Now that he has become a leading director in Kollywood, Tollywood and even in Bollywood, the next destination of Gautham Vasudev Menon is, Mollywood. He has decided to make his foray into the Malayalam film industry.

If sources are to be believed, Gautham's first film in Malayalam will have Jayaram playing the lead role. A feel good entertainer, it will have music by A R Rahman, who had worked with Gautham in Vinnaithandi Varuvaya.

'Gautham is currently busy shaping up his trilingual film Neethane En Ponvasantham in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. He will make an announcement on his Mollywood foray after he completes NEP,' sources say.

Recently, Gautham recorded a couple of songs composed by Ilayaraja for Neethane En Ponvasantham. Excited about working with the maestro for the first time, the director said, 'The Isaignani's songs give a heavenly feeling.'