Pradeep Ranganathan made his debut as a director with Jayam Ravi, Kajal Aggarwal starrer, 'Comali'. The film which made asan entertainer with unique plot became a superhit and brought him name as a promising young director. He turned Hero for his second film, 'Love Today' along with directing it. The film turned out to be a blockbuster which deals with the theme of social media influence and friction between modern day lovers.
His third film has been in the news for quite sometime. There were reports that he asked for a huge remuneration of Rs 20 crores for his third film and many producers backed out of the project. Then, Kamal Haasan tried to make a film with him under his banner but dropped due to budget constraints.
Finally, 'Leo' producer SS Lalith Kumar came forward to produce a film with him as a hero. Nayanthara's husband, Director Vignesh Shivn to helm this project titled 'LIC'. The film touted to be a romantic drama to have Nayanthara in a key role as sister to Pradeep.
A popular Bollywood heroine is being considered as female lead while SJ Suryah, Myskin, Yogi Babu will be seen in other important roles. Anirudh is scoring music for this film. The official announcement and details will be rolled out very soon.