Actor Atharvaa was last seen on screen in the action film ‘100’ that also featured Hansika Motwani in the lead. Written and directed by Sam Anton, the film also has Yogi Babu, Radha Ravi, VTV Ganesh amongst others in the supporting roles.
The actor will be next seen making his acting debut in Telugu cinema with his upcoming film, Valmiki, that features Varun Tej, Mrinalini Ravi and Pooja Hegde apart from Atharvaa. The music for the film is scored by Mickey J Meyer.
The official trailer of the film released which featured Atharvaa and also has Varun Tej as the feared don Gaddalakonda Ganesh. Pooja Hegde plays his role of the love interest in the film. The film is completely different from the tone of its original, Jigarthanda.
Valmiki is the official remake of the 2014 cult gangster film, Jigarthanda that had Siddharth and Lakshmi Menon in the lead roles. While Karunakaran and Guru Somasundaram will be seen in supporting roles, Vijay Sethupathy had made a cameo appearance in the film. Actor Bobby Simha was felicitated with the National Award for his performance as the dreaded gangster Assault Sethu.