The sensational case of the notorious
criminal Cyanide Mohan, a Physical
education Instructor, who murdered 20 young
women by administering cyanide, is being made into a cinema. The eventful story of Cyanide Mohan which was observed by the
court as “the rarest of the rare case”, is being made into a crime
thriller titled 'Cyanide' by the national and
international award-winning
director Mr Rajesh Touchriver.
Mohan’s modus operandi was to feign
love, attract young
women, and get into physical relationships with them in various hotel rooms in
karnataka, and then
murder them by administering cyanide in the name of contraceptive pills and get away with their
gold ornaments. He mercilessly murdered 20 young
women this way,
women who hailed from different states in the country. In this case, the
court sentenced him with 6 death sentences, and 14 life terms. The final judgement of the case came out just this Thursday. The film by
rajesh touchriver is based on this true incidents.
Shooting is set to commence once the COVID-19 scare is over and on obtaining the
government permission.
bengaluru,
mangalore,
coorg, Madikkeri,
goa,
hyderabad, Kasaragod are key shooting locations. The story and screenplay are by
rajesh touchriver himself. Padmashree awardee
sunitha krishnan is the content advisor for this film. Sadat Sainuddin, who has worked with
kamal hassan for films like Viswaroopam and Uttama Villain is wielding the camera.
music is by the
international award-winning
bollywood music director George Joseph, editing by Shashi Kumar who has edited for several
hindi,
tamil,
telugu,
kannada films. Art Direction is by the state award
winner, Gokul Das.