Salam Bappu's "Manglish" starring Mammootty and Dutch actress Caroline Bech in the lead roles is getting ready for its release. Mammootty will play the role of Malik Bhai who is a known face in Cochin Harbour and a complete man when it comes to the business of fishing. He is everybody's favourite as he is always there to lend his help to anyone who needs a suppport. His life take a turn when Michelle, a foreigner enters his life.
Michelle is in India for a purpose and Malik tries to help her to reach the goal. Communication becomes a hurdle between them as Malik only knows Malayalam and Michelle knows only English. Even though Malik tries to bring a third person who knows English to communicate, Michelle sent that person back because she does not want a third person to be part of her plans. "Manglish" will be a comedy entertainer that revolves around Malik's and Michelle's confusion in communicating to each other.
"Manglish" is Salaam Bappu's second directorial venture after his nonlinear investigation film "Red wine" (2013). The film was noticed for its star presence which had Mohanlal, Fahadh Faasil and Asif Ali.
"Manglish" has a huge star cast of Tiny Tom, Jojo, Vinay Forrt, Mukundan, Sudheer Karamana, Ramu, Sathar, Ravindran, Sunil Sukhadha, Sasi Kalinga, , Kalabhavan Rahman, Chembil Ashokan, Sudhi, Kalabhavan Haneef, Aneesh G Menon, Vishnu Alex, Kuriakose, Gopalakrishnan, Shrinda Ashab, Shreedhani, Parvathy Menon, Nimarose, Silu Abraham and Pauly.
"Manglish" is produced by Haneef Mohammed under the banner of Red Rose creations. The story, screen play and dialogues are done by Riyas and Pradheesh Varma will wield the camera for the film. Music of "Manglish" is composed by Gopi Sundar and the lyrics are penned by Hari Narayanan and Santhosh Varma. "Manglish" which is currently under its post production process is expected to hit theatres by the end of July.