‘Mental Manadhil’: Selvaraghavan’s film with GV Prakash Kumar goes on floors
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Mental Manadhil, filmmaker Selvaraghavan’s upcoming film with actor, composer and producer GV Prakash Kumar, went on floors today with a pooja ceremony
Mental Manadhil, filmmaker Selvaraghavan’s upcoming film with actor, composer and producer GV Prakash Kumar, went on floors today (December 22) with a pooja ceremony.
Parallel Universe Pictures, Prakash’s production banner backing the film, announced the news on their social media handles.
Mental Manadhil has garnered a lot of hype since the film marks the eminent filmmaker’s return to the romance genre after 2007’s Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule.
Madhuri Jain plays the female lead in the film. Other details regarding the plot and the cast are yet to be announced.
Apart from starring in and producing the film, Prakash, who earlier composed music for Selvaraghavan’s Aayirathil Oruvan (2010) and Mayakkam Enna (2011), will also score music for Mental Manadhil.
On the technical side, the film has cinematography by Arun Ramakrishnan and editing by Balaji.
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