Mohanlal, Drishyam director Jeethu Joseph reunite for 12th Man, see poster

Actor Mohanlal, who was recently seen in Drishyam 2, on Monday took to Twitter to reveal that he and filmmaker Jeethu Joseph have reunited for the upcoming Malayalam thriller 12th Man. 

The announcement comes just a few days after Drishyam 2, which premiered earlier this year on Amazon Prime, hit the theatres in UAE, Qatar and Oman. 

“Happy to announce my upcoming movie '12th MAN' with Jeethu Joseph, produced by Antony Perumbavoor under the banner Aashirvad Cinemas (sic).” Mohanlal wrote. 

Work on this project will commence as soon as Jeethu wraps up the Drishyam sequel in Tamil with Kamal Haasan. Titled Papanasam 2, the project is expected to go on the floors later this month. 

Apparently, Kamal Haasan has postponed the shoot of his upcoming Tamil thriller Vikram in order to finish shooting for Papanasam 2 as Jeethu has to return to Kerala to commence work on 12th Man. 

A year or two ago, Jeethu Joseph and Mohanlal teamed up for a thriller titled Ram. The project, which was also to feature Trisha, was put on the backburner to complete Drishyam 2. Reportedly, Ram has been revived as 12th Man; however, this hasn’t been officially clarified by the makers. 

Meanwhile, Mohanlal awaits the release of upcoming Malayalam film Aaraattu. The action-thriller has a story by Udayakrishna, who had worked with Mohanlal in his runaway blockbuster Pulimurugan (2016). This project marks the fourth collaboration between Mohanlal and filmmaker Unnikrishnan. 

Mohanlal will also soon commence work on actor Prithviraj Sukumaran’s second directorial project, Bro Daddy.