At the fag end of 2018, one of the year's best films 'Kanaa' directed by Arunraja Kamaraj and produced by Sivakarthikeyan hit the screens winning huge accolades for dealing with women's cricket and farmers plight. The film has Aishwarya Rajesh, Sathyaraj and Sivakarthikeyan turning in excellent performances that elevated the screenplay.

Team India's first choice spinner Ravichandran Ashwin's Gen Next Cricket Academy, Chief Operating Officer Sudarshan has shared a special message "Thanks to 'Kanaa', I have now got at least 5-6 calls from TN districts from parents enquiring for cricket coaching for their 12-13-year-old daughters at our academy Gen Next Cricket. Shows what good content can do to ppl: it inspires them. Congrats, Sivakarthikeyan! True success! "