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Saiju Kurup, Suresh Krishna and Sidharth Bharathan to headline Rahul Riji Nair's next, Flask

The film also stars Aswathy Sreekanth and Balachandran Chullikkad in prominent roles

Vivek Santhosh

Saiju Kurup, Suresh Krishna, and Sidharth Bharathan will headline Flask, the next film from National Award-winning filmmaker Rahul Riji Nair. The makers unveiled a first-look poster featuring Saiju and Suresh on Sunday. Scripted by Rahul himself, Flask has cinematography by Jayakrishnan Vijayan, editing by Christy Sebastian, and music composed by Sidhartha Pradeep. It also stars Aswathy Sreekanth and Balachandran Chullikkad in prominent roles. Further details regarding the extended cast and plot are awaited.

Rahul is best known for his award-winning films Ottamuri Velicham (2017) and Kalla Nottam (2019). He recently directed the SonyLIV web series Jai Mahendran, which also starred Saiju as the titular protagonist.

Saiju, last seen in Anand Sreebala, has the Antony Varghese-starrer Daveed in the pipeline.

Suresh was recently featured in Aashiq Abu's multi-starrer Rifle Club.

Meanwhile, Sidharth, who has garnered acclaim this year for his performances in Bramayugam and Sookshmadarshini, has Bazooka, Bha Bha Ba and Paranu Paranu Paranu Chellan as part of his upcoming slate.

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