The shooting of Chiyaan Vikram's next film with director Karthik Subbaraj begins today (March 10) and the Pizza director shared the update regarding the same, this morning. Tentatively titled Chiyaan 60, this film will have music scored by Santhosh Narayanan and this marks his sixth film with Karthik Subbaraj after Pizza, Jigarthanda, Iraivi, Mercury, and Jagame Thandhiram. Initially, Chiyaan 60 was announced to have music scored by Anirudh Ravichander, but earlier today, it was revealed that Santhosh Narayanan would be scoring the music. Karthik Subbaraj thanked Anirudh for his understanding and the news created a huge buzz on social media.

Following that, one more new official update from the film has arrived, and here is what you need to know. Ace actress Simran will be playing the female lead in the film and she is expected to be paired opposite Chiyaan Vikram. Simran took to her official social media pages to share the good news with her followers and well wishers. Sharing a selfie picture with Karthik Subbaraj and Chiyaan Vikram, Simran wrote, "An exceptional opportunity to team up with #karthiksubbaraj again! 🤩 Super glad to join the dynamic father-son duo of #ChiyaanVikram and #DhruvVikram on #Chiyaan60 💪 🥳 A @musicsanthosh musical, produced by #LalitKumar Wishing the entire team the best of luck 😁".

Chiyaan 60 will mark Simran's second film with both Karthik Subbaraj and Chiyaan Vikram. While she has worked with Vikram in Gautham Vasudev Menon's directorial, Dhruva Natchathiram, she worked with director Karthik Subbaraj in the Rajinikanth starrer Petta. Details regarding the rest of the cast are expected to be known in the coming weeks. This yet to be titled film is produced by Lalit Kumar under the banner of 7 Screen Studios. Chiyaan 60 will have Dhruv Vikram playing the other lead and it is going to be exciting to see the real-life father-son share screen space together for the first time. Touted to be an intense action gangster flick, Chiyaan 60 will have cinematography by Shreyaas Krishna.

Apart from this film, Simran will also be acting in Andhagan, the Tamil remake of the critically acclaimed blockbuster film, Andhadhun. Simran will be seen acting with Prashanth in the film. Simran's last release in Tamil was the Netflix anthology, Paava Kadhaigal, in which she was a part of Gautham Vasudev Menon's directorial segment. For now, check out Simran's official social media post regarding Chiyaan 60 here: