For Mani Ratnam’s Kaatru Veliyidai, Karthi goes clean-shaven

The film’s makers have recently completed a schedule here. “In the Chennai schedule, two songs and some crucial scenes were canned. One of the songs featured a Holi sequence and it was shot at a specially erected set in Binny Mills. Another song featuring Rukmini Vijayakumar was shot in Victoria Hall,” the source said.

Also starring Aditi Rao Hydari, Delhi Ganesh, Shraddha Srinath, RJ Balaji and veteran Malayalam actress Lalitha, Kaatru Veliyidai features Karthi in the role of a pilot. Aditi will be seen playing a doctor in the film, which has music by double Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman.

The first schedule of Mani Ratnam’s Tamil romantic drama Kaatru Veliyidai, which was being shot in Ooty over the last few weeks, has been successfully completed and the makers are planning to shoot in Kashmir next.

“On Sunday, the Ooty schedule was wrapped up. The team will take a short break and then head to Kashmir next. In Kashmir, the team plans to shoot a song and a few important scenes,a source from the film’s unit told IANS.

Starring Karthi and Aditi Rao Hydari in the leads, the film has music by A.R Rahman.
In the movie, Karthi plays a pilot, and is said to romance with Aditi Rao Hydari who plays the role of a doctor. However, the makers of the movie unveiled the first look poster on Thursday gives a glimpse of the chemistry the lead actors will share in the film.