The film Mounaksharangal, written and directed by Devadas Kallurutty, featuring more than 200 deaf and mute artistes, is slated to release on October 18. The movie, which the makers claim to be the first one of its kind in the country, has Ramitha Vadakara, Baby Sreelekshmi Naduvannoor and Asif Erattupetta playing lead roles.
Babu Mukkam, Sunil Feroke, Manoj Kedavoor, Madhu Kollam, Akhila, Asha, Anitha and Adil are other artistes. On reel life, the characters speak. “We have dubbed for them. It will be like watching any other movie,” Devadas had said in an interview to Deccan Chronicle. Before the shooting, the actors attended a six-month-long training programme as they had to be taught the basics of acting and lip-syncing. Editing is by Linson Raphel.
