Director Venkat Prabhu and Simbu have teamed up for the director 9th movie Maanaadu, produced by Suresh Kamatchi, and the film was announced last year itself, and it was initially announced that the movie will begin shooting from Simbu's birtthday in February.

However, the shoot was pushed as Simbu went to London to get fit and had recently returned and started shooting for his cameo appearance in Hansika Motwani's 50th movie Maha, where he plays a pilot. Now the actor is all set to begin shooting for Maanaadu.

It has been revealed Maanaadu will begin shooting from June 25 in Malaysia, with scenes featuring Simbu and debutant heroine Kalyani Priyadarshan planned to be shot there. The movie is touted to be a political entertainer and is reported to have Bharathiraja in a key role and music by Yuvan Shankar Raja.