Bhavana will be playing the lead role in director Shaji Kailas' next film, Hunt. It marks her reunion with the filmmaker 16 years after Chinthamani Kolacase. The makers are planning to begin shooting for the upcoming film on December 26 in Palakkad. K Radhakrishnan is backing it under the banner of Jayalakshmi Films.

Hunt, scripted by debutant Nikhil Anand, also stars Aditi Ravi, Chandhunadh, Renji Panicker and Nandu, among others. The film has Jackson as the cinematographer and Kailas Menon as the music director.

Meanwhile, Bhavana's comeback film Ntikkakkakkoru Premandaarnnu is gearing up for release. The film, also starring Sharafudheen in the lead, is directed by debutant Adhil Maimoonath Asharaf.

Shaji Kailas next has Kaapa, a multi-starrer getting ready for release. Prithviraj Sukumaran, Asif Ali, Anna Ben and Aparna Balamurali play the leads in the film, which is billed as an action-gangster drama.