Director Shaji Kailas, who made several highly popular Malayalam action-entertainers in the 90s, has announced a new project after a gap of six years. The film, titled Kaduva, features Prithviraj in the lead role. The actor is also co-producing the film with Magic Frames’ Listin Stephen.
The director’s debut film, News, came out 30 years ago, in 1989. In the following years, he directed an out-and-out comedy, Dr Pasupathy (1990), and romantic-comedies like Souhrudam and Kilukkampetty, before moving into the turf of action-thrillers. His most acclaimed films include Ekalavyan (1993), Commissioner (1994), Narasimhan (2000) and Aaram Thampuran (1997). After producing a string of films that failed to make an impact in the boxoffice in the 2000s, the director turned back to making comedies. His last film, Ginger, a comedy starring Jayaram, came out in 2013, and tanked commercially. He has also made a film in Tamil, Janaa, starring Ajith Kumar.
Kaduva is written by Jinu Abraham who directed Adam Joan, starring Prithviraj, in 2018. The film, going by the first-look poster, is an action thriller.
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This is Prithviraj’s second film with Shaji Kailas, after Simhasanam (2012). The actor has also hinted on his social media post that Kaduva is inspired from a real incident. The film’s cinematography is by Ravi K Chandran, and will have music by S Thaman.
