Official: Aadhi, Aakanksha Singh's bilingual project Clap to have a direct-to-OTT release

The teaser of bilingual flick, Clap, directed by Prithivi Adithya, was unveiled a few months ago. It offered a glimpse into the movie's plot, which involves an athlete and a hockey player, played by Aadhi and Aakanksha Singh respectively. Prakash Raj, Nasser, Mime Gopi and Krisha Kurup are other actors playing key roles in the sports drama.

Ilaiyaraaja has composed music for the movie which has cinematography by Praveen Kumar and editing by Ragul. Sakthi Saravanan and Dinesh have choreographed action and dance sequences for the film, which has been bankrolled by IB Karthikeyan under the banner of Big Print Pictures.  

The makers have now announced that Clap is skipping theatrical release, and that it will be streaming on SonyLIV soon. The social media handle of the digital platform tweeted, "Will Vishnu’s courage and conviction be enough for him to achieve his dream? #CLAP, an inspiring sports drama, streaming soon in Telugu & Tamil, on #SonyLIV (sic)."

Director Prithivi expressed his happiness for having associated with SonyLIV on his social media account. He posted, "Very happy to announce @SonyLIVIntl have acquired my first directorial movie #CLAP as a Sonyliv original. The movie will be streaming soon (sic)."

Aadhi will be seen in two looks in the movie which is his first sports film. He plays Kathir in its Tamil version and Vishnu in the Telugu version. He plays an ambitious athlete, for which he shed a few kilos. Aadhi was last seen in Kollywood in U Turn (streaming on Amazon Prime Video). 

The female lead of Clap, Aakanksha, is making her Kollywood debut with the film. She underwent training with a few senior hockey players in Chennai earlier to pull off the role of a hockey player.