Director Karthik Subbaraj started off 2019 with the blockbuster hit Petta, which had Superstar Rajinikanth in the lead and had an ensemble cast including Vijay Sethupathi, Simran, Trisha, Sasikumar, Megha Akash, Bobby Simha and a number of other leading stars. This movie released for Pongal and turned out to generate huge amounts at the Box Office. Following Petta, Karthik Subbaraj has moved on to his next movie. This time, he is directing Rajini's son-in-law Dhanush, for a new project which is going by the working title D40! However, it is also widely known that Karthik Subbaraj is not just a director but a producer too, who backs quality work - be in short films or feature films or even web-series. We now have a special update on one such new venture...

Pa Ranjith launches first look of Karthik Subbaraj production Alli

Karthik Subbaraj produces movies through his Stone Bench Originals banner and this banner has now backed a bilingual project. This independent movie, directed by Sanal Kumar Sasidharan, stars Joju George, Nimisha and debutante Akhil Vishwanath in important roles. Titled Chola in Malayalam, this movie's Tamil dubbed version has been named Alli. This is an independent movie which has released in Malayalam on December 6th and will also have its Tamil release, this month. Chola has already been screened at a number of international film festivals and has received a lot of acclaim. Acclaimed director Pa Ranjith released the first look of Alli, through his Twitter handle.

Pa Ranjith launches first look of Karthik Subbaraj production AlliPa Ranjith launches first look of Karthik Subbaraj production Alli

Karthik Subbaraj's Stone Bench company has come out with a new wing - Stone Bench Indies, to produce and release independent movies and support independent filmmakers to realise their dreams. There are a lot of projects in production under the Stone Bench banner. These include Penguin with Keerthy Suresh in the lead, Bhoomika with Aishwarya Rajesh and another feature film with Vaibhav in the lead. Apart from these, this banner also has two web-series under production.

Pa Ranjith launches first look of Karthik Subbaraj production Alli

Check out the first look tweet here: