Director Vishnu Vardhan is known figure in Kollywood and he has worked with Thala Ajith in two films, namely, Billa and Arrambam. His last film in Kollywood was Yatchan that starred Arya and Kreshna in lead roles with music by Yuvan Shankar Raja. It was announced last year that Vishnu's next project will be in Bollywood and it would be the biopic of the Kargil War hero, Vikram Batra, fondly known as Sher Shaah. Bollywood director Karan Johar is producing this film in association with Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Shabbir Boxwala, Ajay Shah and Himanshu Gandhi.

The film has also been titled as Sher Shaah and it was revealed earlier today. Siddharth Malhotra will play the titular character and that was already revealed. The latest official announcement is about the film's leading lady and the shooting update. The current hot sensation, Kiara Advani of Bharat Ane Nenu and Kabir Singh fame will play the female lead.

The shoot is expected to begin very soon and director Vishnu took to his Twitter space to update on this project. The rest of the details is expected to be revealed soon and until that stay tuned. Vishnu is also simultaneously busy producing a web series that is in the preproduction stages.