Vetri joins hands with Bigg Boss Tamil fame Shivani Narayanan for Bumper

Actor Vetri, who is known for choosing unique scripts, was last seen in Srikantan Anand's underwhelming flick Vanam. His next release is AV Krishna Paramatma's Jothi, the teaser of which, was unveiled a few days ago by several celebs from Kollywood. The young actor has now joined the shooting of his new project.

Titled Bumper, the movie which is being shot in Kerala, has debutant Selvakumar at the helm. Bankrolled by S Thiagaraja of Vetha Pictures, the film will have Bigg Boss Tamil 4 fame Shivani Narayanan playing the female lead. The makers have already completed the first schedule of the project.

The shooting of Bumper will happen in Thoothukudi, too, and the team is planning to wrap up the production in February. Tiger Thangadurai and Hareesh Peradi are said to be essaying crucial characters in the movie which is based on the famous Kerala state lotteries.       

Govind Vasantha has been brought on board to compose songs which have been written by Karthik Netha. Vinoth Rathinasamy is cranking camera for the project which has editing by Mu Kasi Viswanathan.  

Meanwhile, Shivani will be seen in Lokesh Kanagaraj's Kamal Haasan-starrer Vikram next which is expected to be a summer release. The young actress is said to be playing the romantic interest of Vijay Sethupathi in the action thriller. She will share screen presence with Sethupathi in Ponram's VSP 46 as well. The cop thriller has Anukreethy Vas playing female lead in it, though.

The actress was in the news recently when she bagged a prominent role in actor-filmmaker RJ Balaji's next project. Tentatively titled Veetla Vishesham, the movie is the official Tamil remake of Bollywood flick Badhaai Ho (streaming on Disney+ Hotstar).