Director Karthick Naren made a splash in Tamil cinema in 2016 with his directorial debut, Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru, which went on to become a stunning commercial as well as commercial success. After Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru became a box office hit, all sights were set on his next film, Naragasooran, which has since then seen quite a lot of controversy regarding its release and is yet to hit screens. In the meantime, director Karthick Naren set ahead for his next project, Mafia, with Arun Vijay and Priya Bhavani Shankar in the lead roles. Touted to be an action gangster crime thriller, the film is being produced under the Lyca Productions banner. Production on the film kicked off sometime back with Priya Bhavani Shankar now making an emotional announcement on her social networking pages that the Mafia first schedule has been wrapped up while showering praises on the entire team. Check out her statement as well as a behind-the-scenes shooting spot picture below:

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Titled Mafia - Chapter 1, we now know there will indeed be a second installment to the film, which Prasanna playing the role of the antagonist with the crew comprising of composer Jakes Bejoy, cinematographer Gokul Benoy, editor Sreejith Sarang, art director Siva Sankar, stunt choreographer Don Ashok, lyricist Vivek and Executive Producer Sundarraj.

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