Seven Arts Returns- This Time With Kanal & Lal

SEVEN Arts was once synonymous with box office success in Kerala.The production company that presented Malayalam film industry with some unforgettable films is now all set to stage a comeback. The movie in the making is, or Kanal , theburning embers.
Hero is none other than Mohan Lal, the company's once lucky star. It was with Panjaangni that Lal's association with Seven Arts began. The film was a runaway success and trend setter. Viji Thampi is directing Kanal. After the unexpected failure of his last film, Krithyam, Thampi hopes this Lal-Seven Arts combine will prove lucky for him too.
The script of Kanal is Suresh babu's, the journalist turned script writer. For Babu too Kanal's success is so essential. Thandavam, his another film with Mohan Lal was a big flop.
Mohan lal too was so keen to make Kanal a big hit, that he personally had followed up with the making of the screen play and had pointed out many defects.
The story line itself is very interesting. Set in the backdrop of a remote and exotic forest, it potrays the lives of a bunch of men engaged in bamboo cutting.

Venturing in to the deep forests they cut the bamboo down and takes back to the villages. The bamboo cutting period is moderately long and they all stay in the forest till the collection is fairly large. Cut away from the civilisation and sorrunded by thick forest and constant dangers, the bamboo cutters stay inside the woods provide ample scope for an exotic and thrilling cinema experience.

While the story of the film is interesting enough, the story behind is equally intriguing. Lal Jose was the director designate of Kanal and he had even visited Thattekkad bird sanctury near Kothamangalam to check the suitability of the location. Script writer Suresh Babu too was also with him during these trekking. But that was all before the historical setback Lal Jose's Rasikan suffered.
However, when the all dust of the collapse of Rasikan, began to settle down, Lal Jose found himself outside the Kanal team.Was it the fear of another failure that made Mohan Lal take this decision? No prize for guessing.