‘Ashakal Aayiram’: Father-Son Duo Jayaram And Kalidas Jayaram Begin Shoot Of Their Film
This will be the first time the duo reunite for a Malayalam film after ‘Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum’, which released in 2003
22 years after Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum and five years after their Tamil reunion Putham Pudhu Kaalai, father-son duo Jayaram and Kalidas Jayaram will reunite with Aashakal Aayiram (One Thousand Wishes). The posters of the film has been launched in two languages. The film’s launch was attended by other members of Jayaram’s family, including his daughter.
The film’s director G Prajith had previously made Nivin Pauly superhit comedy Oru Vadakkan Selfie. The director had also made Sathyam Paranja Viswasikkuvo in 2019 with Biju Menon, apart from the Telugu remake of Oru Vadakkan Selfie. The first-look poster of the film has the father-son duo against an urban backdrop. Kalidas is reported to have described the project as “a moment 25 years in the making,” dedicating it to father–son bonds, dreamers, and the feeling of ‘returning home’.
The film is being written by Jude Anthany Joseph and Arvind Rajendran. Their previous Malayalam film gave Kalidas the National Film Award that year for Best Child Artist. The duo had acted once before in Sathyan Anthikad’s family comedy Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal (2000).
Ashakal Aayiram will also be Jayaram’s first proper Malayalam release after Abraham Ozler (2024). Kalidas had last acted in Raayan (2024) in Tamil and Rajni (2023) in Malayalam.
As for the production house, Gokulam Movies had announced their entry into the Tamil industry late last month with SJ Suryah’s Killer, after last co-producing Mohanlal-Prithviraj's L2: Empuraan. The poster of Killer states that the film will have a pan-Indian release with Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, and Kannada versions. Other collaborators of the movie have not been announced, although SJ Suryah himself will play a leading character in the film. It was confirmed recently that the film’s music will be by AR Rahman.
Meanwhile, actor Jayaram had come under criticism for his comic characters in the recent Tamil film Retro and Telugu film Game Changer. He was also a part of Vijay’s Greatest Of All Time in 2024.