As per the latest reports, a Malayalam actor has been roped in for Rajinikanth's and Vijay Sethupathi's Petta. Petta is one of the much-awaited big ventures of the South Indian film industry. This film helmed by young director Karthik Subbaraj. Who is the actor? Kammattipadam fame Manikandan R Achari to work with Rajinikanth and Vijay Sethupathu in 'Petta'. Petta is a Tamil debut film of Manikandan. Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Bobby Simha, Simran, Trisha and Megha Akash are also part of this movie. His upcoming Malayalam movie is Nivin Pauly’s and Mohanlal’s Kayamkulam Kochunni. Manikandan won the award for best supporting actor in 2016 Kerala State film for Kammatipadam.