AR Rahman on board for Vikram’s next

Ajay Gnanamuthu of Imaikka Nodigal fame has roped in AR Rahman for his next, which stars Chiyaan Vikram in the lead. Tentatively tiled Vikram 58, the action thriller is being made as a trilingual in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

Sources say that Vikram 58 will be a slick thriller and shoot will begin in August and plans are on for release in summer 2020. A first-look poster was unveiled in May, and while most details about the project are being kept under wraps, the buzz is that Vikram plays a photographer in the film.

The actor currently awaits the release of the Tamil action thriller Kadaram Kondan and he also has a project with Mani Ratnam lined up.

In a recent media interaction, Vikram confirmed signing Ratnam’s next, a film adaptation of the Tamil epic novel, Ponniyin Selvan.