Cinematographer-cum-
director Santosh Sivan's
historical epic 'Urumi' opened
to rave reviews and he says in
the next two months, the film will be released in other
languages as well. 'This is a Malayalam production
speaking different languages.
In the next two months, the
Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and English
versions will be released,' Sivan
told reporters here. Released Thursday, 'Urumi' is
set in the backdrop of the
fierce warrior clans of
Northern Kerala in the
sixteenth century and focuses
on Chirakkal Kelu Nayanar, played by Prithviraj, a man
with an epic mission to kill
Vasco da Gama, the
Portuguese explorer. Prabhu Deva, Genelia D'Souza,
Tabu and Vidya Balan also form
the cast of the film. 'The film was shot in very
interior Maharashtra and we
also relied on sets for the
shooting,' he said. Sivan and Prithviraj have co-
produced 'Urumi' with Mumbai-
based Moleena. Excited Prithviraj said that he
has decided to put in his
personal wealth to produce
'Urumi' with Shaji Natesan. 'Santosh Sivan could have
done this film in any language
because of his talent, but
after talks with all of us and
with an objective to take
Malayalam films into a new realm outside the country, he
decided that Malayalam was
the best medium,' said
Prithviraj. 'I was involved with this film
from the start to finish, so I
am really excited. It took 100
days to shoot the film... 450
people were with us to make
the film,' added Prithviraj, who refused to answer questions
about his marriage. Apart from the technical
brilliance, major highlight of
'Urumi' is the script by Sankar
Ramakrishnan, who had gone
through several precious
documents to prepare it. 'History is the backdrop of the
film, but we have created it on
a fictional platform,' said
Ramakrishnan. Genelia plays an important role
in the film and said: 'I have
been in the industry for the
past seven years and this is
my second Malayalam film and
it was really exciting. Santhosh never even allowed me to
smile during the shoot.'
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