Overview

• Padakkalam will begin streaming exclusively on JioHotstar from June 10, as officially announced by the platform’s social media channels.
• The plot centers on four comic-book-obsessed college students who must outwit a new professor wielding body-swapping sorcery.
• Directed by Manu Swaraj from a screenplay co-written with Nithin C Babu, the film stars Suraj Venjaramoodu and Sharaf U Dheen alongside Sandeep Pradeep, Saaf and others.
• Produced on a Rs7.5 crore budget, the fantasy comedy grossed over Rs11 crore and extended its theatrical run to the UAE, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain.
• Premam composer Rajesh Murugesan scored the soundtrack; cast members met superstar Rajinikanth during his Kozhikode shoot for Jailer 2.