‘Bison’: Mari Selvaraj’s film with Dhruv Vikram gets a release date

Bison, filmmaker Mari Selvaraj’s upcoming film with actor Dhruv Vikram, gets a release date

Bison, filmmaker Mari Selvaraj’s upcoming film with actor Dhruv Vikram, will release in theatres on October 17 during Deepavali, the makers announced on Saturday (May 3).

Ace filmmaker-producer Pa Ranjith, who is producing the film under his Neelam Studios banner, unveiled a special poster to announce the news. “This film is raw, real, and made with so much love. It’s a story that’s close to both our hearts,” wrote Ranjith.

Mari, meanwhile, shared the poster on his X handle and called it “a film of perseverance, determination and survival.”

The film, billed as a sports drama, stars Rajisha Vijayan and Anupama Parameshwaran as the female leads. Plot details remain unknown, but some earlier reports had suggested that Bison is based on the real-life story of Kabaddi player Manathi Ganesan. However, the makers are yet to confirm this.

An earlier statement from the makers had described the film as a Kabaddi-based sports drama that tells “a tale of guts, grit and glory in the life of a young man where the whole world was a Goliath to his David. A story of a man who defied the lines on his hand to achieve what no one thought possible, to choose sport over a gun, peace over violence and life over death.”

Shot in Tirunelveli and Chennai, the cast of Bison features Lal, Pasupathy, Kalaiyarasan, Azhagam Perumal and Hari Krishnan. With music scored by Nivas K Prasanna, the film has cinematography by Ezhil Arasu K and editing by Sakthi Thiru.

Bison is produced by Ranjith, Aditi Anand, Sameer Nair and Deepak Segal under their Neelam Studios banner, in association with Applause Entertainment.