Tamil cinema's most respected director J.Mahendran revealed that he is a fantastic actor too with last year's blockbuster hit film 'Theri' directed by Atlee with Ilayathalapathy Vijay.

Now the director of classic films such as 'Mullum Malarum' and 'Uthiripookkal' will be seen playing an important role in Vijay Sethupathi's 'Seethakathi'.

The film's director Balaji Tharaneetharan has confirmed that Mahendran plays an important role in the film but refuse to reveal any details about his character.

'Seethkathi' is Vijay Sethupathi's 25th film. He plays a theatre artist named Ayya in the film.

Though the film will not have a heroine or a pair for Vijay Sethupathi, Remya Nambeesan. Gayathri and Oviya will appear in the film in their real life characters that is actresses.