The film is touted as a thriller, which will be directed and scripted by Pawan Kumar who has previously directed Lucia and U-Turn. Dhoomam has national award-winner Aparna Balamurali in the female lead.

The shooting for the movie is set to begin from October 9 and will be released in 4 languages Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu. As per sources, the magnitude and scope of the movie Dhoomam is going to be huge.