Releasing a look of his upcoming 'Okkadu Migiladu', Manchu Manoj has said that he is playing a "unique double role" in the movie. "A unique double role for the 1st time in my career. Catch me as Tiger LTTE and a student leader in 'Okkadu Migiladu'," he has tweeted.

The film's teaser will be released soon.

Starring the Manchu hero in a role fashioned after the slained LTTE chief Prabhakaran, the film is directed by Ajay Andrews Nuthakki. Anisha Ambrose of 'Run' and 'Fashion Designer S/o Ladies Tailore' fame is playing a journo.

"The film is based on certain true incidents which took place in 1990s in the wake of the Sri Lankan Civil War, leaving in its trail 15 lakh refugees," the makers say. Set in two periods (the other period being 2017), it took Manoj to shed 12 kgs to essay the role set in the present time.