Actor M Sasikumar is the latest addition to the cast of the Karthik Subbaraj-directed Petta. Sun Pictures, which is bankrolling the project, made the announcement via a tweet:
We are happy to announce that @SasikumarDir joins the cast of Superstar Rajini's #Petta pic.twitter.com/QQXV5h6ryl
— Sun Pictures (@sunpictures) October 5, 2018
According to a report in The New Indian Express, the actor will be seen playing a cameo in the film, the second look of which was out on Thursday evening. The poster features a young Rajinikanth, in a white dhoti and shirt, against a crimson sky.
#PettaSecondLook@rajinikanth @karthiksubbaraj @anirudhofficial @DOP_Tirru @sureshsrajan @PeterHeinOffl @vivekharshan @VijaySethuOffl @Nawazuddin_S @SimranbaggaOffc @trishtrashers pic.twitter.com/60Td9XWPmS
— Sun Pictures (@sunpictures) October 4, 2018
Apart from Rajinikanth, the film will also star other actors like Simran, Trisha, Vijay Sethupathi, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Bobby Simhaa, Megha Akash, and Sananth in important roles. Anirudh Ravichander composes music.
It is said that Sasikumar has already begun shooting his portions in Varanasi and will return to Madurai on Friday after completing the shoot. The actor had recently finished shooting for his cameo in Gautham Menon’s Enai Noki Paayum Thotta in Mumbai, in which he reportedly plays Dhanush’s brother. A photo shot on the sets was posted by Gautham Menon. ENPT will release during Deepavali, along with Vijay’s Sarkar.
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The actor is also awaiting the release of the much awaited Nadodigal 2, a sequel to 2009 Nadodigal directed by Samuthirakani. He has also signed Kombu Vatcha Singamda with director SR Prabhakaran with whom he had earlier done Sundarapandian.
Director Karthik Subbaraj rose to fame with the horror drama Pizza in 2012. His Jigarthanda with Siddharth, Bobby Simha and Lakshmi Menon in the lead was one of the best films in the year 2014. He followed it up with Iraivi and Mercury which received a lukewarm response from the audience. Rajinikanth, on the other hand, is awaiting the release of 2.0, the sequel to Shankar’s Enthiran. Made on a massive budget of over Rs 500 crore, the film also stars Akshay Kumar and Amy Jackson. The 3D teaser of the film was released recently.