Mohanlal starts shooting for Grandmaster

Priyamani as Deepthi makes a comeback to Malayalam cinema after a long gap. Its for the first time that the actress will be seen with Mohanlal. Naren plays a key role,that of a young police officer named Kishore. Devan is in the role of Fernandez.

That Chandrashekharan,played by Mohanlal,is a good chess player too accounts for the relevance of the title,which of course has much to do with the theme too.

The cast also includes Anoop Menon,Roma,Mithra Kurian,Riyaz Khan,Seena,Siddique,Babu Antony,Rajshri Nair and Fathima Babu.

Music is by Deepak Dev while Vinod Illampally cranks the camera and Manoj does the editing. The art direction is done by Joseph Nellickal. B.Unnikrishnan himself is in charge of the script.

Ronnie Screwvala produces Grandmaster under the banner of UTV Motion Pictures and the film is at present being shot at Ernakulam. Bengaluru is also one of the locations.