Jai Bhim: Amazon Prime Video to release Suriya's legal drama in five languages

Amazon Prime Video has announced a delightful surprise for Suriya fans in anxious wait for the star's film, Jai Bhim. The streaming giant has revealed that the upcoming legal drama will be available to stream in five Indian languages, namely Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam, in addition to Tamil.

Jai Bhim is based on real life incidents that took place in 1993. The film follows the story of a woman from South India’s Irular tribe, whose husband becomes the victim of custodial torture by the police nad subsequently goes missing. A senior advocate by the name of Chandru takes it upon himself to bring justice to the woman and her family, going at loggerheads with some powerful figures in the process. The film’s title is in reference to a slogan used by followers of B. R. Ambedkar.

In addition to Suriya, the film also stars Prakash Raj, Rajisha Vijayan, Lijomol Jose, Rao Ramesh, K. Manikandan and Sibi Thomas in pivotal roles.

The upcoming courtroom drama is written and directed by T. J. Gnanavel. Sean Roldan has composed the film’s score.

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Suriya’s production banner 2D Entertainment has bankrolled the film. The upcoming film’s digital release is a part of a four film deal the production house has signed with Amazon Prime Video. Under the deal, four films bankrolled by the company will have a direct-to-digital release.

The film is scheduled to be released on November 2, 2021.