Harikrishnan
–
The
Writer
Of
Odiyan
National
Award-winning
scriptwriter
Harikrishnan,
who
has
penned
the
script
for
movies
like
Kutty
Srank,
Swapaanam
etc.,
has
penned
the
script
of
this
much
awaited
Mohanlal
starrer
as
well.
Most
recently,
the
writer
opened
up
about
the
birth
of
the
story
Odiyan,
in
an
interview
given
to
On
Manorama.
The
Birth
Of
Odiyan
He
mentioned
that
this
particular
question
got
registered
on
his
mind
as
well
and
it
was
in
fact
the
word
'last',
which
had
triggered
the
idea
of
making
the
movie.
He
also
stated
that
it
was
producer
Antony
Perumbavoor
who
gave
the
team
the
freedom
to
conceive
the
film
as
big
as
possible.
Steven
Spielberg
And
Odiyan
Harikrishnan
is
a
journalist
by
profession
and
he
used
to
take
classes
for
journalism
students.
The
writer
opened
up
in
the
interview
that
once
as
a
test
of
creativity
he
had
assigned
a
topic
to
the
students
for
the
preparation
of
a
feature
copy
and
the
topic
was
if
Steven
Spielberg
came
to
Palakkad
to
visit
the
last
Odiyan.
The
Last
Odiyan
In
Odiyan,
Mohanlal
will
be
seen
portraying
a
character
named
Manikyan,
who
is
the
last
known
Odiyan
in
the
film.
Apart
from
Mohanlal,
the
film
also
features
Prakash
Raj,
Manju
Warrier,
Narain,
Manoj
Joshi
etc.,
in
important
roles.