Arya's new bilingual film titled Ananthan Kaadu, first look out

Varun Grover's first short film KISS landed on MUBI recently. The film, starring Adarsh Gourav, Swanand Kirkire, and Shubrajyoti Barat, is about a director's tussle with the members of a censor board who want to half the duration of a kissing sequence in the film.

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ARYA'S Malayalam-Tamil bilingual, scripted by L2: Empuraan writer Murali Gopy, has been titled Ananthan Kaadu. On Monday, the makers unveiled the film's first-look poster and title teaser, showcasing glimpses of what seems to be a political action thriller. It is directed by Jiyen Krishnakumar, who previously collaborated with Murali on the Prithviraj Sukumaran-Indrajith Sukumaran starrer Tiyaan.

Ananthan Kaadu also stars Murali, Telugu actor Sunil, Kannada actor Achyuth Kumar, Vijayaraghavan, Regina Cassandra, Santhy Balachandran, Nikhila Vimal, Pani-fame Sagar Surya, Saritha Kukku, Indrans, Siddique, Renji Panicker and Appani Sarath, among others. The film has S Yuva wielding the camera, with Rohit V S Variyath handling the cuts. Notably, it marks the Malayalam debut of Kantara music director B Ajaneesh Loknath, who is also composing for the upcoming Antony Varghese-starrer Kattalan.

Ananthan Kaadu is produced by S Vinod Kumar of Mini Studio, who last backed the Vishal-SJ Suryah starrer Mark Antony.

Last seen in a cameo appearance in Madha Gaja Raja, Arya also has FIR director Manu Anand's upcoming Tamil film Mr. X as part of his upcoming slate.

LYRICIST, stand-up comedian and screenwriter Varun Grover's first short film KISS landed on MUBI recently. The film, starring Adarsh Gourav, Swanand Kirkire, and Shubrajyoti Barat, is about a director's tussle with the members of a censor board who want to half the duration of a kissing sequence in the film. That's not the whole problem. The issue is that each viewer's watch bears a different time stamp for the scene's duration.