Basil Joseph, the director of much acclaimed 'Minnal Murali' turned actor and talented beauty Nazriya Nazim coming together for a new film titled Sookshmadarshini. The film has commenced filming on Wednesday. The film is helmed by M C Jithin, who made his directorial debut with the 2018 film Nonsense.
Sookshmadarshini Announcement Poster features Basil and Nazriya as a caricature art where their eyes were big looking through a magnifying glass. The film also stars Deepak Parambol, Sidharth Bharathan, Merin Philp, Akhila Bhargavan, Pooja Mohanraj, among others. It has cinematography by Sharan Velayudhan, editing by Chaman Chacko and music by Christo Xavier. Sookshmadarshini is produced by Sameer Thahir, Shyju Khalid and A V Anoop under the banners of Happy Hours Entertainments and AVA Productions.
Meanwhile, Basil was last seen in Vipin Das' Guruvayoorambala Nadayil, alongside Prithviraj Sukumaran, Anaswara Rajan and Nikhila Vimal. His upcoming slate includes Jeethu Joseph's Nunakuzhi, Jithin Laal's Ajayante Randaam Moshanam, Sivaprasad's Marana Mass, Sanju V Samuel's Cup, Sreeraj Sreenivasan's Praavinkoodu Shappu and production designer Jothish Shankar's directorial debut.
On the other hand, Nazriya's last appearance as an actor was in the Telugu film Ante Sundaraniki (2022), opposite Nani. In Malayalam, she was previously seen in the Fahadh Faasil-starrer Trance (2020). The actor also recently served as one of the producers for this year's blockbuster Aavesham, starring Fahadh Faasil in the lead.