Prithviraj-Ranjith come together for Indian Rupee

After the well-appreciated Pranchiyettan & The Saint, writer-director Ranjith's next film, Indian Rupee, is ready for release.

Prithviraj plays a small time real estate broker who dreams of making it big in life. It was Ranjith who launched Prithviraj in the finely crafted Nandanam some years back.

Veteran actor Thilakan, who has not been in the limelight for a while after his tussles with some organisations in the film industry, is doing an important role.

Director Ranjith says, "As the title suggests, Indian Rupee is about money and it talks about the popular sentiment that money is often a deciding factor in our lives."

Ranjith is regarded as one of the finest scenarists in Malayalam films after his fantastic scripts like Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal, Devasuram and Araam Thampuraan.

He later became a director as well and made films such as Nandanam, Kaiyoppu, Thirakkatha, Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathira Kolapathakathinte Katha and Pranchiyettan & The Saint.

Prithviraj is Jayaprakash, a man who is not very educated, but who dreams of amassing a fortune as a real estate broker. He does succeed in achieving his dreams to a certain extent, but then he realises some new aspects about life in the process.

Prithviraj is going through a roller-coaster ride at this point of his career, especially after the debacle of his Onam release Tejabhai & Family. He plans to make a comeback with Indian Rupee.

Rima Kallingal plays the heroine in Indian Rupee, as a doctor working in a government hospital. "I am excited about my character in this film, which is quite different from the roles that I am usually associated with," says Rima.

Tini Tom, Mamukkoya, Lalu Alex, Jagathy Sreekumar, Swetha Menon and Mallika are part of the cast.

Indian Rupee is produced by Prithviraj, Santosh Sivan and Shaji Natesan under the banner of August Cinemas. They had earlier made the period saga, Urumi. The cinematographer is S Kumar and the music director is Shahabaz Aman.

The film is set to hit the screens this weekend.