Sivakarthikeyan, who was last seen on screen in Mr Local, has three projects in various stages of production. One among the projects is a film with director Pandiraj and it is currently dubbed SK 16, which also stars Anu Emmanuel and Aishwarya Rajesh as the leading ladies.
The latest report is that the film, tipped to be a rural romantic entertainer, will hit the screens on September 27. Earlier, the film was planned as Pongal 2020 release but Pandiraj, who has already started shooting, wants to wrap up project in the next two months as he has another commitment with Suriya. Sun Pictures, which is bankrolling the project, is yet to officially announce the release date.
The supporting cast of SK 16 features Yogi Babu, Soori, Samuthirakani and RK Suresh, Natarajan and Bharathiraja in pivotal roles. Nirav Shah has been roped in to crank the camera, while Antony Ruben will take care of editing.
Veera Samar has been signed as the art director. Following the runaway success of Kadai Kutty Singam, Pandiraj was supposed to immediately work with Suriya. However, due to the actor’s multiple other commitments, he was asked to go ahead with his project with Sivakarthikeyan. D Imman has been roped in to compose music.
Sivakarthikeyan is currently juggling between three projects. Having recently begun shooting for PS Mithran’s Hero, which marks the Tamil debut of Kalyani Priyadarshan Siva also has the yet-untitled science-fiction film with Ravi kumar.
He also has a project with Siva in the pipeline and if everything goes as planned, this yet-untitled film will go on the floors from July or August. He also has a film with Vignesh Shivn in the pipeline.
Meanwhile, Sivakarthikeyan's third production venture to be directed by Director Arun Prabhu Purushothaman, who made a splash with his critically-acclaimed debut film Aruvi. The title and first look of the film were released on Wednesday to coincide with Sivakarthikeyan father's birth anniversary.
Titled, Vaazhl the film marks the third production venture of Sivakarthikeyan after Kanaa and Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu Odu Raja.
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