Gautham Vasudev Menon has started his next film, a love story on the lines of ‘Vinnaithandi Varuvaya’. Earlier titled ‘Nithya’, it has now been re-christened as ‘Neethane En Ponvasantham’, with Jiiva and Samantha Prabhu playing the lead roles.

Jiiva plays 21-year-old Raghu, an engineering student, while Samantha plays Nithya, a 20-year-old psychology student. “Jiiva has acquired a new look for this film after hitting the gym,” say sources in the know.

Gautham’s good friends Kumar and Jayaram of R S Infotainment, who had earlier produced ‘Vinnaithandi Varuvaya’ and ‘Ko’, will present this film produced by Photon Kathas Production, a company run by Gautham.

Oscar- winning musician A R Rahman is likely to be the music director. Gautham Menon's much- awaited’ Yohan Adhyayam Ondru’ with Vijay is likely to begin after the completion of ‘Neethane En Ponvasantham’.