Santosh Sivan

Ace cinematographer and filmmaker Santoshan Sivan will be directing Vikrant Massey and Vijay Sethupathi in his next. The film has been titled Mumbaikar. The film also stars Tanya Maniktala, Hridhu Haroon, Sanjay Mishra, Ranvir Shorey and Sachin Khedekar in pivotal roles.Karan Johar took to his Twitter handle to announce the title of the film along with a poster with the face of the cast. Sharing the poster, Karan wrote, "Promises to be a stunning cinematic experience! A @santoshsivan film!!! @VijaySethuOffl @masseysahib #tanyamaniktala #hridhuharoon #sanjaymishra @RanvirShorey #sachinkhedekar my best wishes to this exceptionally talented team of artists!"Promises to be a stunning cinematic experience! A Mumbaikar is the remake of the 2017 Tamil action thriller, Maanagaram which was directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. This film will make Vijay Sethupathi's debut in Hindi cinema. The actor who was initally supposed to star in Aamir Khan's Laal Singh Chaddha,backed out of the project. According to producer Shibu Thameens, Massey will be seen playing a young angry man in the film, a role that is completely different from anything that he has done so far.

Vikrant Massey, who is going to have an eventful 2021, is looking forward to kick-starting the shoot of his next which will be helmed by Santosh Sivan. What makes this project even more interesting is the fact that the talented actor will be sharing screen space with South star, Vijay Sethupathi, in the film. The latter has been roped in to play a pivotal part in it.While much is not known about the dynamic between their characters, we are sure that the powerhouses are sure to set the screen on fire with their acting prowess. The yet-untitled project, which will be directed by the ace cinematographer, is going to be the Hindi remake of the 2017 Tamil action thriller, Maanagaram.According to producer Shibu Thameens, Massey will be seen playing a young angry man in the film, a role that is completely different from anything that he has done so far.

After the successful Vicky Donor, director Shoojit Sircar is now all set to make epic drama titled Jaffna (starring John Abraham), that's set on the Sri Lankan Liberation Tigers Of Tamil Eelam (LTTE's) struggle for separatism. John will be seen playing a fictional character in this film.

Talking about this film, Sircar said that it will not dilute the LTTE issue in anyway, and that there is no point in taking up a theme and not going all the way with it. He explained that this film of his will be as self-defeating as making a film on sperm donation (Vicky Donor) without any mention of sperms or sex! He also added that his film will feature look-alikes of well-known political personalities from the LTTE episodes in Indian history, including LTTE founder Prabhakaran. As far as the locations of the film are concerned, he will be shooting most of his film in South India (mostly Kerala and Tamil Nadu). He also added that he may sneak into Sri Lanka to shoot a bit in the city of Jaffna, which is in shambles as he knows that he will not be able to get the same spirit of devastation in another location. He plans to revisit the peak of the LTTE movement 1984-85 onwards.

Sailing in the same boat (read 'subject plot') is none other than Santosh Sivan (he made The Terrorist almost 13 years ago), who is now getting ready with his film titled Ceylon, something that had been in his mind for many years. Talking about his film, Sivan said that he wanted to look at the Sri Lankan situation from the perspective of a bunch of youngsters who get caught in the crisis. He also added that his film is more about an outsider's response to the horrors than about the politics itself. The film will have a new cast and will be shot in Sri Lanka, but after the rains. As a parting shot, he said that he doesn't want Ceylon to look like a tourist attraction, that's why he wants to go beyond the obvious.