Actor STR was last seen in films like Mani Ratnam's Chekka Chivantha Vaanam and Sundar C's Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven. It was earlier reported that he will be doing a political film with Venkat Prabhu, titled Maanadu, that will be bankrolled by Suresh Kamatchi.
However, rumours started floating on the internet that the film has been droppped. Producer Suresh Kamatchi took to his twitter handle to put an end to all those rumours. He denied them and said:
"Request to stop the Rumours that the movie is been dropped. It is not that easy to start a movie as u stop it by your silly Rumour
#Maanadu is on.
Discussions and pre-production is on full swing.
Details about the movie and schedule to be revealed soon."
This is Venkat Prabhu's next film after Chennai 28 - II that released in 2016. He is also directing a film called Party, that has Jai, Shaam, Mirchi Shiva, Nivetha Pethuraj, Regina Cassandra and Sanchitha Shetty among others, playing crucial roles. Stay tuned for more updates.