The top ranking character artist of Kannada cinema, Avinash, is already a familiar actor in Tamil films. Now, he has bagged a huge film, '7AM Arivu'starring Suriya and Shruthi Hassan.

“This Tamil film is in the making since a year and is a Rs.75 crore project”, says Avinash. He plays the father to protagonist Suriya. A. R. Murugudoss, the top notch director of Tamil films, is quite confident about this film.

After 'Enthiran'this is another mega project for Udayanidhi Stalin of Sun Network group. For the highest budget film in Suriya's career, the US based Stan Winston Studios, which did the special effects for 'Avatar', has provided the expertise.

Avinash's other major assignment, 'Doubles' in Malayalam opposite superstar Mammooty, is releasing this month.