Veteran Tamil actor Saravanan has joined the cast of Tamil superstar Dhanush’s second directorial film titled Raayan.

On Tuesday, Dhanush took to his X and shared the look of Saravanan from the film. In the monochromatic picture, Saravanan can be seen sitting on a chair with his head tilted down as raindrops cloud the frame.

Dhanush wrote in the caption, “Saravanan sir from Raayan”.

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Raayan also marks Dhanush’s 50th film, and also stars Sundeep Kishan, Kalidas Jayaram, Selvaraghavan, S J Suryah, Prakash Raj, Dushara Vijayan, Aparna Balamurali and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar.

Raayan, which has been written by Dhanush himself, is expected to be a gangster drama, set against the backdrop of North Madras. Dhanush is rumoured to be playing the lead character of a cook who was formerly a gangster.

Earlier, Dhanush shared the first look of actress Aparna Balamurali on his social media handles and called her ‘super talented’.

On Feburary 23, Dhanush announced that Prakash Raj will be playing a key role in Raayan. He also shared his first look poster wherein Prakash can be seen sitting on a chair with his eyes closed. 

This is Dhanush’s second directorial project after his Pa Paandi, which starred Rajkiran and Revathi.

For the unversed, the film is backed by Sun Pictures. A release date of the film is yet to be announced.

Apart from Raayan, Dhanush also has few other directorial projects including Mounika Devi and Shri Mahadev-starrer Avalum Naanum and Nilavuku Enmel Ennadi Kobam, which stars Mathew Thomas, Priya Prakash Varrier, and Anikha Surendran.

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