Sai Pallavi will play an IPS officer in OM, the action film starring Dhanush and Mammootty, The Times of India reported. The makers introduced her character on Monday in a video titled "OM Special Duty".
Who is Nithya Reddy?
According to the introduction video, Nithya Reddy is an IPS officer from the Andhra Pradesh cadre. After serving in the state police, she joins the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as an Additional Superintendent and works with Interpol. Her seniors see her as honest, intelligent and experienced for her age, and she leads "Operation OM", which appears to be central to the story.
"I see my alter ego in her"
Director Rajkumar Periasamy shared the video on X, calling her "The PERFORMER". Sai Pallavi replied: "Thank you so much for choosing me again and this time to play Nithya Reddy! I see my alter ego in her."
The two earlier worked together on Amaran.
Cast and release
Mammootty plays a character named Karthikeyan, and Naseeruddin Shah is also in the cast. Sai Pallavi and Sreeleela play the female leads. The film's tagline, "Chapter 1", has fuelled talk of a sequel.
OM was first planned for October 16. Dhanush later announced a delay, saying the team wanted to respect Rajinikanth's Jailer 2, which released on October 15, and the makers also avoided Deepavali because a Suriya film had already taken that date. It now releases in theatres on November 20.
Sai Abhyankkar has composed the music, Ezhil Arasu is the cinematographer and Kalaivanan R is the editor.