She is already a popular face in Kerala after movies like ‘Boys’, ‘Sachin’ and ‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Naa’ doing well at the box office there. Genelia who has a great youth following in Kerala has finally found time to do a straight movie in Malayalam for the first time.

Genelia D'Souza will debut in Mollywood opposite another heartthrob Prithviraj in a new movie directed by Santhosh Sivan titled ‘Urumi’.

Urumi is a bilingual in Tamil and Malayalam based on the assassination of Vasco Da Gama. The film is about a group of men, who wanted to assassinate Vasco Da Gama. Genelia will play a Portuguese princess in this 15th century period film.

Santosh Sivan is already known for making critically acclaimed international projects ‘Terrorist’, ‘Navarasa’ and ‘Beyond the Rains’.