Shiva turns screenplay writer for Sumo

Mirchi Siva and Priya Anand will be seen together again after Vanakkam Chennai in a upcoming film titled Sumo. The movie has been shot mostly in Japan, and is directed by Hosimin, former assistant of Shankar with cinematography by Rajiv Menon.

Sumo will have 18 real Sumo wrestlers who were selected after an audition. “It is a comical emotional film and Shiva for the first time has written the screenplay and dialogues for the film. A family entertainer, Rajiv Menon was impressed with the story and immediately gave his nod,” Hosimin tells us. VTV Ganesh and Yogi Babu play key characters.