After a short gao, Manoj Bharathiraja has been signed by producer Senthil of Sri Annamalaiyaar Studios to play the lead role in their children-based-film 13. The film will be directed by D Suresh, a long time assistant of Balaji Sakthivel. Apart from Manoj, two 6-year-old girls will also play prominent roles in this film, for which the audition are on fast progress.