Santhanam, who started his career as a comedian in Vijay TV's Lollu Sabha, attained fame and emerged as the top comedy actor in Kollywood in the 2010s. Then, he debuted as a lead hero in Tamil cinema and is currently a busy star in the industry.

Meanwhile, we broke to you several months back that Santhanam joined forces with Kannada director Prashant Raj for his 15th movie, tentatively called 'Santa 15'. We were the first to inform you in this regard. Read at: Santhanam to join hands with a Kannada director for his next! - Latest Update

'Santa 15' will be a Tamil-Kannada bilingual venture and the project went on the floors yesterday with a formal pooja. Reportedly, the works commenced with a song recording session. 'Bhajarangi 2' fame Arjun Janya will be scoring the music, and he is making his Kollywood entry with the film.

The shooting of the untitled flick will begin soon, and the team has some extensive plans for the shoot. Prashanth Raj won the Filmfare Award for Best Director for his Kannada debut film 'Love Guru' in 2009 and also directed the films: ‘Gaana Bajana’, ‘Zoom’ and ‘Orange’. 'Santa 15' is touted to be a unique romantic comedy.