Odiyan: The Age of Illusion

Odiyan: The Age of Illusion is an upcoming Malayalam period horror drama written and directed by Rahul Sadasivan, with T.D. Ramakrishnan as co-writer. Set in 19th-century Kerala, it draws on the Malabar folk legend of the odiyan, shapeshifters said to take animal forms to frighten people after dark. Prithviraj Sukumaran and Manju Warrier head the cast. The film is planned for release in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi, and Christo Xavier is composing the music. It is the first Malayalam production for Karan Johar's Dharma Productions, which is making it together with Prithviraj Productions; Karan Johar, Adar Poonawalla, Apoorva Mehta and Supriya Menon are the producers. The project, Sadasivan's next after Bramayugam, was launched with a pooja at the Anchumana temple in Kochi. No release date has been announced.