At this point in time we all might know Bala's 'Tharai Thappattai' will mark Ilayaraja's 1000th movie. Now we present you that the Maestro has signed his 1001st movie with the multi faceted Mahesh Manjrekar who holds a fine track as an Actor, Writer, Producer, and Director. Arvind Swamy is set to become a hero once again and his character will carry a unique shade. It is such a coincidence for Arvind Swamy to start his career with Maestro's music in 'Thalapathi' and to play the lead cast role in his 1001st movie.

Manikandan, the cinematographer who was behind the lens for Bollywood blockbusters 'Main Hoon Na', 'Om Shanti Om', 'Raavan', 'Ra. One', 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani' will crank the camera for this movie. The project will be funded by, Harsh Dave, and the makers are planning a bilingual in Hindi and Tamil.