Official: Dhyan Sreenivasan’s debut directorial with Nivin Pauly and Nayanthara to start rolling this year

Dhyan Sreenivasan who recently got married to his long time girlfriend Aprita Sebastian is all set to wear the director’s hat. The youngster is following his brother Vineeth Sreenivasan’s path and will be making his debut as a director this year.

According to trustworthy sources, Dhyan has roped in Nivin Pauly and South India’s leading actress Nayanthara for his debut directorial. The two leading stars will be working together for the first time through this movie. This yet to be titled movie will go on floors in September. More details regarding the cast and crew are not yet known.

Nivin Pauly has an handful of exciting movies. His next release is Sidhartha Siva’s Sakhavu slated to release on April 14. He has also wrapped the shooting for Premam fame Althaf’s Njandukalude Naatil Oridavela. The actor’s second Tamil movie Richie, directed by debutant Gautham Ramachandran will hit screens on May 12. Richie is the official remake of superhit Kannada movie Ulidavaru Kandanthe.

Apart from the above mentioned movies he has also signed for movies with directors Major Ravi, Guppy fame John Paul George, Shyamaprasad (Hey Jude) and Geetu Mohandas (Moothon).

Nayanthara meanwhile is taking up some solid roles. Most of her movies of late has been women- centric with ample scope for performance. Her recent release Dora, a horror thriller, was opened to lukewarm response. She has a list of movies lined up for release like Immaika Nodigal, Aramm and Chakri Toleti’s Kolaiyathir Kalam. She was last seen in Malayalam last year in AK Sajan’s Puthiya Niyamam opposite Mammootty.