Mohanlal’s Barroz Locks Release Date For This Onam

Barroz, directed by Malayalam acting great Mohanlal, will be released on September 12 coinciding with Onam in Kerala. The movie is based on the novel Barroz: Guardian of D’Gama’s treasure by Jijo Punnoose. The movie will be produced by Antony Perumbavoor of Ashirvad Movies.

This is the first directorial of actor Mohanlal. The initial shooting of the movie was started in 2021, but got delayed due to the Covid restrictions. Shooting of the movie was done in Goa and Kochi also in Bangkok.

As the name of the novel shows, the movie is expected to be a fantasy film. Mohanlal will be coming to the big screen after the massive success of his courtroom drama, Neru. Before that, Mohanlal was seen in movies like Marakkar, Monster, Alone, Malaikkottai Vaaliban and 12th Man.

Apart from direction, Mohanlal is also a lead character in the movie. It is being reported that the movie will also feature Maya, Cesar Lorente Raton, Kallirroi Tziafeta, Tuhin Menon, and Guru Somasundaram.

Another project in the pipeline for Mohanlal is L2: Empuraan, directed by actor-director Prithviraj Sukumaran.

The plot featuring Barroz, a guardian of Vasco da Gama’s secret treasure for 400 years and has been entrusted to hand over it to a true descendent of Gama, is quite interesting. It is an adaptation of Jijo Punnoose’s novel Barroz: Guardian of D’Gama’s Treasure. Mr Punnoose is the director of India’s first 3D film My Dear Kuttichathan (1984). The cinematography was done by Santhosh Sivan. Music was done by Lydian Nandhaswaran and Mark Kilian.