‘Big Fan’ Mani Ratnam Wants To Work With Sai Pallavi, Actress Reacts

The makers of Amaran hosted a grand pre-release event in Chennai on Friday. In addition to the film’s lead stars, Sivakarthikeyan and Sai Pallavi, renowned filmmakers Lokesh Kanagaraj and Mani Ratnam were also in attendance. During the event, Mani Ratnam expressed his admiration for Sai Pallavi and his desire to work with the actress. Praising Sai Pallavi, Mani Ratnam said, “I am a very big fan of you; I hope I will work with you one day.” The director’s comment about Sai Pallavi immediately sparked loud cheers from the audience.

Touched by his words, Sai Pallavi was quick enough to respond. She said, “Before entering the cinema, I didn’t know many directors, but Mani Ratnam was a name I always knew. He’s one reason I’m particular about the scripts and roles I choose.”

During the same event, Sivakarthikeyan also praised Sai Pallavi by calling her a “big brand.” He shared, “I saw Sai Pallavi in Premam. Just like everyone I too became a fan of ‘Malar teacher’. When I called her to praise her performance, she said, ‘Thank you so much anna (big brother)’. She is a big brand today.”

Meanwhile, Amaran is a biographical action war film, directed by Rajkumar Periasamy. Jointly bankrolled by Raaj Kamal Films International and Sony Pictures Films India, the upcoming flick is an adaptation of the book, India’s Most Fearless: True Stories of Modern Military. The project explores the life of martyred soldier Mukund Varadarajan. In the film, Sivakarthikeyan will play the titular role, whereas Sai is set to essay the role of Indhu Rebecca Varghese, the wife of the martyred soldier. Apart from Sivakarthikeyan and Sai Pallavi, Amaran will feature Bhuvan Arora, Gaurav Venkatesh and Rahul Bose in key roles. It will be released on October 31.

Coming back to Mani Ratnam, the filmmaker has wrapped up shooting his next movie, Thug Life. It is collectively produced by Raaj Kamal Films International, Madras Talkies and Red Giant Movies. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Silambarasan, Joju George, Ali Fazal, Ashok Selvan, Nassar, Trisha, Abhirami and Aishwarya Lekshmi.