Puthan Panam will see Mammootty in the role of Kasaragod-based businessman Nithyananda Shenoy. It is understood that the film primarily deals with demonetisation and black money issues.
The film's tagline 'The New Indian Rupee' suggests that it could be connected to the director's National Award-winning 2011 film 'Indian Rupee', which had Prithviraj in the lead.
Renji Panicker, Siddique, Saikumar, Mammukoya, Indrans, Baiju, Joy Mathew, Iniya, Parvathy Nambiar and Sheelu Abraham will also feature in Puthan Panam.
Puthan Panam marks the return of the Mammootty-Ranjith team, which had previously combined to deliver several critically and commercially successful films such as 'Black', 'Kaiyoppu', 'Paleri Manikyam' and 'Pranchiyettan and The Saint'.
Mammootty's 'The Great Father', which released last week, had broken industry records for the biggest opening day collection and also became the fastest film to rake in Rs 20 crore in Mollywood.
Check out some of the reactions on Puthan Panam here:
#PuthanPanam @mammukka Mass Introduction Scene pic.twitter.com/freKszMvFV
— Mammookka Boys (@Mammookka_boys) 12 April 2017#puthanpanam ranjith is back with a bang..terrific second half with a mass fight scene.bgm top notch..and good climax.overall 3.5/5
— Habeel Sadik (@HabeelSadik1) 12 April 2017.@mammukka Average second half !
One time watchable!
2.5/5 #PuthanPanam
.@mammukka #Puthanpanam is superb Very different even though there are blackmoney movies. Ranjith is back 3.5/5
Gud rush allover @mammukka
siddique👍
Good First Half Reports for #PuthanPanam 👍
— Forumkeralam (FK) (@Forumkeralam1) 12 April 2017First half good. Background music 👍👍👍 #PuthanPanam
— Astronaughty (@astronaughty0) 12 April 2017