
Nimisha Sajayan is all set to join hands with National Award-winning screenwriter Sanjeev Pazhoor for her next, titled Enna Vilai. The film marks the directorial debut of Sanjeev, who has previously written scripts for films like Thondi Muthalum Dhriksakshiyum, for which he won the National Award and Kerala State Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Enna Vilai, a Tamil film which will have a pan-Indian release, is billed to be a family drama laced with thriller elements. Karunas, Y Gee Mahendran, Rajendran, Vijayalakshmi, Shasha, Praveena, Kamalesh, Goli Soda Pandi, JS Kavi, Mohan Ram, Nizhalgal Ravi, Viviyana, Chetan Kumar, Kavithalaya Krishnan, TSR Sreenivasan, Swaminathan, Kottachi, Deepa Shankar, Chiththa Darshan, Kavi Nakkalities, KPY Kothandam, Pasupathi Raj, and Supergood Subramani round out the cast of the upcoming film.
Enna Vilai, backed by Githesh V of Kamalalaya films, will feature music composed by Sam CS, camera work by Alby Antony and editing by Sreejith Sarang. Principal photography for the film has commenced, with the first schedule already wrapped up in Rameswaram. The second schedule is now underway, following a simple pooja ceremony, and will be shot in Gokulam Studios, various locations in Chennai, and Ramoji Film City, with plans to complete the entire shoot by the end of August.
Meanwhile, Nimisha, who gave back-to-back hits with Chittha and Jigarthanda Double X last year, was recently seen in Mission: Chapter 1, Lantrani and Poacher. Coming up, she has Dabba Cartel, DNA co-starring Atharvaa and director Onir's We Are in the pipeline.