Actor Sivakarthikeyan who was recently seen in Don, has announced his next film with director Madonne Ashwin, titled Maaveeran. The makers released a title announcement video on social media on Friday.

Maaveeran will release in Tamil and Telugu. It has been titled Mahaveerudu in Telugu. The upcoming film will be the sophomore directorial of Ashwin, who earlier made his debut with critically acclaimed Mandela, starring Yogi Babu.

In the two-minute title announcement video, one could see a group of masked men attacking Sivakarthikeyan, who is left unconscious and bleeding. As the men retreat, Sivakarthikeyan resurrects, as he combats the gang with the help of puppet strings attached on to him. The video then cuts to visuals from comic strips, as the title card comes up.

Maaveeran is backed by Shanthi Talkies. The technical crew consists of Vidhu Ayyanna as the cinematographer and Bharath Sankar on the music. Philomin Raj and Kumar Gangappan are the editor and art director respectively. The makers are yet to reveal the rest of the cast members.

Meanwhile, Sivakarthikeyan is awaiting the release of Prince, which is scheduled to hit the big screens for Diwali this year. The actor is also doing a film for Raaj Kamal Films International under Rajkumar Periasamy’s directorial.