To the joy of fans and movie enthusiasts, Malayalam filmmaker, Rojin Thomas‘s next horror fantasy thriller “Kathanar,” which stars Jayasurya and Anushka Shetty, unveiled the first look poster of actress Shetty on Friday.

In addition, the producers said that the actress portrayed Nila in the movie on November 7, the actress’s birthday.

“Not the tale you know, but the one rewritten by time,” the film’s production company, Sree Gokulam Movies, posted on its social media timelines. An ageless beauty. Happy birthday, #AnushkaShetty, my love. The visage of our Nila and #Kathanar #Kathanarthewildsorcerer.”

Recall that on the occasion of actor Jayasurya’s birthday in August of this year, the film’s creators also unveiled his terrifying appearance.

Fans and movie enthusiasts are quite interested in the movie, which was first announced in 2023, for a variety of reasons.

The film’s creators have stated that it will feature technology never seen in Indian cinema, which is one of the reasons fans are interested in the project.

During the film’s premiere, the producers published a long post on Instagram using their official movie account. “KATHANAR movie brings technology never before used in Indian cinema,” the statement stated. Pre-production on the movie “Kathanar,” which uses virtual production technology and advanced workflows like Tech-Viz, Stunt-Viz, and Post-Viz, has started. Asset production processes such as Vicon-based infrared biped motion capture and full body 3D scans employing a 200DSLR camera photogrammetry rig have already begun.”

“Hollywood films ‘Jungle Book‘ and ‘Lion King’ were the pioneers in using these technology before ‘Kathanar,‘” the producers added. We are now appreciative of the chance to use ‘Kathanar’ to introduce these technology from foreign film to Malayalam cinema.

“Kathanar” will be a worldwide film that unites our nation’s technocrats. “Kathanar” will be distributed in seven languages after preproduction and principle photography are finished in a year.”

Up to now, Prabhu Deva, Anushka Shetty, and Jayasurya’s appearances in the movie have been revealed by the producers.

“Kathanar,” which is directed by Rojin Thomas, is co-produced by VC Praveen and Baiju Gopalan and produced by Gokulam Gopalan. Rahul Subrahmanian composed the music, Neil D’Cunha handled the cinematography, and R Ramanand wrote the screenplay.

On November 21st of this year, Kathanar will be seen in theaters.