Bhavani Sre has reportedly been roped in to play the female lead in Vetrimaaran's next film with Soori.

Initially, it was said that the film would be based on late lyricist Na Muthukumar’s poem Pattampoochi Virpavan and later, it was speculated that it would be an onscreen adaptation of Meeran Moideen's Ajnabi. However, a source close to the team revealed that the untitled project will be based on Jeyamohan's short story, Thunaivan, which was published in Ananda Vikatan back in 1992.

There are speculations that the film also has Vijay Sethupathi, however, the news is yet to be confirmed by the team.

Bhavani Sre was last seen in Sudha Kongara's short Thangam in the Netflix anthology Paava Kadhaigal. She made her Tamil feature debut with last year's Aishwarya Rajesh - Vijay Sethupathi starrer Ka Pae Ranasingam.

Vetri Maaran is expected to complete this film before commencing work on Suriya's Vaadi Vaasal. Meanwhile, Soori will next be seen in Rajinikanth's Annaatthe.