Amid much speculations that actor Arun Vijay has replaced Suriya in the upcoming film Vanangaan directed by filmmaker Bala, the makers on Friday confirmed the same while revealing that the first schedule of the shooting has been wrapped up.

The first leg of filming commenced last month in Kanyakumari, and the crew has wrapped shooting major scenes during this schedule. The next leg of shooting will start on April 17 at Thiruvannamalai, the makers added.

While Arun Vijay plays the lead character, Roshini Prakash, will play the female lead. Samuthirakani performs a pivotal role in this film, which will also feature some known faces from the industry. GV Prakash is composing the music and Vairamuthu is penning the lyrics. RB Gurudev is handling cinematography and Silva is choreographing action sequences for this film.

It is to be noted that Vanangaan was earlier announced with Suriya with the latter’s 2D Entertainment banner backing the film. However, after a few differences, the actor and his production opted out of the project.