Lakshmi Menon to romance Karthi in his next, Yuvan joins the crew!

As Karthi Sivakumar is busy with his untitled film (likely to be either Madras or Kaali) directed by Pa. Ranjith of Attakathi fame, he is gearing up for his upcoming film with director M. Muthaiah of Kutti Puli fame. The film is tentavitely titled Komban. The team has roped in the dusky damsel Lakshmi Menon to play the lead role opposite Karthi. This is the first time she is paired with Karthi in her career.

The shooting likely to begin from the second week of June. The story is said to be in the backdrop of Ramanathapuram and major portions of the film will be shot there. Yuvan Shankar Raja tryst with Karthi has been fruitful with scintillating hits in Paiyyaa, Paruthiveeran, Naan Mahaan Alla and Biriyani. The duo is joining hands for a fifth time. “Karthi has already started working on his look for the film, which has an action-oriented script. It will mostly be a start-to-finish schedule. While Yuvan is most likely to join the crew, the other details for this Studio Green Production movie are being firmed up now,” says a source.