Adithya Bhaskar, son of ace comedy and character artiste MS Bhaskar, made his debut as the younger version of Vijay Sethupathi's charcter Ram in the smash hit movie 96. The Tamil film turned out to be one of the biggest hits last year following which its remake rights for Telugu and Kannada were lapped up.
The young actor who was waiting for a good role since his debut has now bagged an interesting offer. He will be playing the lead role in the Prasath Murugesan directorial, confirm sources. The director made his debut with the Sasi Kumar starrer Kidaari.
96 starred Vijay Sethupathi and Trisha as the lead pair and received widespread appreciation from film buffs, critics and film personalities. It is a C Prem Kumar directorial which has been bankrolled by Nandagopal under the Madras Enterprises banner. Govind Vasantha composed music for 96.
While the prep work for the Adithya Bhaskar starrer is on, director Prasath Murugesan is busy giving the finishing touches for his upcoming web series, titled Queen. He directed Queen in association with Gautham Menon and it is set for premiere on the digital platform on December 13.
Queen is a web series on the late Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalitha. Recently, the first look of this web series was unveiled creating curiosity among the netizens. Seasoned actor Ramya Krishnan will be seen playing Jayalalithaa in this web series. Anjana Jayaprakash, Anikha, Indrajith Sukumaran, Vamsi Krishna, Vineeth and Ranjith form the supporting cast of this web series.
Queen is written by Reshma Ghatala and the first season will have eleven episodes, we hear.
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