Shruti Haasan is a 'CHOICE' for 'HIM'

Makkal Selvan Vijay Sethupathi has been delivering hit after hit with ace director Maniratnam's Chekka Chivantha Vaanam and 96, besides receiving good reviews for his silver jubilee movie Seethakaathi and started this year by acting as the villain Jithu in Superstar Rajnikanth's Petta which was released on January 10.

Vijay Sethupathi will be seen next on screen in the much-awaited movie directed by Aaranya Kaandam fame Thiagarajan Kumararaja's Super Deluxe, where he plays Shilpa, a transgender. Next, the natural actor has committed to debutant director Venkata Krishna Roganth's biggie produced by Chandra arts for which a set replicating a 150-year-old Church is being erected.

Vijay Sethupathi will reportedly play a pianist in this movie that will be set in the backdrop of Christmas and New year celebrations, besides focusing on an international problem. Nivas K Prasanna fo Sethupathi and Thegidi will score music and the movie will have two heroines, and the shoot is expected to begin in March, at Munnar, Kodaikanal, and other places. Shruti Haasan is confirmed to be one of the female leads and the hunt for another female lead is going on.