Kerala cafe is a novel concept which is being first introduced in Malayalam Movie industry .Though not alien to movie culture Kerala Cafe is made up of ten short films where the theme of travel blends all the movies together. “Paris J’taime” was the first of its kind in this genre. Indian example include Mumbai Cutting. Ace director and script writer Ranjith who has given movie buffs many movies to cherish has been the chief architect behind this project. He has involved some of the best directors in the movie industry to work on this project. Ten different short films are packed into one single movie under the common theme of yathra ( travel ). The movie is produced by Backwaters Entertainment Private Limited. The short film includes
1. Lalitham Hiranmayam directed by Shaji Kailas and starring Suresh Gopi, Jyothimayee and Dhanya Mary George.
2. Puramkazhchakal directed by Lal Jose and starring Mammootty, Sreenivasan, Manikandan, Sreelekha and Suresh Nair.
3. Aviramam directed by B.Unnikrishnan and starring Sidhik, Swetha Menon and Sudheesh.
4. Bridge directed by Anwar Rasheed and starring Saleem Kumar, Kozhikode Santhadevi, Kalpana, Jinu Joseph,
Molly Master Akash, Baby Karthu.
5. Offseason directed by ShyamaPrasad and starring Suraj Venjaramood, Frank Pietropinto, Marie Muscroft, Vindhyan.
6. Nostalgia directed by M.Padmakumar Dileep, Navya Nair, Suresh Krishna.
7. Makal directed by Revathi and starring Sona Nair, Augustin, Srinath, Sreelakshmi, Archana, Jayarao, Sasi,
Master Arun, Sai Shree.
8. Happy Journey directed by Anjali Menon and starring Jagathy Sreekumar, Nithya Menen, Mukundan.
9. Mrityunjayam directed by Uday Ananthan starring Thilakan, Fahd Faazil, Reema.
10. Island Express directed by Shankar Ramakrishnan starring Prithviraj, Jayasurya, Rehman, Manian Pilla Raju,Sreejith Ravi, Sukumari, Kani, Shelly,Geethu Christie.
The cast includes all the leading male and female actors of Kerala Film Industry with the exception of Mohanlal. the movie is set to hit theatres on October 29 2009. For interviews, exclusive contents and wall papers visit keralacafe.moviebuzz.org.