Mohanlal is coming with Odiyan tomorrow!
Mohanlal’s highly anticipated big budget movie Odiyan is currently in the pre-production stage. The superstar has informed that he will be coming with some important updates about the movie in his official Facebook page, tomorrow at 8.00 PM.
We presume that a first look poster will be revealed tomorrow. Odiyan will mark the directorial debut of noted ad filmmaker VA Shrikumar Menon. The movie, written by National award winner Harikrishnan is a fantasy drama. It is a thriller that will have a mix of action, romance and magical realism.
Manju Warrier is playing the female lead and veteran actor Prakash Raj will be seen in a powerful antagonist’s role. Recently, the makers had released a casting call for boys and girls who can play the younger parts of these three actors.
They had particularly mentioned that those applying for playing Mohanlal’s childhood should have good flexibility and be trained in Kalaripayattu, gymnastics and martial arts.
Odiyan is named after a man who is mastered in odividya. The movie is primarily about Odividya, a black magic trick used to tackle the enemies. National award winner Peter Hein has been roped in to choreograph the stunts. Sabu Cyril, the brain behind massive projects like Baahubali, Enthiran and Ra-One, is in charge of Odiyan’s production design. Sreekar Prasad will be handling the edits and M Jayachandran will be composing the music. Pulimurugan’s cameraman Shaji Kumar will be wielding the camera.
Mohanlal’s own production house Aashirvad Cinemas is funding this big budget movie. Palakkad, Pollachi, Hyderabad and Banaras have been finalized as the major locations. As per reports, the move will start rolling from August first week.
