Mollywood gears up for Muddy, a film on 4x4 mud racing

With theatres in the country set to reopen soon, Mollywood is gearing up for the release of

Muddy

, a film centred on

mud racing

that is a form of off-road motorsport.

The movie, which is touted to be one of the first films in the country to revolve around

4x4 mud race

, is in its final stages of production and will be a multi-lingual, according to its makers.

The film, directed by newcomer

Dr Pragabhal

, is conceived as an adventurous action thriller, “which will offer an unparalleled cinematic experience for the viewers”. The director has roped in fresh faces for the lead roles.

“The greatest challenge before me was introducing a sport like mud racing to the viewers without losing its thrill and punch,” director Pragabhal said. As the concept of mud racing is new to Indian cinema, the team did not find any references for making Muddy and this made the production more complicated, says the team behind the movie. Mud racing and stunts were filmed realistically and this will be a new experience to the viewers, the filmmaker added.

Pragabhal reportedly took five years of preparation to make Muddy. Those who are in the lead roles spent two years to get real-time experience in mud racing. They did the adventurous stunts without any dupe or junior stunt artistes.

The film’s technical crew includes KGF composer Ravi Basrur, Ratsasan editor San Lokesh and cinematographer K G Ratheesh. Apart from the newcomers, the cast includes Renji Panicker, Hareesh Peradi,

IM Vijayan

, Guinness Manoj, Bineesh Bastin, Sunil Sugatha and Sobha Mohan.