MollywoodKalidas Jayaram and new actor Karthika Nair play the lead actors of the film based on two cancer patients falling in love with each other.Digital NativeKalidas Jayaram’s film Back Packers, which is in the making, is scripted and directed by award winning filmmaker Jayaraj. The first look poster made it clear that it is based on a true story. The director has now confirmed this in an interview to the Times of India. He said that he approached oncologist Dr Gangadharan to do a film about two cancer patients who meet at the hospital and fall in love. Jayaraj wanted to know more details about the disease and that’s when the doctor told him about a real life story, much like the one the director had in mind. So then he based the film on the true story the doctor told him. The teaser of the film...
- 3/11/2020
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