AR Murugadoss confirms SJ Suryah as villain in his film with Mahesh Babu

SJ Suryah who stunned the audience with his performance in Iraivi will play the antagonist in AR Murugadoss’ bilingual starring Mahesh Babu.

Tamil director AR Murugadoss on Wednesday confirmed that actor-filmmaker SJ Suryah, will play the antagonist in his yet-untitled Tamil-Telugu bilingual film with Mahesh Babu. The actor wowed audiences with his performance in last week’s Tamil film Iraivi.

SJ Suryah will play the antagonist in the Tamil/Telugu bilingual by AR Murugadoss. It stars Mahesh Babu as the lead. (SJSuryahOfficial/Facebook)

“Suryah plays antagonist in my next. Looking forward to work with him,” Murugadoss wrote on his Twitter page.

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The film, which will be made on a budget of Rs 90 crore, reportedly features Parineeti Chopra as the leading lady. The regular shooting of the project, according to a source, will commence from July 15 in Hyderabad.

This is the first time Mahesh and Murugadoss are collaborating. The film will be produced by Tagore Madhu and will have music by Harris Jayaraj.