With actor Aadhi Pinisetty's Sabdham with director Arivazhagan gearing up for release, the filmmaker has now spilt the beans on the characters that Aadhi and the film's female lead, Lakshmi Menon, will be portraying.
In an interview with IANS, Arivazhagan shared, "Aadhi plays a ghost or paranormal investigator. Lakshmi Menon will be seen as a first-year resident doctor." Further, he went on to elaborate upon what to expect from Sabdham. "This film will be a fine mix of both types of supernatural thrillers. The first is the commercial type, and the next is the classic type. Sabdham, like my first film Eeram, will be a nice classic supernatural thriller that will have you on the edge of your seats from start to finish."
Sabdham also features notable actors Laila and Simran playing prominent roles. The film also features Redin Kingsley in another significant role.
In an earlier interview with CE, the director said, "Ghosts have always been identified as gory-looking creatures. In order to break away from that template, I thought it would be interesting to see a ghost that takes the shape of water or sound." He also noted that there would be an emotional aspect in Sabdham, which he hoped would resonate well with the audience. "The idea of having an emotional undercurrent in a horror film excited me after watching M. Night Shyamalan's Sixth Sense (1999). I incorporated the emotional elements in Eeram, which gave a satisfying result. I hope this aspect works in favour of Sabdham too," he added.
Backed by 7G Films with Aalpha Frames, a home banner of Arivazhagan, the upcoming film will mark his debut production venture. The technical crew of Sabdhamconsists of S Thaman scoring the music, Arun Bathmanaban handling the cinematography, and Sabu Joseph VJ handling the editing. Arivazhagan has already worked with Thaman on his previous films, including Eeram, Vallinam, and Aarathu Sinam.
Sabdham is all set to hit theatres on February 28. The film will be released along with Jiiva-starrer Aghathiyaa and Shaam-starrer Asthram.
