Nitinsathyaa teams up with Jai

They have shared screen space before and are among the popular best-friend jodi in the industry. And now, Jai and

Nitinsathyaa

are all set to team up for a film again. Interestingly, while Jai is playing the lead in it,

Nitin

will be producing it.

Nitin says, “This is an action film laced with sentiments and humour. Jai plays a middle-class guy who aspires to make it big. How he gets out of a web of situation is what the film is about. We have completed about 25 per cent of shoot and are looking at releasing the film next February.”

The film, which is based in Chennai, is being directed by

Pichu Mani

. “He worked as a co-director with Venkat Prabhu. Reba Monica John (of Malayalam film Jacobinte Swargarajyam fame) plays the female lead. While Bobo Shashi is the composer, Aravind and

Praveen KL

will be handling cinematography and editing respectively,” he adds.

Ask him why he chose to cast Jai and he says, “When I was looking at casting, I wanted to get on board someone with whom I share a comfortable equation. And Jai came to my mind. He immediately agreed and asked when we could start shooting. We both knew the story as we’ve hung out with Pichu Mani a lot. Jai and I are good friends and he is very cooperative. He is always on time for shoot and has never given me a reason to crib.”