Director Venu Udhugula who made his directional debut with the film Needi Naadi Oke Katha starring Sri Vishnu in the lead role has announced that Karthi is in consideration as a hero for his next film. The director confirmed that his next film is going to be bilingual but did not reveal any other details about the project.

When asked about Karthi’s inclusion in the project, the director said that it is too early to talk about Karthi’s inclusion and added that production house will take a call on the same. The film is said to be made as a bilingual in Telugu and Tamil languages. Two different production houses are going to come forward to produce the movie. As of now, there is no clarity on this project and we are expecting an official announcement of the same soon.

His debut film Needi Naadi Oke Katha has become a big hit in terms of reviews and collections.

Tamil hero Karthi is reportedly taking a pilot crash course. The actor will portray the role of a pilot in veteran director Mani Ratnam’s new film. To get his basics right, Karthi has enrolled himself in a 15 days crash course program. After finishing the course, he will join the shooting from June month.

Bollywood actress Aditi Rao Hydari, a Hyderabadi girl, who is known for her sensational and sensuous photo shoots, has been roped in by Mani Ratnam to play the leading lady. She will be essaying a doctor in this drama. Karthi will be playing a NRI pilot.

Aditi was signed by the film unit after many actresses like Keerthy Suresh, Sai Pallavi etc. walked out of the project. A R Rahman will score music for this film set for release towards the end of this year.