The beginning of 2020 has been a memorable one for Tamil cinema fans as many exciting announcements and confirmations of big projects have come. One of the most notable is the official word about 'Suriya 40' directed by Vetrimaaran and produced by Kalaipuli S Thanu. On Thursday G. V. Prakash shared the hot news that he has signed on to score the music for the project also touching a personal milestone of 75 films with it as a composer.

Now the buzz is that Vetrimaaran has cast actor Shakti Vasudevan in an important character in 'Suriya 40' though there is no confirmation yet regarding the same. There are some reports that the 'Chinna Thambi' actor may be a part of the Soori project or the web series that Vetrimaaran is directing as well.

Shakti the son of veteran commercial director P. Vasu has acted as hero in a few films and recently became popular after participating as a contestant in the 'Bigg Boss' season one hosted by Kamal Haasan.