After a brief delay, Deepak Parambol's new film Ormayil Oru Shishiram is all set to hit theatres this Friday along with two other releases, Tovino Thomas' Luca and Asif Ali's Kakshi: Amminipilla.

The film, helmed by Vivek Aryan, will have Deepak playing a romantic hero for the first time. Debutant Anaswara Ponnambath plays the female lead. Basil Joseph, Asokan, and Sudheer Karamana are also part of the cast. CG Sivaprasad and Appu Sreenivas Nair have penned the screenplay for the story by Vishnu Raj NR. 

In a recent interview with Express, Deepak revealed that he plays a first-time filmmaker reminiscing about his high school days. Maqtro Pictures, which backed one of last year's runaway's hits, B.Tech, starring Asif Ali, is bankrolling this film.

Deepak last appeared in Madhav Ramadasan's Ilayaraja. He will be seen next in Vineeth Sreenivasan-starrer Manoharam. He is also part of B.Tech director Mridul Nair’s upcoming web series, Instagraamam.