Rashmika to make her Tamil debut in a film opposite Karthi!

Actress Rashmika Mandanna, who played the female lead in the Telugu film Geetha Govindam, will make her debut in the Tamil film industry by acting opposite actor Karthi in his upcoming film, that is to be directed by Bhagyaraj Kannan.

Sources close to the unit of the film confirmed that Rashmika Mandanna, who caught everyone’s attention with her commanding performance opposite Vijay Devarakonda in the film Geetha Govindam, has signed the film and that this project will officially mark her debut in Tamil cinema. It may be recalled that the actress’ performance in the song, Inkem Inkem Kavale, had gone on to become a raging hit.

Karthi, who is currently shooting for an untitled film directed by Maanagaram fame Lokesh Kanagaraj, will soon start shooting for the new film that has been tentatively titled K19. It is to be produced by SR Prakash Babu and SR Prabhu of Dream Warrior Pictures.

Says a source, “The film will have all the ingredients of a commercial entertainer. It will have emotion, action and comedy blended in equal measure and will cater to the tastes of everybody from kids to elders. The process of erecting grand sets for this film is happening at a rapid pace in Chennai. Apart from Tamil Nadu, the team has plans to shoot in Hyderabad as well.”

Bhagyaraj Kannan, who is directing this film, was the guy who made the Sivakarthikeyan entertainer Remo.

Vivek-Mervin duo has been signed to compose music for this film, which will have cinematography by Sathyan Sooryan.

Jai (Art), Dhilip Subbarayan (Stunts), Rajeevan (Production Designer) and Ruben (Editing) and Aravind Raj Bhaskaran (Executive Producer) are the other technicians onboard for this film.

With initial preparations happening at a brisk pace, shooting is scheduled to begin from the second week of March.