RX first look: Regena Cassandrra leads Lokesh's production

Lokesh Kanagaraj’s G Squad and Mythri Movie Makers have named their first film together RX, and the first look puts Regena Cassandrra in the middle of it. The poster, released on Sunday, carries a single line: “Truth always demands a voice!”

Vishal Venkat directs. RX is his third film with Nassar, after Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal in 2022 and last year’s Bomb. Ramesh Thilak and Sreeja Ravi complete the main cast. Shooting is already over, and a release date is due to follow.

Nobody is saying what the film is about, but the artwork is not shy. Regena stands in a packed bus in a sari, a handbag pressed to her side, eyes wide and wary. Over her, the title is drawn as the pharmacist’s Rx, with a thin ECG trace cutting through its strokes. A medical drama, or something darker that hides inside a clinic, would fit both the symbol and the tagline.

Regena’s own post leaned on that idea of a film with something to say. “Some stories are more than just films. They are conversations that need to happen, voices that need to be heard and realities that deserve our attention,” she wrote. “RX is very close to my heart.”

Naveen Yerneni and Y Ravi Shankar of Mythri produce with Lokesh, with Pradeep Boopathi as co-producer. Hariharan Raju wrote the story and shares screenplay credit with Vishal Venkat; Ashameera Aiyappan wrote the dialogues. Hesham Abdul Wahab composes, with Selvakumar SK on camera, Prasanna GK editing and Manoj Kumar K as art director.

The partnership runs both ways. Mythri, which made its Tamil push with titles such as Modha Rathiri, is also producing AA23, the Allu Arjun film that will be Lokesh’s first as a director in Telugu, with Anirudh on music. On the G Squad side, Benz, directed by Bakkiyaraj Kannan with Raghava Lawrence, Nivin Pauly, Ravi Mohan and Samyuktha, is the next production in line.