Jackie Shroff in Aaranya Kaandam

Aaranya Kaandam stars Jackie Shroff, his debut role in Tamil. It�has Ravi Krishna and Sampath Raj in�lead roles. Directed by ad filmmaker Thiagarajan Kumararaja and produced by S.P.B. Charan under his banner Capital Film Works, the shooting has been in progress for a long time. Cinematography is by P.S. Vinod.

The climax is being shot today at Binny Mills with Sampath; this may be his last day of shooting for the film.�Music is scored by Yuvanshankar Raja, and is most likely to be released by August 2009.

The story is said to revolve around�underworld gangsters�in Chennai, and draws inspiration from the epic Ramayana. Jackie Shroff, who hails from Bollywood, plays a significant role and is thrilled about the way the film has turned out so far.

S.P.B. Charan had earlier produced�Mazhai, Chennai 600028 has come out with yet another clean entertainer. Naanayam is his other film which is under production.