Ponniyin Selvan star Karthi croons another song, this time for his own film Sardar. Details inside

Karthi is on a roll this year. After playing a loveable ruffian in Muthaiya's Viruman which was released in August, he has now been garnering praise from the audience for his performance in Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan. His portrayal of Vanthiyathevan, one of the most popular characters in the epic novel of the same name, is the favourite character of many in the film.

A month ago, he was in the news when he debuted as a singer for the song Maari Pocho for Kanam. Now, he is set to do it again under the composition of GV Prakash for Sardar, which is slated as a Deepavali release.    

The musician himself took to Twitter to inform about the song, which according to him is a folk track and is titled Yerumayileri. He has also posted a picture of Karthi singing the song in the studio.

His tweet read, "The first song of #sardar will be sung by our #vandhiyathevan @karthi_offl… it’s an ode to our classical theatre performances … the song is a rural folk track named #ஏறுமயிலேறி #yerumayileri (sic)." Yugabharathi has penned lyrics for the song.

Sardar, which has been directed by PS Mithran and produced by Prince Pictures, will have a box office clash with Sivakarthikeyan's Prince. The action scenes choreographed by Dhilip Subbarayan is expected to be one of the highlights of Sardar which has Raashi Khanna and Rajisha VIjayan essaying female leads.

George C Williams and Antony L Ruben have handled cinematography and editing respectively for the project which has Karthi essaying dual roles after a long time. Billed as an action thriller, the movie's first single will be unveiled soon.