Manju Warrier signed as the female lead in Dhanush’s Asuran

As reported by us earlier, Dhanush and director Vetrimaaran are joining hands once again, for a new movie titled ‘Asuran’. The movie which is reportedly based on the novel ‘Vekkai’ by Poomani is all set to start rolling from January 26. GV Prakash will be handling the music department. A massive announcement was made today by Dhanush through his social media handle. Leading Malayalam actress Manju Warrier has been signed as the female lead in ‘Asuran’. Dhanush has tweeted,

#asuran – update .. the evergreen Manju Warrier will be playing the female lead. Excited to share screen space and learn from this amazing talent.

Though Manju Warrier has been in the industry for nearly two decades, unlike other heroines, she has only acted in Malayalam movies. ‘Asuran’ marks her acting debut in Tamil and she could not have asked for a better team to start with. Earlier, Manju was also in talks with director Arivazhagan for a thriller flick but it didn’t materialize.

Dhanush and Vetrimaran form one of the most successful combos in Kollywood. They have collaborated for acclaimed films like ‘Polladhavan’, ‘Aadukalam’ and ‘Visaranai’. ‘Aadukalam’ alone won six awards at the National level. ‘Visaranai’, which was co-produced by Dhanush, apart from winning multiple National awards, was also India’s official submissions to the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.

Their recent outing ‘Vada Chennai’ was successful at the box office and won widespread critical acclaim. A three part saga
The first part of their three-part gangster saga was released last October. Around 20% of the second part has already been shot. Renaming works will be resumed once they finish ‘Asuran’.