Venkat Prabhu is a creator who has a cult following for his best works. Venkat ventured into film directing with the sports comedy flick Chennai 600028, which attained a cult status with 11 newcomers playing the leads.

After few other projects, Venkat directed his biggest project to date Mankatha, which marked the 50th film of one of the biggest stars in the country Thala Ajith. After Mankatha emerged as the biggest blockbuster of 2011, Venkat became one of the leading directors in the industry. He became the favourite director of Youngsters that year.

Venkat is currently making action-political thriller Maanadu starring Silambarasan and SJ Surya. STR gave re-entry with the quickfire profitable flick Eeswaran. He signed Maanadu 3 years back and the project nearly got shelved previously. The film's works boosted up and the shoot took place in full swing after STR kickstarted his second innings in Kollywood.

Today, the Maanadu team wrapped up shooting the final schedule in an airstrip near Hosur. The producer Suresh Kamatchi tweeted that he is so happy about wrapping up and also tweeted that it has been 3 years after Simbu signed Maanadu, accurately.

On the last day of the shoot, the Star of the film gifted an awesome smartwatch to the captain of the ship, Venkat Prabhu. Venkat tweeted, "Thank q @SilambarasanTR_ for all the love and support!! Thanks for the watch!!! #OurTimeStartsNow #MaanaaduWrapped thanks to my team!! Soon our #abdulkhaliq will be yours!! #maanaadu". Media sources say that STR gifted watches to 168 crew members of the unit.

Maanadu team revealed a teaser and a song from the film. Yuvan Shankar Raja is scoring music for this flick. More updates on this coming soon. Stay Tuned.