A couple of weeks ago, it was said that Kamal Haasan would be the protagonist of Shankar's forthcoming film. Last week, rumours mills had it that Vikram would be the hero of the director's next.

And now, the latest is that Suriya would play the lead role in the upcoming film of Shankar. 'The director and the actor met recently and they firmed up doing a film together,' say sources. However, there is no official confirmation so far.

The two things that are sure at this moment is that Shankar's next would be produced by Aascar Films V Ravichandran, who produced Anniyan with the same director earlier. Also, A R Rahman will score music for this mega budget film.

It is also said that Deepika Padukone would be the heroine of this yet to be titled film, which is said to be a high voltage action entertainer. We are waiting for Shankar to spill the beans.