Moothon

Moothon (lit. The Elder One) is an upcoming bilingual crime film written and directed by Geetu Mohandas, and jointly produced by Anurag Kashyap, Ajay G. Rai and Alan McAlex. Anurag Kashyap wrote the dialogues in Hindi. The film stars Nivin Pauly, Sobhita Dhulipala, Shashank Arora. It's Geetu's second feature-length directorial and debut film in Malayalam and Pauly's debut in Hindi cinema. The film tells the story of a boy searching for his elder brother. Filming began in April 2017.

Plot
The story is about a 14 year old child from Lakshadweep who comes Mumbai in search of his elder brother.

Cast

 * Nivin Pauly as Akbar
 * Sobhita Dhulipala
 * Shashank Arora as Salim
 * Dileesh Pothan as
 * Roshan Mathew as Ameer
 * Melissa Raju Thomas as Amina

Production
The screenplay was written by Geetu Mohandas originally under the title Insha' Allah: In Pursuit of Akbar. The story was about a teenager who is in search of his elder brother Akbar. For the script, Geetu won the Global Filmmaking Award at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, along with four other filmmakers. In January 2016, she announced that it would be made into a feature film in Malayalam and Hindi languages, and filming would commence post monsoon that year.

In January 2017, cast and crew were revealed along with a poster. The title was changed to Moothon (meaning: elder brother, in Malayalam). Produced jointly by Aanand L. Rai for Colour Yellow Productions and Ajay G. Rai and Alan McAlex for JAR Pictures, the film will be distributed by Eros International. Anurag Kashyap wrote the Hindi dialogues. Nivin Pauly plays the leading role along with Shashank Arora as the negative lead; According to Geetu, Nivin was the first person to come into her mind after completing the screenplay. Her husband Rajeev Ravi handles the cinematography. The film marks Geetu's feature directorial debut in Malayalam. Geetu call the film an "adventure drama", even though she do not believe in confining it into a clear-cut genre, saying "it can always turn into something else".

Filming in Mumbai was concluded by second week of May 2017. Filming resumed in Lakshadweep in May 2018. It was completed on 14 May 2018.