Devan is pretty excited about his debut directorial Valatty (Dogs Wag Tails), a movie that revolves around dogs. Interestingly, all the main characters in the film are played by canines.
On Vijay Babu’s suggetsion Devan came up with Valatty. Being an animal lover, he wondered why dog films aren’t made in India unlike in international cinema.
The filmmaker understood that it’d be a tough task to get fully-trained dogs, that too at a younger age. So, the production team decided to buy puppies and train them.
While they (dogs) were growing, we had time for pre-production works. I briefed my team that we need time for pre-production since it’s an experimental movie and the script needs the dogs to grow up, he said.
A slew of mainstream Malayalam actors lent their voices to the dogs and other animals in Valatty. This was a challenging task in itself as the process is similar to making two films.
'I waited till 2023 to become an independent filmmaker. After a long wait, my movie Valatty will hit the theatres on 14 July. Finally,' the writer-director exclaimed.