Actor Bala joins the ensemble cast of Rajinikanth starrer Annathe

Annathe is one of the most anticipated movies in the Tamil cinema industry. The movie will see the superstar Rajinikanth join hands with director Siva for the first time. Actor Bala has now taken to social media to announce he will also be part of Annathe. 

Bala took to social media to announce that he will be playing a role in the Rajinikanth starrer. The movie is currently under production in its Lucknow schedule.

“The one and only superstar RAJINIKANTH Sir movie. It’s an honour to work with the legend. ANNATHE shoot in Lucknow”, wrote the star on his Facebook handle.

Bala, who is Siva’s brother, made his acting debut with Anbu in 2003. He later went on to play many successful roles in Malayalam movies like Big B, Puthiya Mukham and Pulimurugan. 

Annathe has been making noise ever since Rajinikanth announced the movie. The superstar joining hands with director Siva made the movie a highly anticipated one. Siva, who started as a cinematographer made his directorial debut in 2008 with Souryam. He is best known for helming Veeram, Vedalam, Vivegam and Vishwasam, all starring Ajith Kumar. 

Bankrolled by Kalanithi Maran under the banner of Sun Pictures, Annathe has an ensemble cast that also includes Meena, Khushbu, Nayantara, Keerthy Suresh, Jagapathi Babu, Prakash Raj and Soori among others. 

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D Imman will be composing the music for the film while Vetri will be the cinematographer. Annathe will also see Ruben as the editor. Touted as an action drama, the movie is set to hit theatres as a Diwali release on November 4.