Mangaluru: Muhurtha of Konkani-Tulu movie ‘Ashem Zalem Kashem’ produced under the banner of Maxim Periera’s Glorious Angelore was held at Infant Jesus Shrine premises on Sunday, September 4.

Mangaluru South constituency MLA JR Lobo gave the first clap and wished good luck for the team. President of the Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy Roy Castelino also appreciated Maxim Periera’s new idea of making a Konkani-Tulu movie and wished the entire team of ‘Ashem Zalem Kashem’. Assistant director of Infant Jesus shrine, Fr Prakash D’Cunha blessed the movie while Manu Bantwal compered the programme.

RJ Roopesh Shetty, a household name in Namma Kudla and Sandalwood along with Cynol Menezes will play the lead role in this movie which began the shooting in the shrine premises and will be shot in various places in city. Maxim Pereira has written the story of the movie and will direct the movie as well.

The other star cast of the movie includes Ranjitha Louis of Noshibacho Khel fame, Jennifer Fernandes, Rohan and Nikith in the key roles. Along with them the cast includes Umesh Mijar, Aravind Bolar, Bhojaraj Vamanjoor, Gopinath Bhat, William Pinto Padarengi and Clenvin D’Souza in the supporting roles.

Patson Pereira will give the music for the movie and the lyrics are written by Maxim Pereira, Wilson Kateel, and Joe Kulshekar. Kishore Moodbidri will be the associate director of the movie while Satvik Hebbar and Sandeep Chandra are the assistant directors of the movie.

Roopesh Calicut and Udaya Balla will manage the camera for the movie while veteran dramatist John Permannur has written the screenplay and dialogues for the same. The production of the movie is managed by Maxim Pereira along with Vincent D’souza, Nithyadar Nagar, Dubai. William Pinto Padarengi has written Tulu part of the script and also has done art work. Joe Pereira Kuwait, Jossy Sequeira and Manu Bantwal are the advisors of the movie.

The production of the movie is managed by Carol Prem D’souza of Ferns Production Mumbai.