Sun Pictures, the makers of superstar Rajinikanth’s upcoming Tamil action drama Petta, on Wednesday released the first look of Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the film. Sun Pictures took to Twitter to make the announcement via a special poster, featuring Nawazuddin as Singaar Singh and a silhouette of Rajinikanth in the background. The film marks the Manto star’s Tamil cinema debut.
.@Nawazuddin_S as #SingaarSingh#PettaCharacterPoster@rajinikanth @karthiksubbaraj @anirudhofficial @VijaySethuOffl @SimranbaggaOffc @trishtrashers @SasikumarDir pic.twitter.com/nhWpiiXpaN
— Sun Pictures (@sunpictures) December 5, 2018
Petta, which is directed by Karthik Subbaraj (of Pizza-fame), also stars Vijay Sethupathi, Mega Akash, Bobby Simhaa, Trisha and Sasikumar. In October, Rajinikanth tweeted that the shoot of Petta was wrapped up 15 days ahead of schedule and he thanked his director and producers for their support. The title and motion poster of the film were released in September. The entire motion poster - featuring Rajinikanth turning and walking in slow motion - unfolds inside a church. In the film, Rajinikanth is rumoured to be playing a professor with a violent past.