Director Shankar’s daughter Aditi to play the female lead in Sivakarthikeyan’s Maaveeran

We had recently reported about Sivakarthikeyan teaming up with National award winner Madonne Ashwin of ‘Mandela’ fame for an action-thriller titled ‘Maaveeran’. Filmmaker Shankar’s daughter Aditi has been signed as the female lead. The actress is making her debut with the upcoming Karthi starrer ‘Viruman’.

‘Maaveeran’ went on floors recently. Director Shankar was the chief guest at the event. The film also stars filmmaker Mysskin and veteran actress Saritha in prominent roles. The latter is making her comeback to Tamil cinema after a long gap with this film. It has music by Bharath Sankar, cinematography by Vidhu Ayyanna and editing by Philomin Raj.

Shanthi Talkies is producing ‘Maaveeran’, which has been planned as a Tamil-Telugu bilingual. It is titled as ‘Mahaveerudu’ in Telugu.