‘Torpedo’: ‘Thudarum’ director Tharun Moorthy to work with Fahadh Faasil, Arjun Das and Naslen in his next

Arjun Das, Fahadh Faasil and Naslen.

Riding high on the success of Thudarum, the Malayalam revenge drama starring Mohanlal and Shobana, director Tharun Moorthy has announced his next. He is set to direct Torpedo, featuring an ensemble cast.

The Malayalam movie will star Premalu fame Naseln, Tamil actor Arjun Das, Ganapathi and superstar Fahadh Faasil. The movie will be bankrolled by Ashiq Usman, the producer behind hit projects such as Thallumaala (2022)and Anjaam Pathiraa (2020).

Actor Binu Pappu, who recently starred in Thudarum, has written Torpedo. The movie will have cinematography from Jimshi Khalid while National Award-winner Vivek Harshan will handle the editing. Sushin Shyam of Aavesham and Manjummel Boys fame will be the music director.

Naslen and Ganapathi will be back sharing the screen after their recent outing in the hit sports drama Allapuzha Gymkhana, directed by Khalid Rahman. Recently, Rahman was arrested for possessing hybrid cannabis.

The announcement of Torpedo comes in the middle of the sensational run of Tharun’s Thudarum at the box office. The movie, released on April 25, 2025, and raced to the ₹100 crore club within six days.

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The Hindu review of the movie said, “Despite its flaws, Thudarum is a finely-crafted film with the right emotional beats. The open-ended title, which appears after the actor’s name in the closing credits, in a way hints there is much more left for the actor to do.”