Sivakarthikeyan is right now shooting for his action entertainer, Hero, directed by P.S.Mithran and produced by KJR Studios. This film's shooting is progressing at a brisk pace, that has Kalyani Priyadarshan playing the female lead. This happens to be SK's 15th film and we have now got some interesting details about his next, the untitled 16th venture directed by Pandiraj, who introduced SK to the big screen.

Bankrolled by Sun Pictures, this film was in the pre-production stages all the while, and it is now all set to enter the production. Our little birdie hints that the film will go on floors from May 8, which is just six days away. It looks like SK will join the sets of SK 16 after completing the ongoing schedule of Hero.

The details regarding the film's cast and crew is kept under wraps and we will update about it in the coming days. Sivakarthikeyan does have his hands full as his 13th film, Mr Local is gearing up to hit the screens on May 17, and rest of his films, being in different stages of production. SK's next set of directors include R Ravikumar (SK 14), P.S.Mithran (SK 15 - Hero), Pandiraj (SK 16), and Vignesh Shivn (SK 17 under Lyca).

He is also said to team up with his mentor and director Nelson Dilipkumar for his 18th film, however the project is yet to be firmed up. So for now, it looks like Siva will start to shoot for his film with Pandiraj from next week.