Arun Vijay is teaming up with director Karthik Naren for Mafia. Reports are that the filmmakers have fixed on the title Mafia and were planning to unveil it along with the first look poster but it has made it to the media before the official announcement.
The groundwork for this film has begun and the shooting is expected to commence later next month. Mafia will be bankrolled by Lyca Productions. Nivetha Pethuraj has been roped in to play the female lead in this flick.
Aravind Samy was the initial choice to play the lead role in this film but the role eventually went to Arun Vijay. The actor was impressed with the script that Karthik Naren came up with that he couldn’t refuse, say sources.
In the meantime, Arun Vijay is currently busy with the Tamil film Agni Siragugal and the multilingual Saaho, with Prabhas in the lead. He has also inked the deal to star in Boxer. Arun Vijay will undergo special training in Mixed Martial Arts at the Lienphong Martial Center in Vietnam for this film, we hear.
Wielding the megaphone for this film will be debut director Vivek. Ritika Singh, the well known boxer, will be playing the female lead in Boxer and she will appear as a sports journalist. Leon James has been roped in to compose tunes for this flick.
Arun Vijay’s Agni Siragugal is an action thriller film directed by Naveen and produced by T Siva under his banner Amma Creations. The film has Vijay Anthony playing the lead role with Arun Vijay in a pivotal role.
Shalini Pandey is the film's heroine with Nasser and Prakash Raj in supporting roles. Achu Rajamani is composing music for this film with Sathyan Sooryan cranking the camera and NB Srikanth editing it.
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