Malayalam superstar Mammootty is all set to essay the role of Kerala’s social reformer Sree Narayana Guru in a film titled Yugapurushan, which will also see ace actor Mohanlal play Swami Vivekananda.

Mr Mammootty said the film would be moulded like a docu-fictional one. “Honestly, I wasn’t very keen, because I felt that I would not fit into the physical mould of the great guru. But since the producer and others were keen that I should enact the role, I agreed,” Mammootty told IANS.

Sree Narayana Guru (1856-1928) or Gurudeva as he is fondly called, revolted against casteism and worked on propagating new values of freedom and social equality. He worked towards social transformation and his most popular message was “one caste, one religion, one God for mankind.”