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Malayalam filmmaker Rahul Sadasivan has announced his caller project, Odiyan: The Age of Illusion, which besides marks the introduction of Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions into Malayalam. The project, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Manju Warrier, is co-produced by Prithviraj Productions.
Rahul is frankincense adding yet different task to his oeuvre of fearfulness movies – Bhoothakalam, Bramayugam, and Dies Irae. The filmmaker has cemented his presumption successful Malayalam cinema with his caller instrumentality connected the genre, moving distant from the tropes and exploring antithetic shades of it successful each of his movies.
As displayed successful the eerie aesthetic of the first-look poster released connected June 16, in Odiyan, helium volition beryllium taking up the fashionable story of the Odiyan, known arsenic nocturnal beings and shape-shifters. The stories astir Odiyan are portion of Kerala’s determination folklore during the 19th century, particularly successful Palakkad and parts of Malabar. The movie is said to beryllium exploring 1 specified communicative of however an Odiyan’s fury falls upon a household.
Malayalam cinema has already explored the story successful the 2018-film Odiyan, directed by VA Shrikumar Menon, starring Mohanlal. Interestingly, Manju Warrier was portion of that movie arsenic well.
It remains to beryllium seen however Rahul volition reinterpret the legendary folklore with his signature attack to folklorish horror, thing which helium successfully showcased successful Bramayugam, starring Mammootty.
Rahul Sadasivan | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
The multilingual movie volition merchandise successful Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.
Details astir different members of the formed and unit are awaited.
