A month long gruelling climax shoot for Mohanlal’s Odiyan
Mohanlal’s Odiyan went on floors in Varanasi by the end of August. After a brief schedule there, the team shifted base to Palakkad where the art team headed by Prashanth Madhav has erected the sets of a fictional village in Thenkurissi. Shoot has been progressing at a brisk pace and the makers are now filming the climax portions.
The climax portions alone is planned for nearly 30 days. Most of the scenes are being canned during the night time. Peter Hein is taking in charge of the climax portions which is packed with some riveting action sequences. Reportedly, the action choreographer opted out of two other films to work in Odiyan.
Peter Hein had earlier said that Odiyan is very challening for him as he has not done anything of this kind form before. Last year, he won a National award for his stellar work in Mohanlal’s Pulimurugan. Naturally, the audience are eagerly looking forward to see how he choreographs the action sequences in Odiyan.
Scripted by national award winner Harikrishnan, Odiyan has a very unique theme, which has rarely been tried in Indian cinema. It is a fantasy film that will have a mix of action, romance and magical realism. The movie is primarily about Odividya, a black magic practice, and people who practice it, who are called Odiyan.
Odiyan, the movie will follow the life of Manikyan, played by Mohanlal.
He will be seen from the age of 30 to 65 in multiple looks. The movie happens in three different eras starting from the pre-electricty days in the 1950s to 2000. Manikyan is someone who is mastered in Odividya. He is a fabulous athelete who can take any shape, can crawl and also run at high speed. The superstar will be taking a break after this month long climax schedule to shed around 15 kilos to play the younger part of Manikyan.
Odiyan also stars Manju Warrier and Prakash Raj in prominent roles.
Shaji Kumar is wielding the camera and Sreekar Prasad is handling the edits. M Jayachandran is in charge of the music department. Mohanlal’s own banner Aashirvad Cinemas is funding this big budget movie, which is eyeing a massive release by March next year.
