Master film maker Santosh Sivan's super hit Prithviraj-Genelia starrer Urumi will be selected to be screened at the Busan International Film Festival, commencing on October 6. The film is screened in 'A Window to Asian Cinema' category.
This is the second time a Santosh Sivan film will be screened at the festival (the first being his 2005 film Navarasa). Urumi is the second most expensive Malayalam film ever made with a budget of about Rs. 200 million and has been dubbed into Tamil, Telugu and English.
Set in the backdrop of the fierce warrior clans of northern Kerala in the 16th century, the film focuses on the cult of Chirakkal Kelu Nayanar (Prithviraj), a man with an epic mission. His target and mission is the death of famous explorer Vasco da Gama.
