Anusha Rai is Vijay Suriya’s love interest in his next

Last year, actor Vijay Suriya had announced his next project, a film called

Veeraputra

, which would see him break away from his cute chocolate-boy look. A revenge drama that follows a father-son relationship and requires the actor to sport three distinct looks, the film went on floors on Friday. We now have it that the team has signed up Anusha Rai as Vijay’s romantic interest in the film directed by debutant Devaraj S. Since making the switch from the small screen to films, Anusha has been a part of several

Kannada

projects, including the upcoming anthology

Pentagon

and Nikhil Kumaraswamy’s Rider.

An excited Anusha says, “Although Veeraputra has plenty of action elements, there is a cute love story as well. I play a traditional girl who loves classical dance hopes to scale great heights with the art form. But then, her life takes an unexpected turn when she falls in love with the hero.”