Gautham Karthik in Rangoon. (Image courtesy: A R Murugadoss)
Highlights
- Murugadoss has produced the film directed by Rajkumar Periasamy
- Rangoon stars Gautham Karthik in lead role
- Rangoon will hit the screens on June 9
A R Murugadoss revealed the first look of his upcoming film
Rangoon, which soon capitulated to a trending hashtag on social networking site Twitter. The film will be directed by his assistant director, Rajkumar Periasamy and co-produced by Fox Star Studios - Murugadoss' frequent collaborator.
Rangoon stars Gautham Karthik and Sana Makbul in lead roles. In February, a Bollywood film of the same name also released starring Shahid Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut and Saif Ali Khan and
directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. It was a love story set against the backdrop of World War II. However, this story is not about Vishal Bhardwaj's
Rangoon.
Here's the first poster of AR Murugadoss'
Rangoon:
AR Murugadoss last directed Sonakshi Sinha in 2016 Bollywood film
Akira. He is also awaiting the release of
SPYder, a Tamil-Telugu bilingual starring Mahesh Babu, Bharath, Rakul Preet Singh and S. J. Surya.
Gautham Karthik was seen in Rajadurai-directed
Muthuramalingam in February and before that in Aishwaryaa R Dhanush's
Vai Raja Vai opposite Pritya Anand. Apart from
Rangoon, Gautham Karthik has three films lined up for release in 2017 -
Indrajith, Ivan Thanthiran and
Hara Hara Mahadevaki.
Meanwhile,
Rangoon's music is composed by newcomer Vikram RH who earlier assisted G V Prakash Kumar. Murugadoss announced the film in August 2014 and the film went on floors the same year in November. The film's shooting completed in January this year.
Rangoon also stars Prashant Nair iii, Daniel Annie Pope and Brendan Keenan.
Rangoon is slated to hit the screens on June 9, this year.