Malaysia-based independent musician, singer and actor Mugen Rao rose to fame with his memorable stint as the participant of Bigg Boss 3, thereby emerging as the show's title winner.
Post his Bigg Boss Season 3 stint, Mugen had officially signed and announced his first movie, Vettri, which is to be directed by Veppam fame director Anjana Alikhan. The movie will be bankrolled by Shirdi Productions. Anukeerthy Vas is a part of the movie too.
Post which, he had announced his next upcoming film which has been titled as Velan. Directed by Kavin Moorthy K, the film will feature a bunch of talents - Prabhu, Soori, Thambi Ramaya amongst others.
Velan has locked Meenakshi Govindharajan of Kennedy Club fame as the female lead. The film features Gopi Sundar as the music director and is bankrolled by Kalaimagan Mubarak. The first look of the film is unveiled by Dulquer Salmaan which features Mugen and Meenakshi in traditional attires. The first poster suggests that the film is a tale of a Tamil boy (Mugen) falling in love with a Keralite (Meenakshi). Check it out here -
Very happy to launch the First Look poster of @themugenrao's #Velan.
Best wishes to entire team..#VelanFirstLook
Directed by @kavin_dir @SkyManFilms @sooriofficial @kalaimagan20 @meenakshiGovin2 @DoneChannel1 @CtcMediaboy pic.twitter.com/wIQI9tZxtU
— dulquer salmaan (@dulQuer) April 26, 2021