Nivin Pauly is hugely popular in Tamil Nadu, thanks to his cult hit Premam. Much to the delights of his Tamil fans, the first look poster of the actor`s upcoming Tamil movie, Richie has been released. The lead actor Nivin Pauly unveiled the first look poster on his official twitter - “Ending the wait…Presenting the first look poster of #RICHIE, my first straight Tamil Film….Further updates, very soon. :)”.

Richie is the Tamil remake of 2014 Kannada super hit film Ulidavaru Kandanthe, written and directed by Rakshit Shetty. The crime drama revolves around a mysterious murder of a person during a village festival. Nivin Pauly plays the title character Richie, a local rowdy. Directed by Gautham Ramachandran, Richie has Telugu actress Shraddha Srinath essays the female lead. The movie also has Natarajan Subramaniam, Ashok Selvan, Shraddha Srinath, Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli, Prakash Raj and many others in the supporting cast.

The film`s music is composed by B. Ajaneesh Loknath, while S Pandikumar cranks the camera and Atul handles the edit. If the reports are to be believed, Nivin has already started dubbing for the film, which is likely to release on May 12th. Meanwhile, Nivin Pauly is currently basking in the success of his latest film Sakhavu which ahs opened to positive reviews and good box-office collections.