Kanam: Here's when Sharwanand, Amala Akkineni's bilingual sci-fi drama will release in theatres

That Amala Akkineni is returning to Tamil after a three decade-hiatus with Kanam is known to movie buffs. The bilingual film which has Shree Karthick at its helm has Sharwanand and Ritu Varma playing lead roles in it. Tipped as a sci-fi drama which revolves around time travel, the bilingual project will be released in Telugu as well under the title Oke Oka Jeevitham.

SR Prabhu, who is bankrolling the movie along with SR Prakash Babu under the banner of Dream Warrior Pictures, has now announced that the film will release in theatres on September 9.

The makers also unveiled a promo video which touches upon mother-son relationship which forms a major element in the movie. Sathish, Ramesh Thilak, MS Bhaskar and Nasser play pivotal characters in Tamil version while Vennela Kishore and Priyadarshi essay the roles of Sathish and Ramesh respectively in Telugu version.

Sujith Sarang and Jakes Bejoy have handled cinematography and music direction respectively for Kanam which has editing by Sreejith Sarang. N Satheesh Kumar is in charge of art direction while Sudesh Kumar has composed action choreography for the movie which is high on emotions.

The film is Dream Warrior Pictures' third release this year after O2 and Vattam; both of them were direct-to-OTT releases on Disney+ Hotstar and opened to mixed reviews among critics and film buffs. The title of Kanam was announced an year ago and its teaser was released last year.

The movie was initially expected to release in February this year, but got postponed owing to reasons best known to makers. The film will be Sharwanand's second outing in 2022 after Aadavallu Meeku Johaarlu.