Barroz: Guardian of D'Gama's Treasure

Barroz: Nidhi Kaakkum Bhootham
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Directed by	Mohanlal
Produced by	Antony Perumbavoor
Written by	Jijo Punnoose
Based on	Barroz: Guardian of D' Gama's Treasure by Jijo Punnoose
Starring	Mohanlal Prithviraj Sukumaran Sara Vega Shayla McCaffrey Rafael Amargo Cesar Lorente Raton
Music by	Lydian Nadhaswaram
Cinematography	Santosh Sivan
Edited by	A. Sreekar Prasad
Production company	Aashirvad Cinemas
Distributed by	Maxlab Cinemas and Entertainments
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Barroz: Nidhi Kaakkum Bhootham (transl. Barroz: The Ghost that guards the treasure) is an upcoming Indian Malayalam-language fantasy adventure film directed by Mohanlal in his directorial debut. The screenplay was written by Jijo Punnoose based on his novel Barroz: Guardian of D' Gama's Treasure. It stars Mohanlal in the title role, with Prithviraj Sukumaran, Shayla McCaffrey, Sara Vega and Rafael Amargo in supporting roles. Shot in 3D, the film is produced by Antony Perumbavoor through the company Aashirvad Cinemas.

Principal photography of the filming started in March 2021 and was shot at locations including Kochi, Goa, Dehradun and Portugal.

Premise

Barroz has been protecting D' Gama's treasure for 400 years and has been entrusted to hand over the treasure to a true descendant of D' Gama.

Cast

• Mohanlal as Barroz
• Prithviraj Sukumaran as Ron Madhav
• Shayla McCaffrey
• Sara Vega
• Rafael Amargo as D'Gama, King John III's admiral in Goa
• Cesar Lorente Raton
• Padmavati Rao
• Pedro Figueiredo
• Jayachandran Palazhy
• Prathap Pothen as the Voodoo doll

Production

Development

Mohanlal and T. K. Rajeev Kumar were planning on making a stage play in 3D format. For that, they had a story but the director was not decided. They wanted someone experienced to direct the play, and hence Jijo Punnoose was consulted who directed India's first 3D film My Dear Kuttichathan (1984). On realising the play required a much larger budget than they expected, the project was put on hold. On their meeting, Jijo happened to talk about the story he wrote, Barroz – Guardian of D'Gama's Treasure. It excited Mohanlal who proposed the story has the potential to be made into a great movie and he would like to direct it. Punnoose welcomed the idea and encouraged him to direct. On 21 April 2019, Mohanlal published a blog post titled A New Journey Begins Barroz Guardian of D' Gama's Treasure announcing his directorial debut, a 3D film based on the story Barroz – Guardian of D'Gama's Treasure written by Jijo Punnoose. He revealed the film will be shot in Goa and the locations have been decided, and the cast includes many foreign actors.

Casting

In July, Mohanlal had posted on social media a video unveiling more details about the film. In the video, he said he had cast Rafael Amargo, Sara Vega and Caesar to act in the film. Mohanlal also said, “Barroz is a story set against the backdrop of the maritime history of Portugal, Spain, Africa and India. Barroz is indeed, about our shared heritage that we inherited from our ancestors”. Veteran actor director Pratap Pothen has announced that he has been cast in the film, where he will be playing the role of a Voodoo doll.

Filming

Principal photography began on 31 March 2021 and pictures of the filming were posted by Mohanlal on his Facebook page.

External links

• Barroz: Guardian of D'Gama's Treasure at IMDb