Odiyan,
the
highly
anticipated
Mohanlal
starrer
has
finally
kickstarted.
The
team
began
the
music
composition
for
Odiyan,
which
is
expected
to
be
one
of
the
costliest
projects
ever
made
in
the
history
of
Malayalam
cinema.
M
Jayachandran,
the
music
director
of
the
project
shared
the
pictures
and
a
special
video
of
the
music
sessions,
through
his
official
Facebook
page
recently.
Rafeeq
Ahamed
and
Lakshmi
Sreekumar
pen
the
songs
for
the
movie.
VA
Shrikumar
Menon,
the
renowned
ad
film-maker
will
make
his
feature
film
debut
with
Odiyan,
which
depicts
the
story
of
love
and
revenge
in
the
backdrop
of
black
magic.
The
movie
is
scripted
by
National
Award-winner
Harikrishnan.
Odiyan
will
mark
the
first
association
of
Mohanlal
and
Shrikumar,
before
the
prestigious
project
Randamoozham/Mahabharata.
The
team
is
planning
to
start
the
shooting
of
the
movie
by
the
second
week
of
July
2017.
Manju
Warrier
will
essay
the
female
lead
opposite
Mohanlal
in
the
movie,
thus
marking
sixth
onscreen
collaboration
with
the
complete
actor.
Popular
actor
Prakash
Raj
has
been
roped
in,
to
essay
the
antagonist
in
the
movie.
Shaji
is
the
director
of
photography.
Peter
Hein
handles
the
action
choreography.
Odiyan,
which
is
produced
by
Antony
Perumbavoor,
will
be
shot
at
the
various
locations
of
Palakkad,
Pollachi,
Udumalpet,
Banaras,
and
Hyderabad.