It's been raining updates from Team Asuran. While our earlier report about GV Prakash being the composer of the Dhanush-Vetrimaaran project was confirmed on Monday, it was announced today that Malayalam actor Manju Warrier has been roped in as the female lead. Announcing this on social media, Dhanush said, "The evergreen Manju Warrier will be playing the female lead. Excited to share screen space and learn from this amazing talent."

Malayalam actor Manju Warrier has been roped in as the female lead in Vetrimaaran's Asuran starring Dhanush. Announcing this on his social media pages, Dhanush said,  "The evergreen Manju Warrier will be playing the female lead. Excited to share screen space and learn from this amazing talent."

Asuran will not only mark the versatile actor's debut in Tamil, but also her first-ever film outside Malayalam cinema. The film, based on Poomani's novel Vekkai, will be the fourth collaboration between Dhanush and Vetrimaaran after Polladhavan, Aadukalam, and Vada Chennai. 

Bankrolled by Kalaipuli  S Thanu under his V Creation banner, Asuran will be a quickie before Vetrimaaran resumes shooting for the second part of Vada Chennai.  

Manju, who was last seen sharing screen space with Mohanal in Odiyan, will once again be seen alongside the actor in Prithviraj's Lucifer and Priyadarshan's Marakkar. Apart from this, she also has Santosh Sivan's Jack and Jill in the pipeline.