India, Nov. 14 -- The trailer for Rajkumar Periasamy's Dhanush, Mammootty and Sai Pallavi-starrer OM was released late on Friday after considerable delay. The 3-minute trailer that was eventually released reminds one of Aditya Dhar's Dhurandhar and Sukumar's Pushpa films. Red sanders smuggling, espionage, politics, and personal loss take centre stage.

The trailer begins with the Suprabhatam playing over loudspeakers in Tirumala. "Some of these things actually happened," reads a disclaimer. But the story of OM itself is set between two temple towns where red sanders smuggling is rampant. A special Organised Crime Intelligence Unit is set up, with the trailer revealing that Dhanush is part of it as D-402. His wife, played by Sreeleela, fee...