After a stellar career as an anchor and an actor on the small screens, Rio made quite the transition to the big screens with his debut lead role in the movie Nenjam Undu Nermai Undu Odu Raja, which hit the screens earlier this year. It then came to light that he would be playing the antagonist in his next celluloid project - Kadhal Ondru Kanden. It was recently confirmed that Rio's next project as a lead would be with director Badri Venkatesh of Bana Kathadi and Semma Bodha Aagaathey fame. This project is to be bankrolled by the new production house Positive Print Studios! Rajesh Kumar and L Sinthan are the men behind this banner, which is venturing into production with this new project!

Bala Saravanan roped in for Rio Raj Badri Venkatesh project

We now have a new update about an interesting cast addition to this project! The production house has announced that comedian and character artiste Bala Saravanan has been brought on board this new project! A tweet from the company's Twitter handle announced this news and Rio Raj also welcomed his dear brother on board and Bala Saravanan reciprocated the love and expressed his gratitude to the makers for this opportunity. This new project is to have Ramya Nambessan as the female lead and will have music by the one and only Yuvan Shankar Raja.

Bala Saravanan roped in for Rio Raj Badri Venkatesh project

The cast of this new venture includes stars like MS Bhaskar, Aadukalam Naren, Robo Shankar, Santhana Bharathi, Livingston, Munishkanth and Rekha. Sam RDX will be taking care of the editing while B Rajashekar will be handling the camera. RK is penning the dialogues and Saravanan will be taking care of the art department. This movie is based on a story written by AC Karunamoorthy and the shoot is said to be planned in locales across different portions of both North and South India. Stay tuned for updates...

Bala Saravanan roped in for Rio Raj Badri Venkatesh project

Check out the announcement tweet here: