Cinematographer-turned-director Binu Bhaskar's Kottayam is gearing up for release on January 17. An offbeat film revolving around a murder investigation, the film is being touted as a psychological thriller. In an earlier interview with us, Binu had told us, "I wanted to try an unconventional investigation narrative - a 'ripped from the headlines' story that holds a mirror to society and makes them reflect on many things." 

The film has director Sangeeth Sivan making his acting debut. He is joined by Aneesh G Menon, Ravi Mathew, Annapoorni Devaraja, Nimmy Raphel, Nzabeni Kitan, Shafeeq, Praveen Premanth, and Sreenath K Janardhanan. 

The story and screenplay have been written by Binu and his co-writer Sajith Narayanan (also one of the producers). Binu has compared the multi-perspective narrative approach of his film to Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon.