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It came as a pleasant surprise, when the news of Siva Karthikeyan and Hansika joining together for a project came our way. Now, sources close to the team have confirmed that the film has been titled Maan Karate (the term Maan Karate features in the Vikram starrer Gemini). Another surprise addition to the cast list is Vidyut Jamwal. He and comedian Satish, who featured in Ethir Neechal will be playing very important characters in the film, claims our source.

Director AR Murugadoss has joined Madhan of Escape Artistes Motion Pictures to produce the film on a large scale and the director himself will be working on the story and screenplay. One of his own assistants, Thirukumaran would be helming the film.

Sukumar has been roped in as the cinematographer and will start shooting from July 13th. The team will shoot at Chennai, Bangalore and Athirapally during the first schedule. Later, they will fly to Malta to shoot a couple of songs. Anirudh has been asked to compose five songs for the film.