Malayalam actress Karthika Nair has bagged the lead role, opposite superstar Mammootty, in director Ranjith’s new film ‘Leela’. After actress Ann Augustine withdraw from the movie with marriage on cards, Karthika reached to get the role of Leela, the title character.
While Mammootty’s character is called Kuttiappan. Ranjith’s home production Capitol Theatres which cash for ‘Leela’ will bring Mammootty and Prithviraj under the same hood with Karthika Nair playing the title character. Prithviraj will don the role as the friends of Kuttiyappan.