Madai Thiranthu

Madai Thirandhu, titled 1945 in Telugu is an upcoming Indian Tamil-Telugu bilingual period film, directed by Sathyasiva of Kazhugu fame and produced by S. N. Rajarajan of K Productions. The film features Rana Daggubati and Regina Cassandra in lead roles along with veterans Nassar and Sathyaraj slated for a pivotal roles.

Sathyasiva first began scripting the film in mid-2015 and approached Jiiva to play the lead role, but the film did not find producers. S. N. Rajarajan, who won the rights for Baahubali: The Conclusion is bankrolling this big budgeted bilingual project, being helmed by Sathyasiva. As Rana Daggubati was picked to play the lead due to closeness of the producer, Regina Cassandra was chosen to pair with Rana after considering several heroines. Later Nasser and Sathyaraj, were also chosen to play important roles than supporting ones. Yuvan Shankar Raja has been roped in compose music for the project. The rest of the cast and crew are awaited to be revealed.

The film features Rana Daggubati and Regina Cassandra in lead roles along with veterans Nasser and Sathyaraj slated for a pivotal roles.

The principal photography has been commenced at Kochi since 19 August 2016. Depicting Subhas Chandra Bose's Independence movement in the 1940s, huge sets have been erected along the beach for this period drama as the portions for Nasser and Regina Cassandra is being canned. Satyaraj is expected to join the next schedule of shoot in September and Rana Daggubati likely to join the production unit shortly once he wraps Baahubali: The Conclusion.