''Zam Zam'' is an unreleased Indian

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-language

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film directed by

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, produced by Manu Kumaran and bankrolled by Taizoon Khorakiwala. The film is a remake of the 2014

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film ''

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'' by

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and features

Manjima Mohan Manjima Mohan is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Malayalam and Tamil films. She started her career as a child artist in Malayalam films. she made her debut as a lead actress with ''Oru Vadakkan Selfie'' (2015) in Malayalam and '' ...

in the lead role.

Cast

as Zama Nazreen *

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as Zama Farzil * Sunny Wayne as Captain Bijumon *

Muthumani Muthumani Somasundaran is an Indian actress who mainly works in Malayalam films. She made her cinematic debut through the Malayalam film ''Rasathanthram'' directed by Sathyan Anthikkad's in 2006. Early life and education Muthumani was born in ...

as Kavitha Karthiyayeni * Baiju as Chackochan Nair

Production

In June 2014, Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, the producers of the Hindi film ''

'' (2014), made an official announcement that they had sold the remake rights for the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada versions of their film to

Thiagarajan Thiagarajan Sivanandam (born 21 June 1946) is an Indian actor, director and producer in Tamil cinema. Beside Tamil, he has also acted in several Malayalam and Kannada films and a few Telugu films. He is the father of Tamil actor Prashanth and t ...

, who would make the films through his production studio, Staar Movies. Viacom put a caveat in the agreement that the principal photography of any of the films must start by 8 June 2017, else the rights would revert to Viacom.

Casting

Initially,

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signed on to play lead role and she was replaced by

Filming

Post-Production

Soundtrack

The music of the film is composed by

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and lyrics are by Rafeeq Ahammed.

References

External links

* {{Viacom18 Studios Malayalam remakes of Hindi films Viacom18 Studios films Indian comedy-drama films Films shot in Tamil Nadu Films shot in India Films shot in Chennai Films set in Paris Films shot in Paris Films shot in France Films set in Barcelona Films shot in Barcelona Films shot in Spain Films set in London Films shot in London Films shot in the United Kingdom Films about women in India Films scored by Amit Trivedi Unreleased Malayalam-language films