Urumi : Getting bigger
By Ambili S [ July 27, 2010 ]Views: (1)
Urumi: Getting bigger
Santosh Sivan, the man behind the visual excellence of Mani Ratnam's magnum opus Raavanan/ Raavan is all set to start his next project, this time as a director. This Malayalam-Tamil bilingual, a period drama tentatively titled Urumi (a flexible sword), will star Prithviraj and the hot and happening Genelia in the lead roles.
Reportedly Urumi is about a group of men who wanted to assassinate Vasco Da Gama, the Portuguese explorer who set foot in Kappad in Calicut in 1498.
Now Santhosh Sivan has roped in choreographer-actor-director Prabhu Deva to play a prominent role in the film. Chandan Roy Sanyal of Kaminey fame will be the villain and Deepak Dev will score the music. The rest of the cast is yet to be finalised.
Urumi is the 8 feet-long long flexible sword used in Kalari fights since a long time. Sankar Ramakrishnan, who had directed the promising short film 'Island Express' in the Kerala Cafe anthology, is writing the script. The film, a bilingual, is set in the 15th century and will also be made in English for international audiences.
The filming of Urumi will commence in August in Kerala.
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