Kathanar – The Wild Sorcerer

• Jayasurya as Kadamattathu Kathanar • Anushka Shetty as Nila • Prabhu Deva as Virtuoso • Sanoop Santhosh • Devika Sanjay • Sandy • Harish Uthaman • Vineeth • Nitish Bharadwaj • Srikant Murali • Ashwin Sajeev • Kottayam Ramesh • Kiran Aravindakshan • Gokulam Goaplan • Kulpreet Yadav ==Production==

Development The film is based on the story of legendary 9th-century Christian priest Kadamattathu Kathanar. The film was initially planned to be produced by Vijay Babu of Friday Film House, with whom Rojin Thomas had previously collaborated in two films. However, in March 2020, it was announced that the project has been taken over by Gokulam Gopalan of Sree Gokulam Movies. It was also reported that the film would be released in two parts and is mounted on a budget of 75 crore. According to Rojin, the film falls under "period fantasy thriller" genre. Pre-production began in September 2021. Filming Principal photography began on 5 April 2023 in Kochi. It was held at a custom-built studio spanning , utilizing virtual production technology. The first schedule was completed on 2 June 2023 after 43 days. Around 570 personnel worked in various departments. Principal photography was completed in October 2024, after 212 days of shoot over 18 months. Still, 12-day shoot was remaining in Rome. ==Release==

Alongside the original Malayalam version, the makers are planning to release the film in multiple dubbed languages, including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Chinese, French, Korean, Italian, Russian, Indonesian, English and Japanese. ==References==