Arjun Sarja is excited at the same time thrilled to work with Mani Ratnam. It is because he is teaming up with the maverick filmmaker for the first time. Well, the actor has confirmed the news that he has signed the forthcoming multilingual movie, which is reportedly titled Pookadai.



Speaking to a leading daily, Arjun Sarja said that he has been roped in to the film but denied that he is playing the role of a baddie in upcoming Tamil movie. The actor, who is not keen to reveal the details about his character, claimed that he is playing the central character.


Mani Ratnam’s next movie will star veteran actor Karthik’s son Gautham in the lead role. For the female lead roles, yesteryear actress Radha’s daughter Tulasi and Parthiban’s daughter Keerthana are reportedly being considered.
However, the filmmaker has finalized the crew for the forthcoming multilingual film. His favourite musician AR Rahman will be scoring the music, whereas, Rajeev Menon will be handling the camera.