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18 May 2026, 3:16 pm
Actor Rahman is set to star in a new rural fantasy drama helmed by Bharathi balakumaran, who has earlier directed Vizha . The upcoming film brings the actor back to the rural milieu after the 1999 film Sangamam .
The director says that though the untitled film is a rural film and also focuses on a folk art, ‘Aazhi Attam’, it has no connection to Sangamam in any way. “The only connection is the background, the actor and the folk art. Our film has Rahman sir play the heir of a Zamin family, who are well past their glory days. His family’s downfall was caused by a curse that passed from one generation to another. Rahman sir’s character attempts hard to break this curse,” he says.
The film, he adds, will also effectively experiment with Rahman’s looks. “More often than not, we have seen Rahman sir as a suave and urban person. He plays a 60-year-old in the film, which is something we did not see him do very often. We have taken efforts in designing costumes according to the 80s aesthetics,” he says, adding that the fascination in experimenting with a role that Rahman has not done before was the reason behind his casting. “The people, the Tamil audience, haven’t seen Rahman sir like this before. So the film will offer a new experience.”
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