As reported by us, Mani Ratnam's next would be big budget multi-starrer with the backing experienced crew including AR Rahman for music, Santhosh Shivan for the camera and Sreekar Prasad for editing.
Now the official PRO of the film Nikhil Murugan has issued a press note confirming the project. This is Madras Talkies' 17th film and the cast who are officially on board, for now, are, Arvind Swami, Simbu, Vijay Sethupathy, Fahadh Fassil, Jyothika and Aishwarya
Rajesh. Earlier names like Dulquer Salman, Ram Charan, and others were rumored to act in this project. The shoot for this mega budget multi-starrer movie will start from January 2018. More details awaited
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.