The film tentatively titled Pookadai will star Karthik’s son Gautham who will be debuting as hero.
Earlier there were rumours that yester year heroine Radha’s youngest daughter and Ko girl Karthika’s sister Thulasi would debut as heroine.
Much before that there were rumours that Kamal’s youngest daughter Akshara will play the female lead.
Mani and his cameraman Rajeev Menon had conducted a photo shoot and after thatit seems they have decided to cast Sonam.
Mani Ratnam is keeping the entire project under the wraps. So far there is no official word on the project which is set to start rolling early January.