'Irumudi' is a devotional, foot-tapping

The makers of director Shiva Nirvana's upcoming film, 'Irumudi', featuring actors Ravi Teja and Priya Bhavani Shankar in the lead, on Monday released the first single from the film, 'Irumudi Kattu', much to the delight of fans and film buffs.

The song is a devotional number that Ayyappa devotees are shown singing in the film. Set to tune by G V Prakash, the number has lyrics by Shiva Nirvana and Kalyan Chakravarthy. It has been rendered by Ananthu.

The film, which happens to be Ravi Teja's 77th film and was therefore being tentatively referred to as #RT77 until it was titled 'Irumudi', is being produced by leading production house Mythri Movie Makers.

The title 'Irumudi' carries deep spiritual significance, as it symbolizes a devotee’s sacred offering and surrender to Lord Ayyappa.

Sources say director Shiva Nirvana has crafted a powerful script that fuses devotional depth, emotional weight, and mass appeal in equal measure. They further disclose that at the film's core will lie a strong father–daughter bond, that will offer Ravi Teja a character arc unlike anything that he's portrayed before. Besides playing a first-of-its-kind role, Ravi Teja, they say, has also undergone a transformation.