Makers of 'Kurup' say no to OTT release; movie to release in theatres on May 28

Dulquer Salmaan's much-awaited crime thriller movie 'Kurup' will be releasing in five languages. Apart from Malayalam, the movie will release in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi languages. Despite getting a huge offer from an OTT platform, the makers are gearing up for a direct theatre release on May 28.

'Kurup' which is made on a whopping budget of Rs 35 crore, is jointly produced by Dulquer's Wayfarer films and M Star Entertainment. The movie, which is based on the life of Kerala's longest wanted fugitive Sukumara Kurup, was shot in Kerala, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Dubai, Mangalore and Mysore. 105 days were spent entirely on shooting.

While the story is written by Jithin K Jose, the screenplay and dialogues are penned by Daniel Sayooj Nair and KS Aravind. Nimish Ravi is the cinematographer and Sushin Shyam is the music director. Editing is handled by national award winner Vivek Harshan.

Sobhita Dhulipala, who played an important role in 'Moothon', is the heroine of the film. The film also stars Indrajith Sukumaran, Sunny Wayne, Shine Tom Chacko, Vijayaraghavan, P Balachandran, Surabhi Lakshmi and Shivajith Padmanabhan.