Last seen playing a dual role in horror thriller Airaa, Nayanthara has been roped in for Superstar Rajinikanth's next Darbar helmed by AR Murugadoss. She is teaming up for the third time after collaborating with Rajini in Chandramukhi (2005) and also briefly in Kuselan (2008). Both Murugadoss and Nayan worked together in the hit 2005 action film Ghajini.
On Tuesday, Nayanthara started shooting for the film in Mumbai.The makers took to Twitter to share the news. “#Nayanthara joins the sets of thalaivar’s #Darbar today @ARMurugadoss @santoshsivan @anirudhofficial #IdhuThalaivarinDarbar,” Lyca tweeted. Director Murugadoss also announced on Twitter that he was glad to work with Nayanthara again. “Glad to collaborate with #Nayanthara again”, he tweeted.
#Nayanthara joins the sets of thalaivar's #Darbar today @ARMurugadoss @santoshsivan @anirudhofficial #IdhuThalaivarinDarbar pic.twitter.com/tA7vhVlKBo
— Lyca Productions (@LycaProductions) April 23, 2019
Glad to collaborate with #Nayanthara again https://t.co/vhDTYHUFnF
— A.R.Murugadoss (@ARMurugadoss) April 23, 2019
The film was launched early this month with a customary pooja following which the principal shooting commenced in Mumbai. Touted to be a cop drama, the film will see Rajinikanth play an IPS officer, a role in which he'll be seen after a very long time after films like Moondru Mugam and Pandiyan.
Recently, impressed with the performance in Baaghi 2 Murugadoss has roped in Bollywood actor Pratiek Babbar to play the antagonist’s son in the film. On being signed for the project, Prateik told Mumbai Mirror, “It has been my aspiration to share screen space with a legend like Rajinikanth sir. I can’t wait to meet him and observe him on set. I have been appreciated for my characters with grey shades and I am investing my 200 percent in this role because it’s an opportunity of a lifetime.”
The makers are also in talks to rope in a leading bollywood actor to play the main antagonist. Lensman Santosh Sivan will crank the camera and Anirudh Ravichander has been signed to compose music. This will be his second successive film with Rajinikanth after Petta.
The project was originally supposed to be produced by Sun Pictures. However, they opted out of the project after their last outing with Murugadoss, Sarkar, was embroiled in controversy. Therefore, Lyca Productions took over the reins of the project. While Lyca had previously produced Rajinikanth’s 2.0, they forayed into production with Murugadoss’s Kaththi.The makers are hoping to release the film on Pongal 2020.
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