Release date announced for Mohanlal’s Villain

Mohanlal’s Villain is one of the most awaited movies of the year. This B Unnikrishnan directorial is a crime thriller in which Mohanlal will be seen as a retired police officer. The movie has some big names associated with it and hence the expectations are quite high.

Earlier there were reports that Villain is slated to release on July 28 but we now hear that it will be hitting screens a week earlier on July 21. The team have already wrapped up the first two schedules. Third and final schedule is expected to commence on June after Mohanlal returns back from his foreign trip.

Villain is a big budget movie produced by Rockline Venkatesh who has funded films like Lingaa and Bhajrangi Bhaijaan. The movie features a star studded cast that includes popular Tamil star Vishal, Manju Warrier, Raashi Khanna, Telugu actor Srikanth and Hansika Motwani among others.

Villain is B Unnikrishnan’s fourth movie with Mohanlal after Madampi, Grandmaster and Mr Fraud. The movie will be a crime thriller involving complex relationships. Manju Warrier is playing Mohanlal’s wife in the film. Aju Varghese, Chemban Vinod and Siddique are also part of the cast.

Renowned cinematographer Manoj Paramahamsa is wielding the camera. It is the first Malayalam movie to be shot completely in 8K resolution. Peter Hein is choreographing the stunts along with Stunt Silva. Songs are composed by Oppam fame 4 Musics while background score is handled by Prashanth Pillai. Shameer Mohammed of Charlie and Angamaly Diaries fame is handling the editing.