Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Sohum Shah start Tumbbad 2 shoot today at Madh Island. Adesh Prasad directs the horror sequel’s grand opener with 200 people. Siddiqui’s dark role teases more folklore dread from the 2018 cult hit about Hastar’s cursed gold.
A few weeks ago, news came that ‘Tumbbad 2’ is coming. Nawazuddin Siddiqui will enter the world of fear and old stories. He and Sohum Shah, who is helping make the film, start shooting today on Madh Island. They begin with a big scene that has 200 people.
‘Tumbbad 2’ director and shooting schedule
Adesh Prasad, who wrote the original ‘Tumbbad’ (2018), takes the director’s chair for part two. According to Mid-Day, on the first day, the crowd will be smaller, but by March 28 and 29, the scale will increase. A massive crowd sequence is being shot. Adesh wanted to start with the opening sequence itself, it is designed as a major set-piece that establishes the scale of the world imagined.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Sohum Shah set sighting
Siddiqui and Shah were seen on Madh Island a few days back, as the set took weeks to build. His character’s details stay hidden. As per the reports, it’s not a straightforward antagonist. Sohum has been involved at every stage from script development to building the film’s look.
‘Tumbbad’ original film background
‘Tumbbad’ is a critically acclaimed Indian folk horror film blending mythology, greed, and supernatural dread, set in a cursed Maharashtra village troubled by endless rain. Directed by Rahi Anil Barve and co-directed by Adesh Prasad (who’s helming the sequel), it stars Sohum Shah as Vinayak Rao, a man obsessed with a hidden treasure guarded by Hastar, the forgotten, evil firstborn of the goddess, who devours gold and humans alike.
