Sruthi Hariharan’s next will be the horror-comedy Mane Maratakkide, which is directed by Manju Swaraj. The film has Sruthi playing the main lead with Sadhu Kokila, Ravishankar Gowda, Kuri Prathap and Chikkanna in supporting roles. Mane Maratakkide is currently in the post-production mode and is scheduled to release on November 15.

The crux of the story is about four real estate agents trying to kick out a ghost from a potentially lucrative property and the sequence of horror-cum-comedy that ensues. Abhimann Roy of Taj Mahal fame has scored the music for this film, while cinematography has been handled by Suresh Babu.

Sruthi Hariharan’s last film release was Nathicharami, written by Sandhya Rani and directed by Mansore. M Ramesh had bankrolled it under his banner Tejaswini Enterprises along with Jaganmohan Reddy and Shivkumar Reddy. It starred Sruthi Hariharan and Sanchari Vijay in the lead roles with Sharanya, Poornachandra Mysore, Balaji Manohar and Gopal Deshpande in pivotal roles. The film’s music was composed by Bindhu Malini, sound designed by Mahavir Sabbanavar and camera cranked by Guruprasad Narnad and costume designing by Manasa Mustafa.

Nathicharami premiered in the India Story category and was nominated for the Oxfam Best Film on Gender Equality Award at the 20th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Sruthi won the National Film Award – Special Mention for Best Actress for this film. The actor is currently busy with two other films – Tesla and Aadhya – which are in different stages of production and will hit the marquee next year. Tesla, touted to be a science thriller, is directed by Vinod J Raj, and the film will be presented under Sruthi’s production house, Kalathmika. The makers have revealed the first look of the actor from the film and it seems like there is more to come as the actor appears in seven different looks in the film.

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