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'Lokah' Director Dominic Arun on Franchise's Future: 'We Know How This Is Going to End'
The director confirms that four new films are mapped out, rooted in a 10,000-year mythology and a “Bible” that guides the saga’s endgame.
The world of Lokah is only at the beginning of its journey. In an exclusive interview with The Hollywood Reporter India, director Dominic Arun revealed that the next four films in the franchise are already anchored in a carefully designed mythology, one that stretches back 10,000 years.
Asked whether building a cinematic universe feels like plotting on a massive chart or blackboard, Arun dismissed the notion. “No, we have an idea of the whole picture. We have a Bible for the next four as well. It's not just the next four—it’s actually how everything started. It's the origin that we have,” he said.
That “Bible” captures every major origin story, not just those glimpsed in the first film. “If you've seen Neeli's origin story, we have every origin story and what has happened over the past 10,000 years laid out. We need to connect it to the present,” Arun explained.
The director also confirmed that the overarching storyline already has a definitive conclusion. “We know how this is going to end. We know the main plots that will happen in the upcoming films, but we are yet to work on the screenplays for all four. We just have a vague idea of everything that's going to happen. We are specific that certain things will happen, but how it's going to happen—we still need to sketch that out.”
For fans, the revelation underscores the scale of the vision: four new entries, each tied to a mythology that predates the events of the first film, and a franchise roadmap with its end already determined.
Released on 28 August during the Onam festival, Lokah starring Kalyani Priyadarshan marks the opening chapter of a five-film universe envisioned by its creators. Written and directed by Dominic Arun, with dramaturgy and additional screenplay contributions from actor Santhy Balachandran, the film draws from Kerala’s folklore and reframes it within the idiom of modern fantasy and superhero storytelling. By situating an age-old narrative within a contemporary form, Lokah sets the stage for a wider saga that its makers plan to unfold in the years ahead.