Actor Radhika Apte is ready to make her directorial debut with the action-fantasy film Koyta (Sickle), in accordance to Variety. The film is produced by Bollywood filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane. Motwane beforehand labored on Black Warrant, which marked the debut of Ranbir Kapoor’s cousin Zahan Kapoor.
The information was introduced as a part of the CineV-CHD Market lineup, which was revealed in the course of the Cinevesture International Film Festival (CIFF). This yr’s lineup contains 22 completely different initiatives from each well-known and new filmmakers.
Koyta might be in Hindi and Marathi. The story follows a younger migrant sugarcane cutter who undergoes a compelled medical process that offers her superpowers. She then makes use of these powers to assist free her household from debt. Meanwhile, on the work entrance, the actress will subsequent be seen within the interval thriller Akka, which additionally stars Keerthy Suresh.
The first search for the collection was unveiled in February at a grand Netflix occasion in Mumbai. The collection is ready within the Nineteen Eighties within the fictional South Indian metropolis of Pernuru, the place a matriarchal society dominates. The story revolves round gangster queens whose reign is challenged when an outsider threatens their rule, main to a violent battle for survival.
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Akka is written and directed by Dharmaraj Shetty and produced by Aditya Chopra, Yogendra Mogre, and Akshaye Widhani below YRF Entertainment. Apart from Keerthy Suresh and Radhika Apte, the collection additionally stars veteran actress Tanvi Azmi in a key position.
Published – March 08, 2025 11:19 am IST
