Gautham Ram Karthik's next goes on floors

We had previously reported that actor Gautham Ram Karthik, who was last seen in the historical drama August 16 1947, is set to play a party worker and explore grassroot-level politics in his upcoming film.

Tentatively titled GK19, the upcoming film has gone on floors on Tuesday. It is set to be directed by debutant Dhina Raghavan, who previously worked as an associate director with director Raju Murugan in films like Gypsy, Japan and an episode in the anthology Modern Love: Chennai titled Lalagunda Bommaigal.

In an earlier interview with CE, the director explained, "The film is set to discuss the lives of people in a locality in South Chennai and the local politics surrounding the area." He further emphasised that the upcoming film will be a realistic account of their lives without any glorification or distortion. "It would be on the lines of Joker and Mandela with Chennai as the backdrop," he added, revealing that the yet-to-be-titled film will show their lives in an authentic way with humour laced inside it.

Speaking about Gautham's character, he said, "He plays a young local boy involved in grassroots-level politics. Gautham felt that the story was fresh and unique when I was narrating the script and agreed to play the role right away."

The film will have dialogues by director Raju Murugan and will be produced by APV Maran and director Ganesh K Babu, who helmed the critically acclaimed Dada in 2023.

On the technical team, the film has Pratheep Kaliraja as the cinematographer. Rest of the cast and crew members are yet to be announced by the makers.