{"id":35014,"date":"2025-09-21T18:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T18:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/35014\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T18:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T18:55:09","slug":"lokah-ott-release-producer-dulquer-salmaan-and-lead-actress-kalyani-priyadarshan-make-official-announcement-malayalam-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/35014\/","title":{"rendered":"Lokah&#8217; OTT release: Producer Dulquer Salmaan and lead actress Kalyani Priyadarshan make official announcement | Malayalam Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758480909_329_5.jpg\" alt=\"Lokah' OTT release: Producer Dulquer Salmaan and lead actress Kalyani Priyadarshan make official announcement\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> Dulquer Salmaan-backed &#8216;Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra&#8217;, broke several records at the Malayalam box office as it went on to earn over Rs 270 crore globally. Amidst its massive success, reports around its OTT release sparked a frenzy among fans, eager to watch the film on the big screen. Amidst the viral buzz and speculation, Dulquer has now responded to the claims in his social media post.<\/p>\n<p>Dulquer Salmaan clarifies about the &#8216;Lokah&#8217; OTT release<\/p>\n<p>Actor-turned-producer Dulquer Salmaan addresses speculative reports around the &#8216;Lokah&#8217; OTT release. He rubbished all the rumours in a post on X that read, &#8220;Lokah isn&#8217;t coming to OTT anytime soon. Ignore the fake news and stay tuned for official announcements! #Lokah #WhatstheHurry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Lokah&#8217; crosses \u20b9200 crore! Kalyani Priyadarshan &#8216;proud to be India\u2019s first female superhero&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Check out the post here:<\/p>\n<p>Kalyani Priyadarshan echoes Dulquer Salmaan&#8217;s sentiment and shares post<\/p>\n<p>The lead star of the film, Kalyani Priyadarshan, reposted Dulquer Salmaan&#8217;s post and urged everyone to watch it in theatres instead of waiting for OTT release. She wrote, &#8220;With the visuals, sound, and Jakes\u2019 incredible musical score\u2026 I think this would be an experience that&#8217;s best felt inside a theatre atmosphere .&#8221;Take a look:<\/p>\n<p>More about &#8216;Lokah: Chapter 1 &#8211; Chandra&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Apart from Kalyani Priyadarshan, the film also featured Chandu Salimkumar, Kalliyankattu Neeli, Raghunath Paleri, Durga C. Vinod, Vijayaraghavan, Nimish Ravi, Chaman Chakko, and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/jakes-bejoy\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jakes Bejoy<\/a>. The film also has special appearances by Naslen, Sandy, Mammootty, and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/tovino-thomas\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tovino Thomas<\/a>.Directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/dominic-arun\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dominic Arun<\/a> and released on August 28, 2025, the film has been made on a reported budget of Rs 30 crore.<\/p>\n<p>Dulquer Salmaan on &#8216;Lokah&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In a conversation with Dulquer Salmaan, the actor opened up about the massive response to the film. Talking about the same, he shared, &#8220;It\u2019s proof that audiences today are open to different languages and fresh storytelling.&#8221; The actor-producer further stated that moviegoers have watched the film on the first day, reviewed it, and made reels about it. He called this experience &#8220;surreal.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dulquer Salmaan-backed &#8216;Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra&#8217;, broke several records at the Malayalam box office as it went on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[27265,6408,93,61,60,27267,6049,27272,27269,27268,27270,270,27271,27266],"class_list":{"0":"post-35014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-dominic-arun","9":"tag-dulquer-salmaan","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-jakes-bejoy","14":"tag-kalyani-priyadarshan","15":"tag-lokah","16":"tag-lokah-chapter-1-chandra","17":"tag-lokah-ott-release","18":"tag-malayalam-box-office","19":"tag-movies","20":"tag-ott-release-speculation","21":"tag-tovino-thomas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}