Mammootty’s Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam: When and where to watch the world premiere of Lijo Jose Pellissery film

The much-awaited collaboration of Mammootty and Lijo Jose Pellissery, Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam, is all set for its world premiere. The movie, produced by the megastar and marking his first ever team-up with the Churuli and Jallikattu director, will be showcased at the 27th International Film Festival of Kerala this month.

Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam will be screened as part of the Competition Section at the prestigious film festival, which is set to be held from December 9 to 16 in various theatres across Thiruvananthapuram.

The movie, which also has Ashokan, Ramya Pandian, Chethan Jayalal, Sanjana Dipu, Pramod Shetty and Bitto Davis, is scripted by S Hareesh, who had also written Lijo’s acclaimed film Jallikattu that was chosen as India’s entry to the Oscars in 2020.

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As per the official synopsis of Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkum on IFFK’s official website, the movie revolves around James, who stops a bus carrying a group of Malayali travellers from Kerala in a village in Tamil Nadu. He starts behaving like a native from the village, confusing those with him as well as the villagers. James, who takes on the identity of Sundaram, walks amidst faith, delusion, dream and trance and is followed by others.

The film, which marks Mammootty Kampany’s second release this year following the superhit Rorschach, will have its world premiere on December 12 at 3.30pm at the Tagore Theatre in Thiruvananthapuram. It will also have two more screenings at Ariesplex Audi 1 and Ajantha Theatre at 12pm on December 13 and 9.30am on December 14, respectively.

Meanwhile, Kunchacko Boban’s Ariyippu is also another movie that will be screened as part of the Competition Section at the festival. The Mahesh Narayanan directorial, which is set to release on Netflix soon, had its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland a few months ago.