Mohanlal to scare people in his latest movie Odiyan

Mohanlal plays the last surviving Odiyan from the rural Kerala. Odiyan also has Manju Warrier in the female lead along with Prakash Raj in a significant role. Odiyan are people belonging to a tribal community of Palakkad-Malabar region. 

Malayalam superstar Mohanlal makes an important announcement about his next film, Odiyan, which is said to be one of the most anticipated films in 2017.

Recently, the superstar shared a video of the music composed for the film on his Facebook page. Along with the video, he also wrote, "With great pleasure, I share with you a video of the making of the songs of Odiyan. I have been lucky to be part of several movies, which have had beautiful songs. Without those melodious songs, many of my characters might have been incomplete. Into that league comes the songs of Odiyan. Rafeeq Ahammed and Lakshmi Sreekumar have written the lyrics of the songs, which have been composed by M Jayachandran." 

According to reports, Odiyan is one of the most expensive projects in the history of Mollywood. The movie is directed by VA Shrikumar Menon, who will also be helming Mohanlal's prestigious movie Randamoozham/Mahabharata.

According to Times Of India, the story is about Odiyan, people belonging to a tribal community of Palakkad-Malabar region. In an interview, the director said, "The movie is set in the pre-electricity days, and revolves around the life of an Odiyan. The Odiyans were hired to scare people in the dark. If you have an enemy, you could call the Odiyans and ask them to scare him off. You give them 'Odi' which is a ritual where you give them a particular fee and some liquor. They would dress up as some animal and scare the person in the dark." 

He also added, "Odiyans do not have any aim to kill others. It is to be noted that the Odiyan tribe is now extinct."

In the movie, Mohanlal plays the last surviving Odiyan from the rural Kerala. Odiyan also has Manju Warrier in the female lead, along with Prakash Raj in a significant role.

Produced by Antony Perumbavoor, Odiyan will be shot at various locations of Palakkad, Pollachi, Udumalpet, Banaras, and Hyderabad. The movie has been scripted by Harikrishnan, who won the National Award for his script for Kutty Srank.