Sanchari Vijay’s next sees him in a lean, new avatar

Sanchari Vijay teams up with his long-time friend and associate theatreperson and now filmmaker

Aravind Kuplikar

for his next. Titled

Puksatte Lifu

, with a tagline Pursotte Illa, the film has an ensemble cast that includes Achyut Kumar, Rangayana Raghu and

Matangi

Prasan. Aravind, who has previously worked with Prakash Raj as a co-director for

Idolle Ramayana

, marks his directorial debut with this one. “This film sees a team of people from the Sanchari theatre group coming together. The story line is something that was suggested by Vijay, based on which I developed the screenplay. Vijay plays a person from the economically weaker society, who is a victim of circumstances and the film traces a few events in his life. In fact, we have tried to present Vijay in a different avatar. He plays a youngster from a Muslim household. For the film, Vijay has lost weight and tried a new look,” says Aravind, who is currently busy with the post-production of the film.