veteran filmmaker bhadran who has given hit movies in the past is gearing up for his next joothan after a break of 14 years in an exclusive chat with etimes the director opens up about his upcoming movie joothan and also why rima kallingal was replaced by mamta mohandasjoothan will be a treat for the audience the director adds revealing that something huge is in the making for movie lovers the film has soubin shahir essaying the lead role of a jew named eo eliyavu kohenwe were about to begin the shoot in april but unfortunately now we couldnt begin due to the coronavirus pandemic bhadran says sharing his concern about not being able to commence the shoot of joothan this monthearlier it was announced that rima kallingal will be the leading lady of the movie but later she was replaced by mamta mohandas when we completed the script we had to replace her with mamta the character is of a bigtime actress who has also won national awards and a popular figure as the movie is about a jew we wanted the female lead to be a woman who is astounding and graceful as an egyptian princess mamtas persona suited the character and we had to opt her bhadran says disclosing the reason why rima kallingal was replaced by mamta mohandasit isnt necessary that things go as planned now we have to revise the actors call sheets at this point i cant give an accurate date about when we could start the shoot but i think things will get back to normal in 56 months the filmmaker signs off on a positive note