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Even as Simbu is busy fulfilling his commitments for Vaalu, there is a cloud of doubt over the status of Vettai Mannan. Still there continues to be high anticipation over his future projects. The latest buzz from the industry is that acclaimed National award winning director Pandiraj has signed up Simbu for his next outing.

Talking to Behindwoods, director Pandiraj has confirmed the signing and reveals that it will be a city based love story. The film is expected to be a romantic comedy and the director will be spending the next couple of months readying the script. Simbu is presently in London for an event and will be returning to Chennai in a few days.

Any STR film is likely to have an x-factor in terms of the music and this project will have one too, in the form of STR’s younger brother Kural Arasan. Pandiraj says that he had met with Kural who had almost 150 tunes ready and heard about 10 of them and decided that he would like to make use of the young man's talent in this film.

The project will be made under the combined production of Simbu and Pandiraj. Other details regarding the heroine, crew and the title of the project is expected to be decided upon in the coming weeks.