The first motion poster of Mohanlal's much-anticipated movie 'Odiyan' is finally released. The stunnign poster was released by Mohanlal through his social media pages. With clean shaved face and perfectly fit body, Mohanlal is featured in a completely new young makeover. With the mysterious background score ending with Mohanlal's signature laughter, the motion poster will leave you awestruck. No wonder, the motion poster has already become a huge hit on social media with over 2.2 million views within just 13 hours.

'Odiyan', which is expected to be one of the costliest projects ever made in the history of Malayalam cinema, is directed by VA Shrikumar Menon, who will also be helming Mohanlal prestigious project Randamoozham/Mahabharata. The film is set in the pre-electricity days and is the story of the Odiyans, who are primarily employed to scare people in the dark by dressing themselves as some animal. In the movie, Mohanlal plays the last surviving Odiyan in the State. Odiyan will have Manju Warrier in the female lead along with Prakash Raj in an important role.

Produced by Antony Perumbavoor, Odiyan will be shot at the various locations of Palakkad, Pollachi, Udumalpet, Banaras, and Hyderabad. With the songs' lyrics penned by Rafeeq Ahamed and Lakshmi Sreekumar, the music department is handled by M Jayachandran. The music composition of Odiyan has begun long back and is progressing at a brisk pace. Stay tuned for further updates!