Shane Nigam, Nimisha Sajayan starrer ‘Eeda’ is all set to hit bigscreens. There have been speculations regarding the release date of the movie, and now, here’s an official announcement from the team. Director Lal Jose who will be distributing the film under the banner LJ Films recently took to his Facebook confirming that the movie will release on January 2018. 

Touted to be a romantic story, Eeda, a Kannur-Kozhikode slang word which means 'Ivide' or 'here', is set against the backdrop of Mysore and North Malabar. In the movie, which is an independent adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Shane Nigam plays an MBA graduated who works in an insurance company and Nimisha plays the role of Aishwarya, a college student. 

Written and directed by the National Award-winning director B AjithKumar, Eeda also features Alencier Ley, Manikantan Achary, Shelly Kishore, Sudhi Koppa, Sujith Shanker, Rajesh Sharma and P Balachandran in supporting roles. The National award winner Surabhi Lakshmi is also playing a pivotal role in the movie. Produced by Sharmila Rajaa in association with the banner Collective Phase One, the movie’s teaser was released a month ago and has already become a huge hit on social media.