The expulsion was through the direct intervention of Priyadarshan, chairman of the Chalachithra Academy, and the rejection was defended publicly by K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Minister for Cultural Affairs.
Gireesh who was working as assosiate director to Priyadarshan was contacted by anand who produced the movie "parayanum vayya parayathirikkanum vayya" and expressed his interest in producing a movie with gireesh as director.Later anand dropped the project however gireesh bagged another producer with help from his few friends.Shooting was completed in 26 days in and around Palghat and Thiruvilwamala.
The film is a remake of Bollywood blockbuster Malamaal Weekly directed by Priyadarshan, which in turn is inspired by the Hollywood film Waking Ned (1998).
Despite the relative failure of his previous venture 12B, Vikram Singh roped in Shaam and composer Harris Jayaraj again in his new venture Lesa Lesa being directed by veteran Priyadarshan.
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The story of the film was partially adapted from the 1998 Malayalam film Summer in Bethlehem, which was co-written by Ranjith, Sreenivasan and Venu Nagavally and Priyadarshan developed a new screenplay.
Priyadarshan adapted certain subplots of the film for his Hindi film, Bhagam Bhag (2006).
Priyadarshan - Mohanlal team had 4 releases in 1988 and Vellanakalude Nadu became a hit and Aryan became a superhit while Chithram became an alltime blockbuster.
Nirnayam (1991 film), a Telugu film directed by Priyadarshan which is a remake of his own Vandanam
Punnaram Cholli Cholli is a 1985 Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed by Priyadarshan, starring reigning star and romantic hero of 80's Shankar and Rahman respectively.
The film is almost directly from Priyadarshan directed Kyon Ki released in 2005, which was not an original storyline either.