Muppathu Vellikkasu
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Duration | Country India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language Malayalam
English
Tamil Director Kurian Varnasala
Shine Prabhakar
Ajayan
Hijjas Release date 20 April 2014 (2014-04-20) Based on The Bible | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Muppathu Vellikkasu (Mal: മുപ്പത് വെള്ളിക്കാശ്, English title: Thirty pieces of silver) is an upcoming Christian film based on the life of Jesus Christ adapted from New Testament in the Bible. It is considered the biggest budget Malayalam film ever made and first 3D film about Jesus. The film is intended for worldwide release in both 2D and 3D formats at Easter 2014.
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Pre-production
The film is being shot in Jerusalem, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan and in some parts of India. The film will be released in 9 Indian languages: Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Marathi, Bengali, Oriya and Malayalam. It will also have English and other European releases. According to Kurian Varnasala's statement on his website, the screenplay was created after ten long years of Bible study and also with the help of many Biblical scholars. Many famous film actors and technicians from the Malayalam film Industry will co-operate with the production. The technicians include veteran lyricist O. N. V. Kurup, singer K. J. Yesudas, Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty and make-up artist Pattanam Rasheed. The film is being produced with the blessing of the Catholic Church of Kerala and K.C.B.C. The total cast of film exceeds 5,000 men and women. Jermi Jairus, a native of UAE with family in Kerala, has the lead role in the character of Jesus. 13 camera units from Bollywood will capture the film in 3D format. The inauguration of the film was held at Kochi on 5 June 2012.
Post-production
Most of the post-production work including graphics, animation, sound mixing and recording will be done in the USA. The editing and dubbing would be done in India, in collaboration with the film industry of the USA.