Thrissur: Transwoman Neha from Chennai will make her Malayalam debut in ‘Antharam’ which will be screened at the Thrissur International Film Festival. It will be screened in the contemporary Malayalam film category. The show will be held at Thrissur Sree Theater on Saturday at 11.30 am. The first screening of the film in Kerala will take place tomorrow. Under the banner of Group Five Entertainments, photo journalist P. Antaram is Abhijit’s first film. The film stars Kannan Nair in the lead role in Cold Case, S Durga and Lilly.
Nakshatra Manoj, who won the State Award for Best Child Actor for her performance in ‘Rakshadhikari Baiju’, plays another important role. Writer, actress and prominent trans activist A. The film also features Revathi as a guest star. Although there have been many films in different languages on the life of the transgender community, the director says that ‘Anthara’ is different from all of them. Abhijit said.
Rajeev Velloor, Girish Perinchery, LC Sukumaran, Vihan Peethambaran, Kavya, Deeparani, Laya Maria Jayson, Zia Powell, Pooja, Muneer Khan, Jomin .V. Geo, Babu Ilavumthitta, Gatha P, Rahul Rajeev, Basil. The other actors are N, Harish Ryrom, Jitin Raj, Vishnu and Sudeep.
The film is produced by Jojo John Joseph, Paul Kollannur, Jomin V Geo, Renuka Ayyappan and A Shobhila. Directed by P. Abhijit.
Co-Producers: Justin Joseph, Maheep Haridas, Screenplay, Dialogues: Shanavas MA, Cinematography: A Muhammad, Editing: Amaljith, Associate Director: Manish Yathra, Background Music: Paris V Chandran, Lyricist: Ajeesh Dasan, Music: Rajesh Vijay, Singer. Sithara Krishnakumar, Makeup – Shiju Farook, Costume Design – A Shobhila, VP Sreejisha, Assistant Directors – Rahul NB, Vishnu Pramod, Gafar Harish Ryrom, Art Direction – P Gautam and P Devika.