Abhay Deol to play the villain in Sivakarthikeyan’s Hero

As reported by us, Sivakarthikeyan is teaming up with ‘Irumbuthirai’ fame PS Mithran for a new film titled ‘Hero’. The movie is being produced by RD Raja’s 24 AM Studios and KJR Studios. Touted to action-thriller, the movie already stars ‘action king’ Arjun, Ivana and Kalyani Priyadarshan. Latest to join the cast is Bollywood actor Abhay Deol.

Abhay is well known for his performances in films like ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’, ‘Manorama Six Feet Under’ and ‘Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye’. ‘Hero’ marks his debut in Tamil and he will be seen as the villain in this movie. It will be quite exciting to see Sivakarthikeyan locking horns with a powerful actor like Abhay Deol.

According to director Mithran, ‘Hero’ will be on the lines of his directorial debut ‘Irumbuthirai’, with a very relevant social message in it. George C Willaims is cranking the camera and Ruben handles the edits. Yuvan Shankar Raja has been signed as the music director.