Sivakarthikeyan has a busy year ahead as usual as two of his films are expected to hit the screens in the coming months. One of those is 'Doctor' directed by Nelson Dilipkumar of 'Kolamavu Kokila' fame in which Priyanka Mohan is the heroine while Vinay, Yogi Babu, Tony and Archana form the rest of the cast.

Sivakarthikeyan is also shooting for the climax portion of 'Ayalaan' directed by Ravikumar of 'Indru Nettru Naalai' fame which is touted to be the first extraterrestrial/aliens based film in Tamil cinema. Rakul Preet Singh is the love interest for Siva while Yogi Babu, Karunakaran, Ramar and Banupriya play important roles.

Veteran Bollywood actress Isha Kopikkar is playing a pivotal character in 'Ayalaan' and its revealed that she is playing the chief antagonist and will portray a robotic entity. She has also shared that there is an alien also involved but she is not playing one. Isha has played the lead heroine in three Tamil films 'Nenjinile' with Vijay, 'Narasimha' with Vijayakanth and 'Enn Swasa Kaatre' opposite Arvind Swamy. She has also made a cameo appearance in Prashanth's 'Jodi' also starring Simran.