Chennai, March 7 – Comedian-turned-hero Santhanam, who is now playing the lead role in director Sudhaman Krishna's upcoming film, has revealed that the film will be a time-loop thriller.
The actor, who shared a video clip of the film's launch event on his social media accounts, wrote, "Happy to collaborate with @K7Studiosoffl @venusinfotain @kjganesh082 & @VijayKCelliah for an interesting time-loop based thriller. Shooting is in progress… need all your blessings. Directed by #SudhamanKrishna. @nivaskprasanna @gopikaramesh @dhivakargj @KingsleyReddin #GeorgeMarian @TheDhaadiBoy @ImFouzee #TSR @Richardmnathan @dhilipaction @Cinemainmygenes @jackiart @tuneyjohn @pryaravii #Yezhil @iamraghavan @TheBrandMax @pro_sathish @S2MediaOfficial."
The yet-to-be-titled film, which will be Santhanam's 20th film and therefore tentatively referred to as Santa20, will feature Gopika Ramesh in the female lead role.
In addition to Santhanam and Gopika Ramesh, the film will also feature comedians Jenson Diwakar, Redin Kingsley, George Marian, Pradeep Antony, TSR, and Fouziee in important roles.
Director Sudhaman Krishna has written the story for this film himself. Sources say that the film's launch event took place a few days ago, and the crew has been shooting for the film since then. A source from the production unit revealed that the team had been shooting at ECR in Chennai for almost a week, and that the work was progressing at a fast pace.
The film unit has a talented technical team. The film's music will be composed by the talented Nivas K Prasanna. The cinematography for the film will be handled by Richard M Nathan, one of the best cinematographers in the industry. Priya Ravi will design the costumes for the film. The stunts in the film will be choreographed by Dhilip Subbarayan, while the editing will be handled by Praveen K L, who has won a National Award.
The film, which is being produced by K J Ganesh and Vijay K Celliah, has Karthick Anandakrishnan serving as its executive producer.