Ganesh Venkatraman is Suriya’s replacement in the Major Ravi directed tri- lingual Kandahar in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi. The film is based on the hijacking of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 in 1999.

It will be Ganesh fourth film in Tamil after Abhiyum Naanum, Unnaipol Oruvan and Muriyadi due in July. Says Ganesh: “ It is a dream come true and a big break for me as I play Mr. Amitabh Bachchan’s son in the film, while Mohanlal sir will play Major Mahadevan the commando.”

Ganesh says he owes it to Mohanlal who recommended him to Major Ravi after working with him in Unnaipol Oruvan. Concluded the hunk: “We start the shoot of the film by June end and it is going to be a learning experience for me, as I will be working with the two giants of Indian cinema Amitji and Lal sir.”