Shooting of 'Mallanna' directed by Susi Ganesh of 'Manikyam 420'-fame and a protégé of Maniratnam, and produced by Kalaipuli Thanu on the banner of V Creations with National Best Artiste Vikram as hero and glamorous heroine Shriya in the lead, would be launched on September 24.

The heavy budget film would be a bilingual film and the Tamil version would begin on September 23 at Chennai, while the Telugu version would be launched on September 24 in Hyderabad.

The Tamil version's title is 'Kandaswami'.

It is worth mentioning here that the invitation card for the launch of the film itself costs Rs 10,000 per each card. This hints at the range of the film's budget.

Devisri Prasad is scoring music for this heavy budget movie.

According to film industry sources, Vikram, who had no notable hit after 'Aparichitudu', is now confident that the film would be a blockbuster on those lines.