Ilaiyaraaja sings for Maari 2

Chennai Jan 17 (IANS) Actor-filmmaker-singer Dhanush says he is thrilled that music-composer Ilaiyaraaja sang a song for the upcoming film "Maari 2".

Dhanush on Tuesday night shared a string of photographs of himself along with maestro from the music studio.

"So happy to announce that the maestro Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja sang a song for Maari 2 . What a delightful divine experience. We feel so blessed and super thrilled " Dhanush captioned the image.

Directed by Balaji Mohan "Maari 2" also stars Sai Pallavi. The Tamil action-comedy film marks Balaji s second collaboration with Dhanush after "Maari".

In "Maari" Dhanush played a dhoti-clad moustache-twirling local rowdy and he was paired with Kajal Aggarwal.

Actors Robo Shankar and Vinod who played Dhanush s sidekicks in the first part will be part of "Maari 2". Malayalam actor Tovino Thomas has been signed to play the antagonist.

--IANS
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