Talented young and pretty actress Varalaxmi Sarathkumar joins Maari 2 directed by Balaji Mohan. She will be playing a pivotal role in the film which already features the likes of Dhanush and Sai Pallavi as the lead. Malayalam sensation Tovino Thomas has been roped in to play the antagonist.
Balaji Mohan confirmed the news via Twitter, "The super talented @varusarath is on board #Maari2 for a pivotal role completing the casting ensemble! 🙂 Exciting to see all the characters I put on paper turning into casting 🙂"
Varu, inturn thanked Balaji Mohan and Dhanush through her reply tweet, "Thank u @dhanushkraja and @directormbalaji for having me on board...#Maari2 super excited and can’t wait to begin.!!!"
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It was an exciting announcement a few months ago, to hear that Dhanush and Balaji Mohan will be coming together for the sequel of Maari, Maari 2.
The latest update from this team is that Tovino Thomas will be playing the antagonist in the film. Wunderbar Films who will be producing the film just made it official by tweeting, "Happy to have @ttovino on board as the villain for #Maari2 :) Stay tuned for more updates on #Maari2."
It must be noted that Tovino Thomas is playing a lead role in Tharangam which is also bankrolled by Dhanush's Wunderbar Films, which is Dhanush's Malayalam debut as a producer.