Mumbai: Telugu-Tamil bilingual film Sir, starring Dhanush, began production in Hyderabad Monday.
The film is billed as an “ambitious journey of a common man”. Also titled Vaathi, the movie is written and directed by Venky Atluri of Rang De and Tholiprema fame.
Production house Sithara Entertainments shared pictures from the film’s pooja ceremony on Twitter.
“An Auspicious start to an Ambitious Journey of a common man. #Vaathi / #Sir took off today with a pooja. Regular shoot from 5th Jan,” the makers wrote in a tweet.
An Auspicious start to an Ambitious Journey of a common man♥️#Vaathi / #Sir took off today with a Pooja. Regular Shoot from 5th Jan!#SIRMovie @dhanushkraja @iamsamyuktha_ #VenkyAtluri @gvprakash @dineshkrishnanb @NavinNooli @vamsi84 #SaiSoujanya @Fortune4Cinemas @SitharaEnts pic.twitter.com/nefceHRqwq
— Sithara Entertainments (@SitharaEnts) January 3, 2022
The GV Prakash Kumar musical is produced by Naga Vamsi and Sai Soujanya. The film also stars Samyuktha.
Dhanush’s latest release was filmmaker Aanand L Rai’s Atrangi Re, co-starring Sara Ali Khan and Akshay Kumar in a special role.
The actor has a packed slate with films like Karthick Naren’s Tamil action thriller Maaran, actioner Thiruchitrambalam, his director-brother Selvaraghavan’s Naane Varuven and filmmaker duo Anthony and Joe Russo’s The Gray Man, which marks his Hollywood debut.