A relatively unknown Malayalam feature film, ‘Kaalchilambu’ released directly for streaming on the regional OTT platform, Action OTT, today, on 20th August 2021. The movie went into production back in 2008 and had a screening back in 2010 at IFFI AKA International Film Festival of India. The movie did get some good responses from the critics, but the film somehow managed to be delayed for over 10 years before it could finally be released this year.
Since the coronavirus has helped many small scale films with direct-to-OTT launches, we figure that the production company behind ‘Kaalchilambu’ decided to do the same as well. The film will be lead by Vineeth and Samvrutha Sunil, but it also boasts an incredible supporting cast with heavyweights Indrans, Sai Kumar and Jagathy Sreekumar. While the movie may be over a decade old, we figure the movie will still have some good acting with the aforementioned actors on the list, to make up for the lost time. But, the trailer doesn’t inspire us with confidence, however.
‘Kaalchilambu’ follows two star crossed lovers, Kannan and Karthika and their unfortunate love story. Kannan is a Theyyam artiste from a lower caste, while Karthika is a woman who hails from an aristocratic family. When she falls in love with him, she gets banished from her society and a series of unfortunate incidents follow the couple.
”Kaalchilambu‘ premiered earlier today, on 20th August 2021 on ActionOTT as part of its Onam releases. Check out the movie’s trailer down below: