Manoj Bharathiraja is a well-known actor and the son of the legendary director Bharathiraja. The latest is that director Suseenthiran's Vennila Productions is set to launch Manoj Bharathiraja as a director. His debut venture will have 'Iyakkunar Imayam' Bharathiraja in a pivotal role.

Manoj has already worked as an assistant to Mani Ratnam in the 1995 film, 'Bombay'. He met the ace filmmaker recently along with Suseenthiran and sought wishes for his directorial debut. The photos from their meeting are going viral on social media. Reportedly, the shooting of this new film will commence by this month's end.

Popular composer GV Prakash will be scoring the music. The first look poster of this untitled movie will be out on March 31. Manoj Bharathiraja has expressed happiness that he has got the opportunity to direct his legendary father in his maiden directorial venture.