Meet Yogi Babu, the YouTuber, and Mottai Rajendran, the monkey parent, from Veerappanin Gajana!

We had told you that Yogi Babu is playing a treasure hunter in debutant director Yasin’s

Veerappanin Gajana

. Now, we have learnt that the actor is an avid

YouTuber

in the film, and one of his assignments lands him in the forest, on the trail of a lost treasure.

“The film is an adventure comedy and revolves around characters who come to a forest in search of treasure. One of the main tracks is that of Yogi Babu, an active YouTuber, who ends up in the forest because of a certain circumstance. There, he meets Mottai Rajendran’s character, who is in the forest in search of his pet monkey, who he treats as his own son,” Yasin says.

The team has completed a schedule of the film, which has been scripted by Raatchasi director Gowthamraj. “We shot in forests surrounding Kalakkadu, Tenkasi and

Nagercoil

. We plan to commence the next schedule by August; it will happen either in Talakona or Kerala,” he says.