The shooting of Atharvaa's new film with director Sarkunam began today (August 4) in Thanjavur with the main cast. Director Sarkunam, who is known for making quality films like Kalavani, and Vaagai Sooda Vaa, is reuniting with Atharvaa in this new project, after their first outing, Chandi Veeran. This film will be bankrolled by A Subaskaran under the banner of Lyca Productions and the film has been planned to be shot on a grand scale. The film features veteran actor Rajkiran in a very important role, while Radikaa Sarathkumar, Jaypee, RK Suresh, Singam Puli, Ravi Khale, Bala Saravanan, Raj Ayyappa, GM Kumar, and others play supporting characters.
This film is tentatively called Production No 22, marking Lyca's 22nd production venture. Popular Kannada actress Ashika Ranganath has been roped in to play the female lead in this film and this will mark her debut in Tamil cinema. The official announcement regarding the female lead was made this morning, along with the commencement of the shoot. The makers have confirmed in an official statement that the shoot will take place as per the Covid 19 protocols.
The film will also be completed in a single schedule from start to finish without any break. Starting from today, the shoot will happen for the next 50 days. We can expect the film to be wrapped up by mid-September. This untitled film will be an entertaining family drama that will have a mix of all emotions. Ghibran will be composing music for this film, while Loganathan will be handling the cinematography. Raja Mohammed takes care of the editing. GKM Tamil Kumaran will be heading the production of this film for Lyca Productions.
Atharvaa has two films ready for release - Kuruthi Aattam and Thalli Pogathey. Kuruthi Aattam is an action drama, directed by Sri Ganesh of 8 Thottakkal fame and has music composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Thalli Pogathey is a romantic film directed by R Kannan. Thalli Pogathey is the official Tamil remake of the Telugu film, Ninnu Kori.