Chennai, March 25 Actor Rio Raj, whose last film, 'Aan Paavam Polladhadhu', was a huge success, announced on Wednesday that his next film would be titled 'Maddy'.
Sources close to the film's production team, a romantic comedy, revealed that Karthikeyan BK is directing the film and Kalai Arasu is producing it. Kalai Arasu is a co-producer in Sivakarthikeyan Productions.
Actor Rio Raj shared the title poster of his upcoming film on his X timeline, writing, "Happy to reveal the title of our next — #Maddy. A rom-com packed with love & laughter. Starring @rioraj & @SaniyaIyappan. Written & Directed by @karthikeyannav. A @dhibuofficial Musical. Produced by @KalaiArasu_ @RJVijayOfficial @AjuVarghesee @praveenpothan17 #PradeepRaj."
The film will feature Sania Iyappan as the female lead and will be a high-entertainment romantic comedy.
Besides Sania Iyappan, the film will also feature comedians Singam Puli and RJ Vijay in important roles. Another interesting aspect of the film is that Malayalam actor Aju Varghese is expected to play a prominent role.
Sources say that the film unit plans to complete the entire filming process in two schedules. "The first schedule will be around 20 days and will be entirely in Chennai. For the second schedule, the team will shoot some portions in Chennai and is considering shooting some portions outside Chennai. They are currently considering the possibility of filming some portions of the film in Goa," said a source in the unit.
On the technical front, the film will have cinematography by Praveen K Pothan and music by Malayalam music director Dhibu Ninan Thomas.
The film's editing will be done by Lawrence Kishore, and the costumes will be designed by Priya Ravi. Pradeep Raj will be the production designer of this film, which will have Jaison Jose and Daniel Jefferson working on its sound design.