Earlier it was spreaded widely that the film was titled as Pookadai but he denied the media reports with this official announcement.
But the star cast remains the same with Karthik's son Gautham playing the lead role, but the female role was grabbed by Samantha says sources.
Also Arjun, Arvind Swamy, Thambi Ramaiah will be seen in significant roles in Kadal. This will be Maniratnam's Love story after his evergreen romantic film 'Alaipayuthey' starring Madhavan and Shalini in the lead roles.
Also AR Rahman will be composing music for Kadal, Cinematography by Rajiv Menon, Editing by Sreekar Prasad and produced under his own banner Madras Talkies.
So excitement are there for Maniratanam's magic to repeat once again.