August 30, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Malayalam superstar Mohanlal has been seen playing double roles in the movies like 'Udayon', 'Raavanaprabhu' and 'Uncle Bun'. He has played the double roles of father and son in these movies. Now, he is again going to don double role for a new flick titled 'Talkies', where he will act as father and son in this movie too.

Mohanlal has been successful in all his double role movies. Shajoon Kariyal is directing this new movie. The story of the movie revolves around a man called Raveendran Nair, a Singapore return, who runs a movie house called Kamala Talkies in a rural area called Ramanthuruthu. Mohanlal will be seen in this role and also as his father Lalettan, who started this talkie that once used to be the only sole centre of attraction of the village.

In Kerala, it is very common to see the theaters getting closed down in recent times. Most of such theaters are being converted into marriage halls. As many of the theaters fail to attract good numbers of audiences, there is a report of almost hundred theatres in and around Kerala getting closed down in last ten years. They were either modified as shopping complexes or conventional halls.

This Mohanlal starrer movie will be dealing with various problems faced by the owners of theaters. 'Talkies' will show the problems of them to release a movie and the problems related to the distribution rights of the Mollywood.

--Sampurn Wire