Srikanth in a comedy role

After a long gap, Srikanth films are being released one by one continuously. The film Sathurangam which had Srikanth in the lead role was released recently and it has earned him a good name.

Now he is currently sharing the screen with Vijay and Jeeva in the film Nanban directed by Shankar. At this juncture he is donning the lead role in a film. The film is titled Paagan. Janani Iyer is pairing with Srikanth in this film. Mohammad Aslam is debuting as a director through this film. He had earlier worked as an assistant to popular directors like Cheran, Ameer and Radha Mohan. Aslam has mentioned that he is giving importance to comedy in his first film.

While speaking about Paagan, the director said, "Paagan is a comedy filled entertaining film. This film has all the commercial ingredients like romance, action, sentiments with more dosage of comedy.
This film will be definitely a sixer for Srikanth. He has excelled in comedy in each sequences. Everybody will be amazed by seeing his sense of humour. Like how Thillu Mullu was for Rajnikanth sir, Paagan will be for Srikanth. About the story, I should say that an elephant is a huge animal but the mahout (Paagan) a small person is able to control it.

The same can be applicable to human life also. This forms the basis for the story. Janani Iyer who had acted in Avan Ivan is pairing with Srikanth in this film. Kovai Sarala is donning the role of Srikanth's mother while George who had acted in Madrasapattinam is donning the role of Srikanth's father. Suri and Pandi are donning the role of Srikanth's friends. James Vasanthan is composing the music for this film. The lyrics are penned by Yugabharathi, Surya and Virushika. Lakshman who had handled the camera for Vennila Kabadi Kulu and Kullanari Kootam is handling the camera for this film. The shooting of this film is taking place in Lonavala, Pollachi and in some foreign locales."