Mumbai-based Marathi actress Aaditi Pohankar has been signed to play the lead heroine in Santhanam’s ongoing rom-com with filmmaker Selvaraghavan. The team is currently shooting in Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad. Earlier, Sai Pallavi and Taapsee were rumored to be in talks for the project.
Santhanam is said to don a new makeover for the film, which is set against the IT backdrop. Loganathan of Ustad Hotel fame is handling the cinematography and Yuvan Shankar Raja will compose music for the project which is tentatively titled Mannavan Vanthaanadi. Selvaraghavan is planning to wrap up the shooting before the end of February. Funding for this project is made by Sushant Prasad of Film Department who earlier produced Jai’s Pugazh.