JR 30: Director M Rajesh says Jayam Ravi, Priyanka Mohan's family drama is Boss Engira Baskaran 2.0

We had reported earlier about M Rajesh and Jayam Ravi joining hands for a project. The untitled movie, tentatively titled as JR 30, was officially launched a few days ago. Priyanka Mohan has been roped in to essay female lead in the film which has Natty, VTV Ganesh and Rao Ramesh playing important roles in it.

The makers have now released a short video of the launch event which has a few cast members and Rajesh expressing excitement on the commencement of the project. Screen Scene Media Entertainment Pvt Ltd is bankrolling the movie which will begin in Kerala.

Talking about the film, Rajesh said that he is glad to have brought Jayam Ravi and Priyanka Mohan on board as both of them are loved by all film buffs. He also revealed that the movie is an upgraded version of Boss Engira Baskaran which he had directed in 2010.

He said, "I wanted to do a family drama for a long time. Ravi liked the story when I narrated it to him. I'm happy that the crew consists of many people who I love so much. Harris Jayaraj is the music composer for the film. We are uniting after the success of Oru Kal Oru Kannadi. The movie can be considered as Boss Engira Baskaran 2.0 or 3.0."

Vivek Anand will be cranking the camera for the film. This is the second project of Ravi with the production house after Agilan which is slated for a theatrical release on September 15. The actor has Ponniyin Selvan, too, coming up on September 30.

Rajesh, who last directed one of the segments for SonyLIV's anthology Victim, has recently wrapped up shooting for Hansika-starrer My 3 which marks his OTT debut. The web series is likely to drop on Disney+ Hotstar.