CHENNAI: Director Jiyen Krishnakumar, whose eagerly awaited political action thriller 'Ananthan Kaadu', featuring actor Arya in the lead, is gearing up for release on June 25, has now disclosed that the film's story takes place in the late eighties and early nineties in Thiruvananthapuram.
The director said that while a part of the film's story happens in Thiruvananthapuram, another part of it simultaneously happens in Tamil Nadu. The story revolves around a character that comes to Thiruvananthapuram from Tamil Nadu(played by Arya).
Interestingly, the film is releasing in both Tamil and Malayalam. While the Tamil dialogues in the Malayalam version have been retained as it is, the Malayalam dialogues in the Tamil version have been dubbed in Tamil for the benefit of Tamil audiences.
The makers have already disclosed that actor Sunil plays a character called Sampath Rao, while actor Indrans plays a character called Krishnankutty in the film. Actress Nikhila Vimal plays a character called Deepa, actor Vijayaraghavan plays a character called K K Menon and Santhy Balachandran plays a character called Karthi in the film.
For the unaware, the film is slated to hit screens worldwide on June 25 this year.
The story of the multilingual film, which is being produced by Mini Studio’s S Vinod Kumar, has been written by Murali Gopy, best known for his work in Lucifer and Empuraan.
The film has been garnering attention ever since the makers released a title teaser some months ago. The title teaser has a poem being recited in the background even as a series of gripping and intense scenes that are full of action catch your attention.
The poem that is recited in Tamil, when translated loosely, reads, "I swallowed all light to show up as a lightning in the sky! I was born in dry lands to make a revolution bloom. I was showered on blood-stained earth to make it smile. I turned into roots and then trees to grow and stand tall. I don't fall, fearing fate or deceit. I am the dense forest that continues to grow in length. I am a miracle."
The poem seems to define the traits of actor Arya's character in the film. From the poem in the title teaser, it is evident that Arya plays a character that is leading a rebellion and that he is fearless of both fate and deceit. The poem gives the impression that his character is the one that seeks to provide hope for those who are hopeless in the film.
The film features a stellar cast including Regina Cassandra, Nikhila Vimal, Indrans and Sunil among others. It has triggered huge expectations as it boasts of an impressive technical team as well.
The film has cinematography by S Yuva and music by B. Ajaneesh Loknath. Editing for the film will be by Rohit V S Variyath while lyrics for the songs are by Nishanth Raju. Stunts for the film have been choreographed by R Sakthi Saravanan while Binoy Sadasivan is the VFX director of the film