The shooting of actor Santhanam’s film Dikkiloona wrapped up on Saturday evening. The film helmed by debutant Karthik Yogi is being jointly bankrolled by Kotapadi J Rajesh’s KJR Studios and KS Sinish’s Soldiers Factory. The film will see actor Santhanam playing three different roles for the first time.
The makers took to Twitter to announce the news.
Yesss and, it’s a wrap! One of the funniest team we have worked with🤣
Some cracking updates ahead! #Dikkiloona @iamsanthanam @karthikyogitw @thisisysr @kjr_studios @AnaghaOfficial @KanchwalaShirin @sinish_s @twitavvi @J0min @Dineshsubbaray1 @keerthivasanA @Arunrajakamaraj pic.twitter.com/rSSfbZmf00— Soldiers Factory (@SoldiersFactory) February 29, 2020
The film’s title, Dikkiloona, has been inspired by the famous game comedian Senthil plays in director Shankar‘s action-drama Gentleman (1993).
While cricketer Harbhajan Singh plays the antagonist, Natpe Thunai fame Anagha and Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu Odu Raja fame Shirin Kanchwala play the female leads in the film. The film is touted to be a complete entertainer.
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Dikkiloona also stars an impressive supporting cast including Yogi Babu, Madhumitha, Anand Raj, Motta Rajendran, Munishkanth, Chithra Lakshmanan, Sha Ra, Arun Alexander, Nizhalgal Ravi, and movie tracker Prashanth Rangaswamy. Aravind Kumar is handling cinematography, Yuvan Shankar Raja is composing music, Jomin is editing and A Rajesh is helming art. Dinesh Subbarayan is handling stunts with Sheriff on dance choreography. A Keerthivasan is handling costumes with Arunraja Kamaraj and Saravedi Saran penning lyrics.
The film is now in post-production and the makers are planning a summer release for the film.
Santhanam’s previous film Dagaalty did not do well in the box office, and his long-pending release Server Sundaram helmed by Anand Balki which was to release on Valentine’s Day has been postponed due to financial issues. The actor will also feature in director Kannan’s Biskoth which is due for release this month.
Watch the teaser of Dagaalty here: