Grahanam,” which releases this weekend OTT, has fresh faces at the cast, crew and production, with the majority of those established in Singapore.
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The picture, written, witty and directed by Anand Paga, is produced by Anand along with his spouse, Devika Sivan, who also performs with the female lead. The “psycho-thriller” revolves round Tina (Devika) and Roy (Gibu George), a happily married couple settled in Singapore. Atone point, Tina has doubts regarding Roy’s identity. An episode on your afternoon ‘grahanam’ (eclipse) affects their lives for the worse and also the search for reality starts.
Devika states that almost 80 percent of this film was taken close to Singapore. “It is a dream-come-true moment for the entire team. It was our passion for movies that brought us together. Most of us are in the IT field or doing business. We started out with short films and while working on Grahanam, all of us were balancing our personal and professional lives. We wanted to make it work in spite of several difficulties such as a lack of funds and the pandemic,” says Devika, grand daughter of veteran performer Kamukara Purushothaman.
Anand Paga, manager of ‘Grahanam’, together with wife, Devika Sivan, that plays the cause of the film. The bunch has also produced this picture.
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Also in the cast are all Sudheer Karamana, Vijay Menon, Jayaram Nair and Binoop Nair. Sooraj Jayaraman and also Ann Sooraj of our favorite We Really Are a Sambavam YouTube station are part of this throw. Raj Vimal Dev could be your cinematographer and music is by Anandhkumar. One of the brothers are Vineeth Sreenivasan and KS Harishankar.
“We hope to give a pleasing cinematic experience with a strong storyline. Being newcomers, we learnt everything on the job. When the film released in Singapore, the response was encouraging,” adds Devika.
Grahanam flows on Neestream in June 1-9.