'Lokah: Chapter 1 - Chandra' OTT release confirmed: When will Kalyani Priyadarshan's blockbuster stream on JioHotstar?

It was earlier revealed that JioHotstar would be streaming Kalyani Priyadarshan's superhero hit Lokah: Chapter 1 - Chandra. However, an official premiere date wasn't announced. On Friday, the platform announced that the Dominic Arun directorial will begin streaming from October 31, 2025.

Lokah: Chapter 1 - Chandra will be available to stream in seven languages, including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Marathi, and Bengali. 

Written by Dominic Arun and Santhy Balachandran, the film is backed by Dulquer Salmaan under the banner of Wayfarer Films.

Naslen, Arun Kurian, and Chandu Salim Kumar play the other integral characters alongside Sandy Master, Nishanth Sagar, Raghunath Paleri, Vijayaraghavan, Jain Andrews, Shivajith Padmanabhan, and Sunny Wayne. 

Lokah: Chapter 1 - Chandra has special appearances by Tovino Thomas and Dulquer Salmaan, who would be having bigger roles in the upcoming entries of the planned Lokah cinematic universe that revolves around folklore and rewritten supernatural movie tropes.

The key technical team members include Jakes Bejoy on the music, Nimish Ravi as cinematographer, and Chaman Chakko on the editing table.

In its review of the film, THE WEEK wrote: "Lokah is a supremely well-made film and has laudable production quality. The visuals are of the highest quality and the color grading is on point. Arun takes the familiar route in storytelling to ensure that the audience is in loop with his vision. Nimish Ravi's cinematography is top-notch and while some of the film's frames have inspiration from multiple foreign films of this genre, there is a novelty in its presentation. Chaman Chakko's editing ensures that the film moves along at a steady pace without any noticeable lags."

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