Fahadh Faasil’s Dhoomam gets U/A; all set for June 23 release

Kannada filmmaker Pawan Kumar, best known for Lucia and U-Turn, has a release on June 23. This time, though, the film is a Malayalam original that will be dubbed and released in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi as well. The film, Dhoomam, sees Pawan collaborate with Malayalam actors Fahadh Faasil, Roshan Mathew, Vineeth, Aparna Balamurali, etc., and is KGF and Kantara makers Hombale Films’ first Mollywood production.

A few days ago, the team had released the trailer of the film and announced its release date as well, which, at the time was only two weeks away. And now, the production house has stated that all decks have been cleared for the film’s release, with censor formalities also completed. Dhoomam has been awarded a U/A certificate.

Since the trailer came out, netizens from Karnataka have been calling out Pawan for not making Dhoomam in Kannada, the below-par quality of the Kannada trailer, etc. Responding to this, Pawan had explained that Dhoomam is based on a script that he had visualized as a Kannada film more than a decade ago, but he was not able to take it on floors because he could not get the right star cast to be a part of his tale. Most actors he approached had apprehensions and if at all he managed to convince someone, he could not get the right backing.

Nothing fell into place, until Pawan was in talks with Hombale Films for another subject, which is, unfortunately, on hold owing to the tragic and untimely demise of Puneeth Rajkumar. The banner was aware that Pawan had other scripts waiting in the wings and was also keen to collaborate with Fahadh and when he showed interest in this script, which was initially christened C10H14N2 (the chemical formula of nicotine), Dhoomam came to be.