Director Venkat Prabhu is all set to kickstart work on his tenth film, Maanaadu, starring STR in the lead role with music by his long-time collaborator Yuvan Shankar Raja. Touted to be an action political thriller, there has been plenty of excitement ever since the project was announced earlier this year with fans wanting to witness this team in action together for a long time. Now, there are reports stating actor Daniel Annie Pope has been approached for a role in the film being produced under Suresh Kamatchi’s V House Productions banner.

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Daniel Annie Pope has made a name for himself as an actor apart from his stint in Bigg Boss in films namely Polladhavan, Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara, Maragadha Naanayam, Rangoon, Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Solren, and most recently in Jai’s Jarugandi. Simbu’s Maanaadu has quite a lot of hype already considering filming hasn’t yet begun with production announced by Venkat Prabhu to kick-off this month. With Kalyani Priyadarshan playing the female lead and iconic veteran filmmaker cast in an important role, expectations for the film have been sky-high among fans.

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Maanaadu's talented crew also includes many reputed names among whom are Praveen K. L. taking care of the editing, Rajeevan for the art direction, Stunt Silva for the stunt choreography and Vasuki Bhaskar overseeing the costume designs. It was only a while back that STR had flown to London for a month to work on getting his physique toned down. Soon after pictures popped up online and showed Simbu’s radical physical transformation, which fans got to witness when the flamboyant superstar participated in the wedding of his brother, Kuralarasan, sometime back.

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