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MT Vasudevan Nair notes how Panakkad Muhammadali Shihab Thangal had come as a message of peace and brotherhood in the wake of the Babri Masjid incident, helping quell riots mushrooming in Kerala like it did in the rest of the country.
The remake of the PN Menon film 'Olavum Theeravum' (1970), which was the first movie to be shot entirely outside a studio, is yet another highlight of the project.
Achuthan or Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, famed as Akkitham, who was senior to Vasu by two years was named the Jnanpith winner on Friday.
The legend of the temple is so ancient that it begins from the age of Sage Parasurama. This area was among the oldest settlements of Brahmins in Kerala.
M T Vasudevan Nair and director Srikumar Menon is embroiled in a legal battle over delay in beginning the work on the movie.
The epic-based film will be produced in two parts of 3-hr duration each, and will hit the silver screen by 2020, Shetty said.
Director Sreekumar Menon flew into Kozhikode on Saturday to persuade MT to withdraw his case seeking return of the script, but the author did not yield.
The writer and scenarist has approached the munsiff court in Kozhikode to get back the rights to the script as the contract with director Sreekumar Menon expired.