Udhayanidhi Stalin's wife and director Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi's next film will star Kalidas Jayaram and Tanya Ravichandran in the lead roles and the official announcement on the project was made through Twitter Spaces session. It is going to be quite exciting and refreshing to see these two talented young actors together and let us hope that the movie strikes a chord with the audience. This untitled film is said to be a travel based romantic drama. Produced by Sagar Pentela under the banner of Rise East Entertainment, the film features Poornima Bhagyaraj, Viji Chandrasekhar, Kaali Venkat, Karunakaran, in supporting roles.

The film has cinematography by Richard M Nathan, while the music and editing is taken care of by Simon K King and Lawrence Kishore respectively. The shooting of the film kickstarted today (August 17) and the team marked the beginning of the shoot by planting tree saplings. The pictures from the first day shoot of the movie are doing good rounds on social media. The additional exciting update is that this film will have a direct OTT release on Zee 5 streaming platform. Films like Malaysia to Amnesia, Oru Pakka Kathai, Lock Up had direct releases on Zee 5 and the upcoming Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi directorial will be the company's next venture.

Confirming the news, a tweet from the official Twitter handle of Zee 5 read, "We are super excited to announce ZEE5's next with Director Kiruthiga Udhaynidhi. The shoot began today with the planting of saplings!". This film will mark Kiruthiga's third directorial venture after Vanakkam Chennai and Kaali. On the other hand, Kalidas Jayaram has turned out to be a highly promising actor in recent times - thanks to his impressive performances in Paava Kadhaigal, Putham Pudhu Kaalai, and more.

Up next, Kalidas will be seen playing a crucial role in Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasan's Vikram, directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. For now, check out the latest official announcement on the start of Kalidas Jayaram - Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi's flm here: