JALIKATTU: Malayalam Action Thriller On Track To U.S. Release From Drafthouse, XYZ Films
Malayalam action thriller, Jalikattu, is coming soon with a U.S. release on hand according to press announcements and trade news this week. As Variety‘s Manori Ravindran notes, the Lijo Jose Pelissery-directed film will be the least relaunch in distribution for Drafthouse Films, alongside XYZ Films with plans for theatrical, digital and Blu-Ray releases. The pic follows the upheaval that unfolds when a butcher’s buffalo escapes and runs amok through a remote village in the hill ranges of Kerala, in southern India. A mission to catch and kill the deadly animal quickly unleashes the villagers’ own primal instincts, culminating in a senseless and self-destructive frenzy of violence. The film stars Antony Varghese, Chemban Vinod Jose, Sabumon Abdusamad and Santhy Balachandran. It is produced by O Thomas Panicker, and executive produced by Naushad Salahudin and Guneet Monga (“The Lunchbox”) alongside XYZ Films. Jalikattu, currently India’s nomination for an Oscar this Spring, was […]