Mani Ratnam's production company, Madras talkies is to bankroll his former assistant, Dhanasekharan's movie titled Vaanam Kottatum. The story and screenplay of the movie is penned by the ace director himself. Vikram Prabhu will be the male lead of the movie and along with him, the movie stars Madonna Sebastian, Aishwarya Rajessh, GV Prakash, Radhika and Sarath Kumar. According to various reports doing rounds on the internet, Aishwarya Rajessh and GV Prakash are likely to act as Vikram Prabhu's siblings in the movie.

Cinematography of Vaanam Kottatum is handled by Abhiyum Naanum-fame Preetha Jayaraman, and music is to be scored by Govind Vasantha. The movie will go on floors by the mid of July. Sources close to us updated about the movie informed us that the movie will be close to reality.

He also stated that he is already handful with the casting of Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan. An interesting fact about Vaanam Kottatum is that initially, it was supposed to be a Mani Ratnam directorial, but couldn't take it because of his commitment to Ponniyin Selvan.