Mollywood���s superstars have finally let bygones be bygones. Mammootty will now feature in the promo of Mohanlal���s newest film Spirits, boosting the marketing fortunes of the film. Spirits, which was scheduled for release in the first week of June, is now delayed by 10 days to accommodate the promo shoot, a source close to director
Renjithsaid. ���This delay is because
Mammootty is currently holidaying in Europe and is expected to be back in Thiruvananthapuram, early next month.
Once he returns, he will do the promo to promote
Mohanlal���s film, which fights the use of alcohol,��� said the source, who didn���t wish to be named.
Renjith and
Mohanlalhave come together for a movie after five years. The last film the did together was
Rock N��� Roll (2007), which bombed at the box office. Initially,
Renjith had zeroed in on Chief Minister
Oommen Chandy and state Excise Minister K Babu to do the promo, but later he decided to go for
Mammootty, for obvious marketing reasons. Moreover,
Mammootty, who made a 40-second film Say No to Drinks; Say No to Drugs as part of a campaign by the excise department last year, has gone on record saying that he would try to avoid doing film scenes intended to promote the use of liquor and drugs.
Mammootty and
Renjith have earlier worked together in films like
Pranchiyetan and The Saint (2010) and
Palerimanikyam Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha (2009), which have kept
Mammootty���s flag flying high.
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