We had earlier reported about Yami Gautam headlining a film titled Nayyi Naveli. On Thursday, the makers unveiled the official teaser of the film, also confirming October 16 as its release date.

The Nayyi Naveli teaser begins with the visuals of a middle-class home in Meerut where chaos erupts when the youngest son of the house, Bantu (Anurag Thakur), arrives with a thundering revelation — Mohini, their newest daughter-in-law, is a ‘Daayan’ (witch).

Even as Bantu proceeds to give evidence for his theory, despite being dismissed by his family, the teaser establishes Mohini as a domineering, scary presence, whose voiceover suggests that she is much bigger than everyone’s worst fears, requesting the audience to ‘Think Big’.

The playful captions in the teaser read, ‘When the madness of Tanu Weds Manu Returns meets the mysteries of Tumbbad, you get a fantasy friendly entertainer.’ Balaji Mohan helms direction for the film.

Presented by Amazon MGM Studios in association with Aanand L Rai, Nayyi Naveli has story by Himanshu Sharma and screenplay and dialogues by Divy Nidhi Sharma. GV Prakash has composed music for the film. The supporting cast of the film includes Sunita Rajwar, Suneel Sinha, Sushmita Mukherjee, Mita Vashisht, Addinath Kothare and Sonal Jha.

In the technical team, the film has Rishi Punjabi as the cinematographer, Ravi Srivastava as the production designer and Sumeet Kotian as the editor. Vijay A Ganguly is onboard as the choreographer. Other key technicians include Rushi Sharma and Manoshi Nath in charge of costumes and Shipra Singh Acharya for make-up and prosthetics. Mahesh Mathew is the action director. 

So far, Nayyi Naveli is the only big release for October 16, which is a Dussehra weekend. 

Yami Gautam was seen in the Muslim social drama Haq, for which she received plenty of acclaim.