director harikumar who has recently delivered some interesting films like clint and jwalamukhi has stepped into his next an ambitious project titled autorickshawkkarante bharya which is based on the eponymous story by prolific malayalam writer m mukundan the film will feature suraj venjaramoodu in the lead role and actress ann augustineis making her second innings playing the leading lady after a gap of four yearsread alsostylishsunday kalyani priyadarshans pleated shirt dress to esther anils flared leather pants the best fashion moments from mtownetimes presents stylishsunday a segment where we make an effort to compile and rank the best fashion moments of the week from mtownautorickshawkkarante bharya will go on floors in mahe today and speaking exclusively to etimes directorharikumar spilled the beans about the film suraj venjarmoodu has roped in to play sajeevan the autorickshaw driver who owns the kl 37 bg 0026 number vehicle i cannot envision someone other than suraj venjaramoodu to step into the shoes of sajeevan the character is strictly performanceoriented there is much space for the actor to explore and suraj venjaramoodu is an impeccable performer in this movie there is much space for emotions the chemistry between the characters and i am positive that suraj venjaramoodu will handle it with grace harikumar shared speaking about casting ann augustine as radhika the director shared along with sajeevan radhika too is a central character in the film both of them are equally important to the narrative as it was in m mukundans story initially during the discussions a few names popped up including some current favourites but i felt ann augustine would be apt for the role of radhika she has been away from acting for a while now so i think this would be a powerful reentry for her as wellas mentioned earlier the film is based on m mukundans story autorickshawkkarante bharya and much to the surprise the author himself has crafted the screenplay for the upcoming film this will also mark the prolific writers debut as a screenplay writer m mukundan himself is scripting for the film interestingly for the first time since the film is based on his story autorickshakkarante bharya who else is better than him to write the screenplay the whole story is rooted in mahe and the dialect is also very distinct and frankly some words are beyond the understanding of someone like me who is a trivandrum native we have been working on this project for quite some time and has completed scripting two months back its a blessing that m mukundan sir himself is scripting harikumar sharedmeanwhile the director also divulged that there would be more to the movie than one has read in the story there is an extension to the climax of the story in the film and lilly teacher who is the french teacher at the school will be appearing in the film swasika has roped in to play the role he added speaking about other casts in the film harikumar shared