudevan Nair’s Randamoozham. The film was announced by the filmmaker with Mohanlal in the lead role, but due to creative differences with the writer, Shrikumar was compelled to postpone the film.

Now, Shrikumar has confirmed that he will be doing a multi-lingual film named Mission Konkan. In his recent Facebook post, the director also shared the first look poster of the movie. In another press release, Shrikumar revealed that this upcoming movie will be based on the valor and bravery of Mappila Khalasis.

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Acclaimed writer T D Ramakrishnan is penning the script for this movie. VA Shrikumar himself is producing the movie in the banner of Earth and Air Films. Several top stars from Bollywood, Kollywood and Mollywood will play crucial roles in this movie. An official announcement regarding the complete cast and crew of the movie will be made in the coming days.

In the press release, VA Shrikumar revealed that the film will directly shot in Hindi, which means, Mission Konkan is marking the director’s Bollywood debut. Apart from Hindi, this film will also have simultaneous release in other regional languages as well.

The film will be made with a huge budget, and the shooting is expected to begin in December. Shrikumar revealed that several Hollywood technicians will be also a part of this film. The major locations of this film will be Ratnagiri, Delhi, Goa, Beypur, Kozhikode, and Palakkad.

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