Mohanlal pairs up with ex-leading lady's daughter

Malayalam superstar Mohanlal has teamed up with Keerthi, daughter of Kerala’s leading producer Suresh Kumar and actress Maneka, in “Geetanjali”. He says it’s part of his profession. Keerthi’s mother Maneka featured as Mohanlal’s leading lady in numerous films, including super hits like “Boeing Boeing” and “Poocheke Oru Mukuthi”. [caption id=“attachment_975967” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  This is not the first time the Kerala superstar is teaming up with the daughter of one of his co-stars.[/caption] This is not the first time he is working with a daughter of  one of his female co-stars. In his 2006 film “Photographer”, he shared the screen space with Saranya Bhagyaraj, daughter of Poornima Jayaram, who was the heroine in his first release “Manjil Virinja Pookal” (1980). But for Mohanlal such things are of little significance. “See, I am currently doing a Tamil film where I worked with Poornima Jayaram after a long time. This is a profession and many will come and go, and I am just one of the actors. The story demands that a lady has to be there and in this film it’s Keerthi,” said the superstar at the shooting location of “Gitanjali”. When asked about Keerthi, Mohanlal, smiled and said: “Yes, she is good.” He said he was waiting to get a call from Priyadarshan for his next shot. However, Priyadarshan who is directing “Gitanjali”, calls it a feat. “Oh man, this is something that no one will ever get to do. This is something phenomenal that he is doing for the second time,” Priyadarshan told IANS. In the film, Mohanlal plays psychiatrist Sunny Joseph and he is called to treat Keerthi after she starts hallucinating, ahead of her marriage. “The film is a lot different from earlier films of Priyadarshan. As the shooting is progressing, all of us are excited. After all, for an actor, every role is a challenge and I like challenges, hence it’s all the more exciting,” said Mohanlal, who will completes 35 years on 3 September as an actor in filmdom. IANS