Jayam Ravi to train in horse riding, sword fighting

Chennai Feb 21 (IANS) Actor Jayam Ravi will begin work on Rs 150 crore Tamil historic drama Sanghamitra later this year. He says the project will require him to learn horse riding and sword fighting.

This film is going to involve a lot of hard work and it will require me to train in horse riding and sword fighting. I ve lost a lot of weight for Vanamagan as I was required to look very lean. I need to gain all that weight and add a few more kilos to look like a warrior in Sanghamitra Ravi told IANS.

To be helmed by Sundar C the project will also star Arya and Shruti Haasan.

Having recently completed shooting for Vanamagan in which he plays a tribal character Ravi has started shooting for Tik Tik Tik Tamil cinema s first space thriller.

It s a very ambitious project. We ve built four space sets in EVP World. As a subject it will largely appeal to kids apart from regular audiences he said.

The project also marks the acting debut of Ravi s son Aarav.

He seems interested in acting and enjoys being on sets but this will be a one-off film. He s too young to divert his attention from studies Ravi a doting father said.

Ravi also confirmed that a sequel to last year s Miruthan a zombie thriller is on the cards.

Miruthan couldn t impress all sections of the audience especially children and that didn t work in our favour. Hence we are planning to make Miruthan 2 as a superhero franchise so the film becomes kids-friendly. The project will kick-off after we complete Tik Tik Tik he said.

--IANS
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