Actor Vishal was last seen playing the role of a spy in director Sundar C's recent directorial Action. Apart from Vishal, Action also starred Tamannaah, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Yogi Babu and others in crucial roles. The film was produced by R. Ravindran under the banner Trident Arts.
After that, Vishal will be featuring in director Anand Shankar's upcoming directorial, who will be wielding the megaphone after the 2018 Vijay Deverakonda starrer NOTA, a political thriller.
Meanwhile, our sources close to the project have confirmed that actress Ritu Varma of Pelli Choopulu fame has been roped in to play the female lead opposite Vishal in the project. The project will be majorly shot in locations across Malaysia and the shooting is set to commence on February 2020. Ace lensman R.D. Rajasekar will be the cinematographer of the film.
Ritu Varma made her Tamil debut in Soundarya Rajinikanth's Velai Illa Pattadhaari 2 and will also be playing a prominent role in director Gautham Vasudev Menon's long delayed project 'Dhruva Natchathiram' opposite Vikram. Currently, Vishal is producing and will be featuring in Mysskin's Thupparivalan 2, which is currently in production.