Mani
Ratnam's
next
movie
Pookadai
just
got
bigger
with
the
inclusion
of
Arvind
Swamy
to
its
cast.
Well,
the
ace
director
has
reportedly
signed
the
actor,
who
worked
with
him
in
superhit
movies
like
Roja
and
Bombay.
If
reports
are
to
be
believed,
Arvind
Swamy,
who
refused
Vishal's
offer
to
play
the
role
of
a
baddie
in
Samaran,
has
given
the
nod
to
play
a
key
character
in
Pookadai.
It
is
said
that
when
Mani
Ratnam
offered
him
the
film,
he
just
cannot
say
no,
as
the
filmmaker
is
his
mentor.
Arvind
Swamy
is
reportedly
playing
the
role
of
a
father
to
either
Samantha
or
Karthik
in
Pookadai.
The
other
actors
in
the
cast
are
Arjun
Sarja
and
Lakshmi
Manchu.
In
the
technical
front,
Mani
Ratnam's
trusted
men
AR
Rahman
and
Ravi
K
Chandran
are
handing
the
music
and
cinematography
department.