Though planned as a movie based on T P Rajeevan's murder-investigation story that happened at the early seventies, the makers of the new Mammootty flick ‘Palery Maanikyam’ is planning to give a new face lift to the movie's  story premises.

According to an unconfirmed report, director Renjith and Co is planning to hold the first schedule of shoot for the movie at Paris. Presenting Mammootty as an investigator who is coming from the nation's capital to pobe on the murder of a man named Manikyam, this thriller is produced by A V Anoop and Subair in the banner of A V A Productions and Varnachithra Big screen.