Jiiva teams up with ‘Falimy'-maker Nithish Sahadev; film goes on floors
Tamil actor Jiiva has teamed up with Malayalam director Nithish Sahadev of Falimy fame for an upcoming film. Tentatively called Jiiva 45, the film went on floors with a pooja ceremony on Friday (May 9).
Jiiva shared pictures from the pooja ceremony on his Instagram handle to announce the news.
The cast of Jiiva 45 features Thambi Ramaiah and Prathana Nathan (of Love Today fame) among others. Details regarding the plot of the film remains unknown.
With music scored by Vishnu Vijay, the upcoming film has a screenplay written by Nithish and Sanjo Joseph. Kannan Ravi is producing the film under his Kannan Ravi Groups banner. Other details regarding the crew of the film are awaited.
Notably, Nithish, who found his big break with the Basil Joseph-starrer Falimy, was set to collaborate with superstar Mammootty for an upcoming film. Nithish, while sharing the pooja stills of Jiiva 45, clarified in the captions that he will start working on the Mammootty-starrer after Jiiva 45.
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