‘Bison Kaalamaadan’ trailer: Dhruv Vikram’s Kabaddi player breaks social shackles in Mari Selvaraj’s sports drama

The makers of Bison Kaalamaadan, acclaimed Tamil filmmaker Mari Selvaraj’s upcoming movie starring Dhruv Vikram, unveiled the movie’s trailer on Monday (October 13). Produced by Pa Ranjith’s Neelam Studios in affiliation with Applause Entertainment, the movie is about to launch in theatres for Deepavali on October 17.

The trailer reveals glimpses of a narrative set in 1990 at a village in southern Tamil Nadu. The sport of Kabaddi lives tall in the hearts of the youth right here, particularly Kittan, the protagonist performed by Dhruv. However, his father (essayed by prolific actor Pasupathy) abhors his son’s curiosity in the game, believing that it breeds violence in a city already divided by communal hate.

The trailer intercuts the grotesque social actuality of life in this village with Kittan’s rebellion, as he makes use of Kabaddi to scale up the social ladder and break away from the shackles. The trailer guarantees a riveting socio-political sports drama and one other essential addition to Mari’s spectacular filmography. Notably, Bison relies on the real-life story of standard Kabaddi player Manathi Ganesan.

With Anupama Parameswaran as the feminine lead, Bison Kaalaamadan additionally stars Ameer, Lal, Rajisha Vijayan, Azhagam Perumal, Aruvi Madhan, and Anurag Arora, amongst others. With music scored by Nivas Ok Prasanna, the movie has cinematography by Ezhil Arasu Ok and modifying by Sakthi Thiru.

Bison Kaalamaadan is produced by Ranjith, Aditi Anand, Sameer Nair and Deepak Segal underneath their Neelam Studios and Applause Entertainment banners.

Dhruv, who can also be the son of standard Tamil star Vikram, debuted with Adithya Varma (2019), a remake of the Telugu blockbuster Arjun Reddy. He later starred reverse Vikram in Mahaan, directed by Karthik Subbaraj. Varmaa, the primary model of the Arjun Reddy remake, directed by Bala, had a direct-to-OTT launch.

Mari Selvaraj’s final movie was Vaazhai, a movie that chronicled the story of a boy’s misplaced childhood. The hard-hitting movie starred in Nikhila Vimal, Kalaiyarasan, Ponvel M, Rahul R and Divya Duraisamy.