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OM: Chapter 1 Trailer: Dhanush, Sai Pallavi Lead a Mission Against Mammootty's Red Sandalwood Smuggling Network
The nearly three-minute trailer shows Dhanush undercover as a woodcutter and Sai Pallavi leading a police operation against a smuggling network.
On Friday, the makers of Chapter 1, Udhiram: The Blood Wood released the trailer for Rajkumar Periasamy's red sandalwood smuggling drama, featuring Dhanush, Sai Pallavi, Mammootty, and Sreeleela set in Andhra Pradesh's Seshachalam forest.
Dhanush plays a Tamil Nadu Special Task Force officer who infiltrates the smuggling syndicate as a woodcutter, while Sai Pallavi leads the Exclusive Special Task Force as IPS Nithya Reddy. Mammootty portrays Siya, a politician allegedly controlling the trade from the shadows.
Red sanders, found in the Seshachalam hills of the Kadapa district, ranks among the world's rarest and most expensive woods. The illegal trade has historically drawn thousands of vulnerable laborers from northern Tamil Nadu into dangerous forest work, with high demand in China and Japan.
Produced by Dhanush, Shraddha Agrawal, and Azmat Jagmag, the film will release worldwide on November 20 after being delayed from October 16 to avoid clashing with Rajinikanth's Jailer 2 and Suriya's Scene.
National Award-winning director Rajkumar Periasamy based the script on a 2014 incident involving a two-and-a-half-year-old girl that inspired the emotional foundation. The film releases in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada, marking a pan-Indian outing for Dhanush and Mammootty.