Kanal is an upcoming Malayalam thriller film, which is directed by M. Padmakumar and scripted by S. Suresh Babu. The movie features Mohanlal, Anoop Menon, Atul Kulkarni, Pratap Pothan, Honey Rose and Nikita Thukral in the lead roles. Kanal is produced by Abaam Movies in association with Aashirvad Cinemas.Ouseppachan. Mohanlal, M Padmakumar and Suresh Babu are working together for the second time after their 2010 blockbuster hit Shikkar. Kanal is Mohanlal’s most awaited movie of the year. The trailer for Mohanlal’s upcoming movie Kanal is out and the trailer increase the excitement over the film.
Watch Kanal Official Trailer
After the trailer release, it has bought about the speculation that, the movie has been inspired from the Hollywood movie “Strangers on a Train”. The trailer revels a little about the storyline. The plot of the movie revoles around the meeting of two strangers on a train, From the short yet highly crispy trailer, it is clear that Kanal is an out and out revenge drama. Because of this many have mentioned that the plot feels quite similar to the Hollywood movie “Strangers on a Train”.
Strangers on a Train is an American psychological crime thriller film with film noir elements, the movie is produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The movie is based on the 1950 novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith. The story concerns two strangers who meet on a train, a young tennis player and a charming psychopath. The psychopath suggests that because they each want to “get rid” of someone, they should “exchange” murders, and that way neither will get caught. The first murder is committed; then the psychopath tries to force the tennis player to complete the bargain.
Now, let’s wait for Mohanlal’s Kanal release to put all these speculations to rest. The movie is slated to release on 22 October 2015.