Hyderabad-based Rayudu Vision Media Limited (RVML) on Friday announced that their first, full-length 2D animation film Lava Kusa, The Warrior Twins, directed by Dhavala Satyam in English, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil, would hit the big screens this summer.
At a press conference, CEO R.V. Rayudu said they had invested Rs. 100 crore in Lava Kusa The Warrior Twins, based on a story from the epic Ramayana. The film was been entirely made at RVML laboratories, that has 400 people working on animation projects. Once Lava Kusa is released, work will begin on Pappu - The Saviour and the television series 'Leo n' Meo', he added.
RVML Joint Managing Director, Rayudu V. Sashank said: "The film is made up of songs with catchy tunes, action, comedy and characters (both human beings and animals) that maintain true friendship with visual effects targeted at all age groups, making it a family entertainer." Music is scored by S.L. Vaidyanathan and comprises notes from traditional and Western instruments in a melodious blend.
The five songs in the film are sung by K.J. Yesudas, Shankar Mahadevan, Chitra and Sadhana Sargam in Telugu and Hindi, with lyrics penned by Veturi Sundarama Murthy (Telugu), Pandit Kiran Mishra (Hindi) and Pirai Sudan (Tamil).