Dies Irae Trailer Reveals Pranav Mohanlal's Terrifying Horror Thriller

Release trailer of Pranav Mohanlal's horror thriller 'Dies Irae' out!

Chennai, Oct 25

Taking to his X timeline, the young actor, while sharing the link to the newly released trailer, wrote, "#DIESIRAE Release Trailer. IN CINEMAS WORLDWIDE FROM OCT 31!" It may be recalled that the Censor Board has already cleared the film for release on October 31 with an 'A' certificate.

The just released trailer begins with Pranav Mohanlal anxiously looking around. Even as we witness a number of eerie scenes, a voiceover says, "The mighty trumpet's wondrous tone shall rend each tomb's sepulchral stone and summon all before the throne. Both heaven and earth will lie in ashes. Full of tears and full of dread is that day that wakes the dead."

The film has been eagerly awaited ever since an announcement about its launch was first made. A trailer released earlier by the makers had got fans excited.

For the unaware, the first trailer, which the makers released some days ago, begins with an aged woman telling a man that he should have spoken up when he realised something was wrong with the kid. The man retorts by asking how he could go around telling people all that he felt. "What will people think?" he asks. To this the aged woman says, "And now, didn't that feeling turn out to be true?"

We realise that the kid the couple are talking about is a character played by Pranav Mohanlal. The trailer gives away the fact that Pranav plays the only son of a family that its neighbours believe is cursed. He experiences strange and eerie developments but is unable to speak about them to anyone, as nobody will believe him.

The film, which is based on some true incidents, is scheduled to hit screens for Halloween this year. 'Dies Irae', which features Mohanlal's son Pranav Mohanlal in the lead, has triggered huge interest because of the people making it. The horror-thriller is being made by the same team that made the Malayalam cult classic ‘Brammayugam’, featuring Malayalam superstar Mammootty in the lead.

It may be recalled that 'Dies Irae' went on floors only in the last week of March this year. Shooting for the film took place at Vadakara in Calicut. What is interesting is that sources had claimed the makers planned to complete shooting the entire film in just 40 days. However, the unit completed the entire film by April, even before this deadline.

Shehnad Jalal, whose work in ‘Brammayugam’ came in for much critical acclaim, is the cameraman of this new film. Similarly, art direction is by Jothish Shankar, the art director of ‘Brammayugam’. Editing is by Shafique Mohammed Ali, who had also worked as the editor of ‘Brammayugam’.

Director Rahul Sadasivan's ‘Brammayugam’ was a critically acclaimed superhit. It was a period horror flick set in Kerala's dark ages. The story primarily revolved around three male characters and was shot in black and white. Apart from Mammootty, ‘Brammayugam’ also starred Sidharth Bharathan, Arjun Ashokan and Amalda Liz. The film had dialogues by Malayalam novelist T.D. Ramakrishnan, best known for his novel Francis Itty Cora.

— IANS