Anoop Menon’s on a roll

Fresh off the success of Beautiful, the multi-talented actor will be penning four scripts this year
Anoop Menon has his hands full this year in Mollywood. After penning the highly-successful Beautiful, the actor who claims to be going through "a creative phase in his life" will be scripting for four more flicks.
He would be starting off with VK Prakash's Trivandrum Lodge, which will see him star along buddy Jayasurya. "It's a feel-good, romantic story," he says. Anoop had earlier scripted about half of the thriller Pushpakavimaanam before finalising on Trivandrum Lodge as the team's next.
Jayasurya and Anoop will once again share the screen for Ratheesh Ravi's Rathri. This project too was arrived at after Anoop had initially decided on scripting Ardhanareeswaran, which deals with transgenderism. "Though the our initial plan was to shoot Ardhanareeswaran, the film has been delayed and we're shooting Rathri first," informs Jayasurya.
Anoop will also be part of Mollywood's first action-thriller anthology similar to Kerala Cafe and will be scripting for director Deepan's featurette.
Meanwhile, the actor's scripting venture will come a full circle when he joins director Rajeev Nath, who had helmed his first two scripts - Pakalnakshatrangal and Anubhav. The director is upbeat about the film tentatively titled Oru New York Sayahnam, a romantic flick planned to be shot in New York and Washington, that will also have Anoop in the lead.
Rajeev says, "I am happy I discovered and encouraged the writer in him." We are too!