Actor Vikram Prabhu made heads turn last year with two credible performances in the drama thriller, 60 Vayadu Maaniram and the action thriller, Thuppakki Munai, opposite Hansika Motwani.

Since then, Vikram Prabhu has gone on to land the lead role in a few notable upcoming action thriller projects that include Walter with director U. Anbarasan and Asura Guru with A. Raajdheep, who makes his directorial debut. Furthermore, we had revealed that the actor would be seen in a film to be produced under Mani Ratnam’s Madras Talkies banner, which would also feature Aishwarya Rajesh, Madonna Sebastian, Sarathkumar and Raadhika Sarathkumar.

Having said that, it was revealed a while back that Vikram Prabhu will next be doing a film under the Potential Studios banner to be directed by Tamilarasan, a former associate of Vetrimaaran, with cinematography by Vella Raja fame Madhesh Manickam.

Now, the news has come out that actress Ritu Varma is holding discussions with Potential Studios to play the female lead role opposite Vikram Prabhu with talks nearing its final stages. Although not much is know at present regarding the project, it is said it will be based on a shocking real life incident that happened in Tamil Nadu.

It must be noted Ritu Varma has gone on to become a big name in the Telugu film industry and also made her debut in Tamil cinema in a pivotal role in Dhanush’s Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 and will next be seen as the female lead in Gautham Menon’s long-awaited action spy thriller, Dhruva Natchathiram opposite ‘Chiyaan’ Vikram and in Dulquer Salmaan's rom com, Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal.