Sardar is an upcoming spy crime thriller film written and directed by P. S. Mithran and produced by S. Lakshman Kumar under the banner of Prince Pictures. The film stars Karthi who will be seen playing a dual role - one as a police officer and one as an aging convict. The film also stars Raashi Khanna as the female lead with Laila, Rajisha Vijayan, Murali Sharma, and Chunky Panday. G. V. Prakash Kumar has been brought in to score the music for the film, replacing Yuvan Shankar Raja, who had been Mithran's regular composer to date, while George C. Williams is the cinematographer, Ruben as its editor, and Dhilip Subbarayan, who also worked in Ajith Kumar starrer Valimai, to be in charge of the stunt choreography. The film marks Bollywood actor Chunky Pandey's debut in the Tamil film industry and actress Laila's comeback to the silver screen after nearly 16 years.
- EXCITING NEWS: Laila to make her comeback in Tamil cinema after 16 years with this biggie!
- Intriguing new Glimpse from Sardar released - Unexpected big surprise for Karthi fans!
- Karthi's latest emotional statement on completing 15 years in Tamil cinema - here it is!
- Karthi shoots in Madurai after 14 long years - exciting update on Viruman!
The shooting of Sardar started way back on 26 April 2021 but due to the second wave of the infamous COVID-19 pandemic, the shooting halted on 29 April 2021 after just two days of shooting in Chennai. But ever since the situation died down and restrictions became relaxed, the crew was back shooting the film full-fledged. Currently, the team is out doing a song shoot. It has been going on for some days now and this can be confirmed via Raashi Khanna who posted sneak peaks of the shoot on her Instagram handle where one can see the dreamy set.
Raashi Khanna has been consistent with her performances in both the Tamil and Telugu industries. She is not eyeing the world of Bollywood as she all set to make her debut there with the thriller action film Yodha opposite to Sidharth Malhotra. Raashi Khanna has also signed up to be a part of Raj and DK's upcoming web show starring Shahid Kapoor and Thalapathy Vijay.