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Divya Pillai, Iswarya Menon to play the female leads in Mammootty's Bazooka

Vignesh Madhu

Mammootty's new film Bazooka got launched on Wednesday in Kochi. It is directed by debutant Deeno Dennis, the son of veteran scenarist Kaloor Dennis. As announced earlier by the makers, the film also has Gautham Vasudev Menon and Shine Tom Chacko in prominent roles. The makers have now got Divya Pillai and Iswarya Menon as the female leads.

While Divya is noted for her roles in Oozham and Kala, Iswarya has done only one Malayalam film so far. She is more active in Tamil cinema, with films like Tamizh Padam 2Naan Sirithal, and Vezham to her credit.

Bazooka is produced by Dolwin Kuriakose, Jinu V Abraham, Vikram Mehra, Sidharth, and Anand Kumar under the banners of Theatre of Dreams and Yoodlee Films. Its technical crew includes music director Midhun Mukundan, editor Nishad Yusuf, and cinematographer Nimish Ravi.

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