with the actresses in the film. Towards the end of the shoot, using a perceived insult as a ruse, Rajappan leaves the set leaving the film half way with the hope that this will destroy Udayabanu's career for ever. But Udayabanu devises clever tactics and shoots the remaining scenes with Rajappan without him even being aware of it. At the end, the film is a critical and box office success, which also saves Rajappan from his damaging career, Rajappan realises his mistakes, admits publicly that Udayabanu is the real star and not himself and apologises to Udayabhanu. Cast Production The film was the directorial debut of Rosshan Andrrews who started as an assistant director in Malayalam cinema. He changed his name from Roshan Andrews to Rosshan Andrrews as per numerology before the film's release. The film's story was conceived by Andrrews, who prepared the story three year back but producers were not willing to take the film as they thought a film based on film industry would not work. He also approached Jayaram for the film, but he also rejected it as Rosshan Andrrews was a new director. He then narrated the story to Sreenivasan who developed it into a screenplay, which took two years, and introduced him to C. Karunakaran who agreed to produce the film. Sreenivasan also helped him to cast Mohanlal in the lead role. Box office The film was well received in theaters and took the biggest ever opening for a Malayalam film until then. It grossed in two weeks from 41 screens in Kerala, with a distributor share of . The film was a major commercial success. Spin-off A spin-off titled Padmasree Bharat Dr. Saroj Kumar directed by Sajin Raaghavan was released in 2012.Sreenivasan reprises the role of Megastar Saroj Kumar from the original. The director announced that this is not a sequel: Only some characters from Udayananu Tharam were used. Accolades Kerala State Film Awards Best Debut Director - Rosshan Andrrews Best Choreographer - Brinda Asianet Film Awards Best Actor - Mohanlal Best Script Writer - Sreenivasan Best Cinematographer - S. Kumar Soundtrack Remakes References External links Malayalam films remade in other languages 2000s Malayalam-language films Films with screenplays by Sreenivasan Films about filmmaking Rajappan1 Films scored by Deepak Dev Films scored by Ouseppachan Films directed by Rosshan Andrrews Films shot at Ramoji Film City