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Kathanar’ Teaser Unveiled, Setting Up Monsoon Release Window

The multilingual cut positions the Malayalam fantasy as a nationwide play powered by extensive visual effects.

Overview

  • The film’s first teaser, which arrived Tuesday, runs nearly three minutes and hints at a monsoon launch.
  • The makers shared the preview in six languages and said releases in eight more international languages are planned.
  • Director Rojin Thomas said about 500 people worked across five years, with filming finished last year and the project now in final post-production.
  • Jayasurya leads as a sorcerer-priest drawn from Kerala folklore, with Anushka Shetty in a key role that some reports frame as her Malayalam debut.
  • Coverage highlights heavy VFX and the makers’ use of virtual production tools, a claim presented as a first for Indian cinema and part of a pan-India push for the film.