Mammootty plays a prisoner in the film, who is serving a sentence for double homicide.
Mammootty's Gangster, Dileep's Ring Master, Prithviraj 7th Day are among the five releases this week.
The film will release next month.
Directed by Boban Samuel, the film will also star Lal who plays a cricket coach.
The actor plays a blind cricketer in Happy Journey.
The film is a sequel to 1995 film Mannar Mathai Speaking.
Mammootty, who has had a mediocre run at the box office with his past few films hopes to bounce back with Gangster.
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Madhavan doesn't try to be Charlie, and makes Maara stand out like a fresh film, feels Divya Nair.
Even those who feel like defending this film because it is made for the mass audience will be disappointed.
The star cast is in top form with every character etched perfectly.
Malayalam film Mannar Mathai Speaking 2 is not a patch on the previous two films, writes Paresh C Palicha.
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Director Jimson Joy tries to combine an old-style narrative with so-called 'new gen' cinema in Bicycle Thieves, but fails to get it right.
The only novelty in School Bus is the much publicised casting of Kunchakko Boban as the cop investigating the case of the missing child, writes Paresh Palicha.