Odela 2: DYK! Tamannaah Turned Vegetarian, Walked Barefoot and Worked Without Make Up For This Horror-Thriller

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Tamannaah Walks Barefoot & Turns Vegetarian For Odela 2: Featuring Tamannaah in a never-seen-before and intriguing avatar of a Shiva Shakthi, filmmaker Sampath Nandi's upcoming film directed by Ashok Teja is titled Odela 2. A sequel to 'Odela Railway Station,' the movie which is a supernatural horror-thriller will open on the big screens worldwide on April 17 in several languages including Hindi.

Odela 2 started garnering attention ever since the first look poster of Tamannaah was released along with the title teaser. The movie's premise was underestimated before but the way the teaser came out, horror film buffs of Tollywood were glued to the movie. Coming from a director like Sampath Nandi, the movie and its top-notch production amplified the expectations. In addition, the theatrical trailer impressed big time drawing positive traction and feedback.

Odela 2 Synopsis

In Odela village, Tirupati (Vassishta Simha) abducts and kills newly married women after the day of their marriage. Radha, his wife (Hebah Patel) finds out about this and beheads him. She surrenders to the police. In the sequel, Tirupati is seen becoming a malevolent spirit who continues to torment the villagers after his death. Shiva Shakthi (Tamannaah), who is a devotee of Lord Shiva and lives the life of an Aghora enters Odela village and faces the evil spirit of Tirupati.

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Check out the theatrical glimpse of Tamannaah's Odela 2 below.

Sampath Nandi About Odela 2

Speaking about Odela 2, filmmaker Sampath Nandi, who wrote the film's story, dialogues, screenplay, and co-produced it said, "The movie is a battle between soul and supernatural power. It is spirit versus supreme power. The idea originated from my childhood memories and my grandmother was a Shiva Shakthi-she would go into trance often and people often approached her with their issues. I grew up seeing all that and later learned that Shiva Shakthis' become Naga Sadhus and help restore temple. This is the core idea.

We just left a small hint at the end of Odela Railway Station and the sequel wasn't intentional. It was director Ashok Teja who coerced me to work on a sequel. Tamannaah and I have worked previously and when I wrote the character of Shiva Shakthi, I had her in mind. Because of her strikingly fair complexion, the look test didn't come through properly. We then went ahead with her no-makeup look as the actress's skin turned pink due to sun exposure. Designer Neeta Lulla finalized her look following the references. The visual effects for the film turned out great and about 150 artists have worked on it for six months."

Tamannaah Goes Barefoot & Wears No Make Up

Speaking about Tamannaah, Sampath Nandi shared that he was in awe of her dedication to the project and her character of Shiva Shakthi. He pointed out that the 'Baak' actress turned a vegetarian and walked barefoot throughout the filming. In addition, after failing to zero in on an assumed look, they finally okayed a no-make up look for the actress.

When & Where To Watch Odela 2 On OTT After Release

The movie's digital rights for post-theatrical OTT release are secured by one of the leading OTT giants, Amazon Prime Video. The streaming platform spent Rs 18 Crore for the rights in all languages.

Odela 2 Cast & Crew

The supernatural thriller stars Tamannaah Bhatia as Shiva Shakthi, Hebah Patel as Radha, Vasishta N. Simha as Tirupati, Murali Sharma as Allah Bakshu, Sharath Lohisaswa, Yuva, Naga Mahesh, Vamsi, Gagan Vihari, Surender Reddy, Srikanth Iyengar, Bhupal, and Pooja Reddy among others in key roles.

Written by Sampath Nandi and directed by Ashok Teja, the movie was produced by D Madhu under the Madhu Creations banner in association with Sampath Nandi Teamworks. B. Ajaneesh Loknath composed the film's music and score. Avinash and Soundararajan worked as Odela 2 movie's editor and cinematographer respectively.