Prabhudheva thrilled about starring in silent film Mercury

Chennai June 25 (IANS) Actor-filmmaker Prabhudheva last seen onscreen in Tamil horror-thriller Devi is excited to be playing an antagonist for the first time in his career in upcoming Tamil silent film Mercury.

It s an exciting project and I m very thrilled. All I can say right now is that it s a silent film and I play a very different role Prabhudheva told IANS.

Directed by Karthik Subbaraj the film stars Sananth Deepak and Remya Nambeesan. The film s shooting has already been wrapped up and it s gearing up for release soon.

Karthik is bankrolling the project under his home banner Stone Bench Films. The film has music by Santhosh Narayanan.

National award-winning Tirru has cranked the camera.

On the career front Prabhudheva will soon commence work on his next Tamil directorial Karuppu Raja Vellai Raja.

--IANS
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