Young actor Saiju Kurup is debuting into Kollywood with a movie directed by the veteran Bhagyaraj.

The actor, who has completed majority of the shooting for this movie titled as 'Puthiya Vaarpugal', will appear in a new name in Tamil. He will be known hereafter as Aniruddh in Tamil, and the actor feels that it will be better if he be called by the same name even in Mollywood.

Saiju alias Aniruddh will be appearing as Rock Rasaaq, a character with negative shades in this Tamil film. Santhanu will be the hero of this movie.

The actor, who has completed a movie titled 'Brahmaastharam' in Malayalam, will join the sets of his first Hindi movie 'The white Elephant', directed by Ejas Ahamed.