Keeping in tune with Mollywood filmmakers’ newfound penchant to mine the past for content,
Prithviraj’s upcoming project titled
Meter Gauge 1904
too will showcase the forgotten history of the State.
The movie, which will be scripted and directed by
Pradeep M Nair, is about the first meter gauge railway service of the erstwhile
Travancore
state.
Pradeep tells us, “The movie is a historic fiction and deals with deals with the conception and construction of Kollam-Shenkottai meter gauge.”
The work for the
railway line
started in 1900 and was completed in 1902. The meter gauge services began in 1904 with the first passenger train flagged off by Moolam Thirunal.
Prithviraj will play the character of an engineer named Kuruvila who was involved in the implementation of the project, confirms the director. “The story is an amalgamation of true and fictional events and so the movie will have fictional characters as well as those who existed in real life,” he says. “It’s got a man vs wild element and is also a story of the realisation of gargantuan effort by men. It will be a movie made on a big canvas.”
On when the project will go on floors, Pradeep says, “Some research is pending and the film will also need extensive preparations. Once that is over and Prithviraj is done with his commitments, we will start the film.”
Meter Gauge 1904 will mark the duo’s second collaboration after the upcoming release
Vimaanam
, which is partly based on the life of hearing and speech impaired Saji M Thomas, who built an ultra-light aircraft on his own.
“We have wrapped up the final song during the weekend, and now the post production is on full swing. The movie will be a Christmas release,” concludes Pradeep.
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