Industry gets ready for festival releases

Malayalam movie buffs are going to have a visual treat during Ramzan and Onam holidays. It is expected to set the cash registers ringing at box office with two megastars Mammootty and Mohanlal also joining the fray.

Fahad Fazil’s Friday directed by debutant director Lijin Jose is expected to be another film in the line of recent new wave films in Malayalam. Friday which plots the events happening on a day in Alappuzha is due to release this week (August 18). Starcast includes Ann Augustine, Nedumudi Venu, Vijayaraghavan, Tini Tom.