Mohanlal as Samudrakani Film from January

Tamil actor-director Samudrakani's debut Malayalam directorial venture, starring Mohanlal in the lead, is expected to commence shooting by January 2012. It is learned that the film would be a social satire with plenty of humour and loads of sentiments.

Samudrakani is currently busy shooting his Tamil film Poraali, starring Sasikumar, and he will start his untitled Mohanlal starrer once Poraali