After the release of AAA, STR had announced on his Twitter page that he would be starting a new project to be directed by himself. He even said that the project would be in English and not in any regional language. Yuvan Shankar Raja was appointed to take over the music, and Santosh Sivan was said to be the cinematographer for this script written by Simbu and Gautham Vasudev Menon. The editing department was announced to be handled by ace editor Anthony.
After the announcement, we did not receive any updates from STR's side until it was said that he would be starring in Mani Ratnam's next. Now, finally, we have clarity on the news. Sources close to the star inform us that he will be starting the shooting for this English project by the end of October. It is expected that he will complete the shooting by December and join Mani Ratnam's sets from January 2018.
This is some exciting information from Simbu's side, and we hope we get to see this film soon!
Mani Ratnam's next film is getting bigger by the day. You find one big star adding to cast list every day. Recently we had reported that Simbu, Vijay Sethupathi and Jyothika would be part of this multi-starrer. Now the latest we hear is the film would supposedly have 4 heroes and 4 heroines.
The heroes list have apparently been finalized while the audition work is on for 2 more female leads. Here is the list of actors who have been ostensibly roped in for this project as of now:
Heroes - Arvind Swami, Simbu, Vijay Sethupathi and Fahad Fassil
Heroines - Jyothika and Aishwarya Rajesh (2 heroines yet to be decided)
AR Rahman is expected to take care of the music department while Santhosh Sivan will handle the cinematography.