Prithviraj, Kunchako Boban, Jayasurya, Roma and Bhavana enacted characters in Shafi’s last flick Lollypop.

Lollypop was miserable and a failure. Now Shafi is experimenting his old formula with Mammootty as hero.

Shafi, who is the brother of Rafi of Rafi Mecartin, rose to fame with his through out comedy movies. He reached his peak was Pulival Kalyanam and Kalyanaraman. From there his movies started downhill.

Shafi put all his faith again with writer Benny.P.Nayarambalam for this Megastar movie. The film was titled Malabar Chattambi but is now changed as Chattambi Naadu.

This is Mammootty’s third flick with Shafi. The duo has earlier teamed up successfully for Mayavi and Thommanum Makkalum.

Chattambinadu is comedy based action thriller where Mammootty plays Veerendra Mallaya, a Karnataka-based Malayalee estate owner with Kannada accent, his accent and mannerisms are the highlights of this movie.

Lakshmi Rai is the lead actress. This is third time Lakshmi Rai teams up with Mammootty, the earlier being Annan Thambi and Parunthu. Mukesh will be seen in an important role. Salim Kumar and Suraj Venjarammood will add glittery to the film.

Mammootty's latest films Pattanathil Bhootham and Daddy Cool haven’t made much impact among viewers. Both were targeted to children. His mega movie Pazhassiraja has hit the screens last week. Earlier to Pazhassiraja, Mammootty film 'Loudspeaker' became a success.

The movie is produced and distributed under the banner Playhouse. Playhouse is Mammootty’s production company which was started last month.

Chattambinadu, starring Mammootty commenced shooting on September 9 at Pollachi. The movie is expected to be a Christmas release.