There were teaser ads in newspapers for the past few days, which had nothing but the name ‘Kanimozhi’. The air has been cleared now and it is a forthcoming film of Jai, produced by T Siva of Amma Creations.

To be directed by Sripathi, a former associate of Venkat Prabhu, the movie will have Shazahn Padamsee as heroine. She has acted opposite Ranbir Kapoor in the recent Hindi release ‘Rocket Singh’.

“Swathi of ‘Subramaniapuram’ was earlier set to be the female lead of ‘Kanimozhi’, which is a heroine-oriented story. However, she opted out of the project due to difficulties in allocating dates, following which Shazahn Padamsee has been signed,” sources say.

Satheesh Chakravarthy will score the music, while Chidambaram will wield the camera for ‘Kanimozhi’. “The film will go on floors at a function in Chennai on Thursday in which some big guns of the industry will take part,” sources add.