<Li> Mohanlal as Odiyan Manickyan </Li> <P> Odiyan is announced by Mohanlal through his Facebook page on 25 March 2017 by saying that the film will be a visual treat and is directed by debutante Shrikumar Menon . The film is produced by Antony Perumbavoor under the banner of Aashivad Cinemas which is reported to be the most expensive Malayalam film till date . The distribution is done by Maxlab Entertainments . </P> <P> Odiyan is directed by renowned ad - film maker Shrikumar Menon as his film directorial debut . National Award winner K. Harikrishnan is the script writer who had received the Award for the best screenplay for Kutty Srank in 2010 . Production design is done by Sabu Cyril who is known for making certain success films include Baahubali . Peter Hein will handle the action choreography and the Art direction is made by Prasanth Madhav will also be recreating Thenkurissi village for the shooting . Shaji Kumar will crank the camera and M. Jayachandran is the music composer of film . </P> <P> Principal photography commenced on 25 August at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh . Mohanlal joined the sets on 28 August . The other locations are Palakkad, Tazrak, Udumalpettu, Pollachi, and Hyderabad . </P>

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