Confirming previous reports, the makers of Anushka Shetty and Madhavan’s upcoming horror thriller have announced that Hollywood actor Michael Madsen will be part of the movie.
Arjun Reddy fame Shalini Pandey, Anjali, and Subbaraju are also part of the cast. The yet-to-be-titled movie directed by Hemanth Madhukar, is being planned as a multilingual. It will go on floors from March, a tweet from the makers said.
Official announcement regarding the Tamil version of our film with Madhavan, Anushka, Anjali, Shalini Pandey, Subbaraju etc.. will come soon.. shooting begins from March ?Nothing is official till then. @peoplemediafcy @KonaFilmCorp
— kona venkat (@konavenkat99) February 21, 2019
Michael Madsen is best known for starring in Quentin Tarantino movies like Kill Bill and Reservoir Dogs. Earlier it was reported that the Bollywood movie, produced by Kona Venkat, was titled Silence. The story is set in the US and is believed to be a crossover movie.
According to a TNIE report, a source close to the movie said, “This is going to be a silent film. It will release simultaneously in Tamil and Hindi. The movie will portray Anushka in a performance-oriented role. Madhavan’s is going to be an interesting character. Besides them, the project will also have an international star cast.”
“The story is set in Seattle and it will be the first Indian film to be shot completely over there,” added the source.
Silence has been jointly scripted by director Hemant and Gopi Mohan. Music for the movie is by Gopi Sundar.
We are proud to announce our Stellar cast & crew @ActorMadhavan #AnushkaShetty @actorsubbaraju @yoursanjali @ShaliniPandeyyy #Kiranstudios @peoplemediafcy @konavenkat99 #Hemanthmadhukar #Gopisundar @DoneChannel1 @LLCoffl
Title wil be announced soon…#MadhavanAnushkaNext pic.twitter.com/f5m3mVVVgF
— CosmosEntertainments (@CosmosEntoffl) February 21, 2019
The film marks the reunion of Shetty and Madhavan after 12 years. They were last seen together in the Tamil film Rendu, which was incidentally the actress’ Tamil debut.
Shoot for the film was supposed to begin by September 2018, but it is now reported that it will begin by March this year.
R Madhavan was last seen in the Telugu movie Savyasachi. Featuring Nag Chaitanya in the lead, Madhavan played the main antagonist in the movie. Anushka Shetty, who was part of the Baahubali franchise, was last seen in Bhaagmathie. The horror thriller directed by G Ashok, released simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu.
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