Murali to do the lead in 'Dhanayathra'

National award winning actor Murali will be doing the lead role in Dhanayathra, to be directed by debutant director Gireesh Kunnummal.

The film, which has Murali playing a blind but very powerful character, will also have in the cast Jagathy Sreekumar, Saikumar, Mamookoya, Sudheesh, Biju Menon, Riyaz Khan, Kalpana etc.

The story penned by Vinod K. Payyannur will form the base for script by C.R. Chandran. Ramachandra Babu will crank the camera for the film, which will feature art-direction by Nathan Mannoor. Dhanayathra will be produced under the banner of Infinity Visual Magic. More details are awaited.