Simbu has begun shooting for his new movie 'Maanaadu' and those who saw the first two days work are raving about his return back to form with a bang. The film directed by Venkat Prabhu and produced by Suresh Kamachi has Kalyani Priyadarshan as the leading lady with Bharathiraja, SAC, S.J. Suryah, Premgi Amaran, Karunakaran, Arvind Akash, Daniel Anne Pope and Udaya. Filming will go on continuously for the next two months and the entire shooting will be wrapped up to aim a Diwali 2020 release.

The news doing the rounds in Kollywood is that Simbu has given his nod to veteran director Cheran to star in his next movie which will be 'STR46'. Talk is that Cheran has an emotion-packed story with a strong hero character which impressed Simbu a lot and has asked the 'Bigg Boss 3' star to go ahead and look for a proper producer. Await the confirmation on this one sometime in the near future.