Another Darshan’s cousin Manoj has followed the star’s footsteps, to enter the silverscreen. After doing few blink-and-miss roles, the actor is now readying himself to become a full-fledged hero.
They were reports of the Thoogudeepa family scouting for good directors to launch Manoj and now we hear that the actor’s debut launch will be directed by Raghu Shastry. The director, who made his Sandalwood entry with Vinay Rajkumar’s Run Antony, was appreciated for his latest directorial Loose Connection, a webseries made under Sakkath Studios.
Raghu, who had worked on the screenplay and written the dialogues for Dinakar Thoogudeepa’s directorial Life Jothe Ondu Selfie, happened to meet Manoj. After a few rounds of discussions, they decided to on a one-liner, the story of which is being developed now.
Our source says, “The two are working on a pucca commercial movie and the yet-to-be titled project is likely to go on floors from February 2018”. More details on the production and cast will be revealed in the coming days.