Pichaikkaran fame Sasi is ready with his next film, which will mark the first-time collaboration of GV Prakash Kumar and Siddharth. On Monday, the yet-untitled project was officially launched with a customary ceremony.
Interestingly, this is also the first-time Sasi, Prakash and Siddharth are coming together for a film, which is rumoured to be a romantic comedy. The rest of the cast and crew will be revealed in due course.
The project went on the floors in July; however, both Siddharth and Prakash will join the sets in a few weeks. According to the industry grapevine, Mumbai-based NIFT graduate Kashmira Pardeshi has been signed as one of the leading ladies. Kashmira is making her Tamil debut via this project.
The film’s latest schedule commenced earlier this week in Pondicherry. Kashmira is said to have joined the sets. Siddharth, last seen on screen in last year’s horror-thriller Aval, will simultaneously shoot for Sasi’s film and his recently launched project with debutant director Sai Sekar.
To be produced by R Ravindran of Trident Arts, the film marks the first time collaboration of Siddharth and Catherine Tresa. The yet-untitled film, tipped to be a horror-comedy, went on the floors from July 13 in Chennai, after wrapping up its first schedule, Siddharth will commence work on Sasi’s project.
The film also stars Kabir Singh, Kali Venkat and Sathish in important roles. According to the director, the film features nearly 40-minutes of computer graphics and the pre-production work has been happening over the last few months. Apparently, the film also features another popular actor as one of the leads and this character will be a major surprise of the film when it releases.
Prakash, on the other hands, has a bunch of projects. Last seen on screen in rural drama Sema, Prakash awaits the release of films such as Adangathey, 4G, Kuppathu Raja, and Ayngaran, apart from the Tamil remakes of Telugu films 100% Love and Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada in his kitty. On the music front, his next project will be Suriya-Sudha Kongara project.
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