Nitish Veera, who has acted in films such as Vennila Kabbadi Kuzhu and Maaveeran Kittu bagged a pivotal in the Rajinikanth starrer Kaala, which is due for release today, June 7. Expectations are high on this film and Nitish is excited to be sharing the screen space with the legendary star Rajinikanth.

On the role he is playing in the film, the actor disclosed that he will be seen as the Superstar’s son. Giving a peek of his role, he added that he plays Kathiravan, the responsible oldest son of the hero who resolves all issues between the father and other children in the family.

Speaking to the Deccan Chronicle about working in Kaala, Nitish Veera was quoted as saying, “I have been meeting Ranjith sir for long. When he signed a second film with Rajini sir after Kabali, he called me and said I am there in Kaala. He conducted a workshop for all the actors from Kaala and I took part for 20 days in it. The workshop itself was like a shooting spot. Till the first day the real shoot started, I was not aware of what character I was going to perform.  Ranjith came and told me that I play Rajini sir’s eldest son in the movie. For a moment, I was pleasantly shocked.”

Kaala is magnum opus directed by Pa Ranjith and produced by Dhanush under his banner Wunderbar Films. The film has a bevy of stars in the cast including Nana Patekar, Samuthirakani, Aruldoss, Eswari Rao, Huma Qureshi, Anjali Patil, Sukanya, and Aravind Akash. Santosh Narayanan has composed music for this film with G Murali handling the camera and A Sreekar Prasad editing it.

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