Gautham Ram Karthik's sci-fi film titled ‘Root'; Aparshakti Khurana to make his Tamil debut
Further, the makers announced that Bollywood actor Aparshakti Khurana will make his Tamil debut with the upcoming film, which stars Bhavya Trikha as the female lead. Root was officially launched with a traditional pooja ceremony on Wednesday in Chennai.
Details regarding the plot remain unknown. Sooriyaprathap S, from the show Naalaiya Iyakkunar season 1, previously worked as an associate director on superstar Rajinikanth's Kochadaiiyaan, directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth.
The film will have cinematography from Arjun Raja while John Abraham has been roped in as the editor. Vithushanan is the music composer. Bhavna Govardan leads the production design department while the action choreography will be done by Miracle Michael. Santhakumar of Hocus Pocus Studios heads the VFX department.
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Root is produced by Dhanishtan Fernando, Rajarajan Gananasambandam, Sanjai Shankar, and Shaik Mujeeb under the Verus Productions banner. The production house previously co-produced the horror-thriller Pechi.
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