When Indian debut director Adhvaith Nayar first pitched his WWE-inspired film concept in 2019, the response was lukewarm. The original neo-noir version centered on costume wrestling in Kochi didn’t connect with actors or producers he approached. But when creative producer Shihan Shoukath saw a single image from the pitch deck – a costume wrestler doing a backflip from the turnbuckle into a crowd – he immediately recognized the film’s potential.
“If that one photo can sell the dream to me, I’m sure I can sell the dream to the rest of the world with this film,” says Shoukath, who is producing his first feature under Reel World Entertainment.
That conviction has resulted in “Chatha Pacha” (Do or Die), a Malayalam-language action-comedy about three young men with brother-like bonds who establish a WWE-style costume wrestling competition in the Mattancherry area of Kochi, Kerala.
Nayar had shelved the original wrestling concept…
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