Lokesh Kanagaraj, who is currently occupied with Vijay-starrer ‘Master’, was expected to direct a film starring superstar Rajinkanth, which was set to be bankrolled by Kamal Haasan’s Raaj Kamal Films International.
However, due to the Covid-19 induced lockdown, many projects, including the superstar’s current venture ‘Annaatthe’, are getting delayed. Hence, Lokesh, it is said, would do a film with Karthi before joining hands with Rajinikanth.
Sources say their new film would be a sequel to their earlier venture ‘Kaithi’. It may be recalled that while speaking to journalists late last year, Karthi said that he will be doing ‘Kaithi 2’ with Lokesh Kanagaraj.
He also said that the director called him and asked for only 30 days to finish the shoot of ‘Kaithi 2’. For his part, Lokesh took to Twitter and said, “Thanx for the overwhelming response guys,.. loved every minute in sets and the entire process of making kaithi…will cherish this forever! Thank you once again prabu sir and karthi sir for the opportunity!..To answer all your txts and calls yes“ Dilli will be back””
Dilli is the name of the character played by Karthi in the movie. Narain, Dheena, George Mariyan and Dheena have played key roles in ‘Kaithi’, produced by Prabhu. Sam CS has scored the music for the film, while Sathyan Sooryan cranked the camera.
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