Simbu, who had put on weight for his Ashwin Thatha role in Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan, and was mocked in social media for the obese look, has undergone a complete makeover and looks trim and slim in a new video he recently released.

Said to have lost about 25 kilos in four months, the Manmadhan star sports a clean-shaven look in the video. Forestalling speculation that this new look is for his upcoming film with Mani Ratnam, he clarifies in the video that it's not for a film, but for something else which he'll announce soon.

On the film front, the Mani Ratnam multi-starrer will see him collaborating with Arvind Swami, Vijay Sethupathi, Fahadh Faasil, Jyotika and Aishwarya Rajesh. The film is expected to go on floors from January. Simbu is also busy with his next directorial, an English film with dialogues by Gautham Menon and music by Yuvan Shankar Raja.