Vedhika to romance Siddharth in 'Kaaviya Thalaivan'

Vedhika, who who gave a performance of a lifetime in Bala's "Paradesi" has reportedly bagged the lead role in Siddharth’s upcoming bilingual film. National Award-winning director Vasanthabalan is going to direct the period film which is set in 1920s. The film is titled as Kaaviya Thalaivan in Tamil and it’s Telugu title is yet to be confirmed.

The film is reportedly inspired from the lives of singers and stage actors SG Kittappa and KB Sundarambal. Anaika is the other actress in this film. Malayalam star Prithviraj is playing an important role in this movie.

A R Rahman will be scoring the music and Nirav Shah is the cinematographer.  Sasikanth will be producing the film under Y NOT Studios banner.

The film’s shooting is likely to begin July this year. The full cast list of the movie is not yet announced but is said to come out shortly.