Karthi to play a pilot in Mani Ratnam's next

Actor Karthi, who is busy promoting his forthcoming bilingual ‘Oopiri’, will be reportedly seen as a pilot in ace filmmaker Mani Ratnam's yet-untitled next, which will also feature ‘Premam’ fame Sai Pallavi as the female lead. "Karthi plays an NRI, who works as a pilot. He falls in love while on a trip to India," said a source.

Sai Pallavi plays a doctor in the film, which is slated to go on the floors from June. "Karthi is busy wrapping up 'Kashmora', and for this project he got his head tonsured. He has to wait for three months for his hair to grow back before he starts working on Ratnam sir's project," the source said. The project will have music by AR Rahman and cinematography by Ravi Varman.