Captain Miller director insists that the Dhanush starrer is being shot on private land after a recent allegations

The upcoming Dhanu starrer Captain Miller has found itself in controversy after acquisitions from locals at the Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KTMR) in Tamil Nadu where the movie is filing that the filming is disturbing the local wildlife.

However, director Arun Matheswaran denied the rumors saying that while they are filming the movie on private land and they have taken all required permissions for the shoot.

Recently a video of what appeared to be a large fight scene from the movie leaked online, the clip has gone viral since then and has led to a lot of speculation about the plot of the movie.

The movie is a period drama marking Matheswaran's directorial debut and his first collaboration with Dhanush . The movie is currently being shot in the forest of Tenkashi.

The movie will also star Hollywood actor Edward Sonnenblick, who last played the role of Edward in SS Rajamouli's RRR.

The movie will also be the first time Kannada superstar Shivarajkumar will work alongside Dhanush, making Captain Miller his second Tamil movie after Rajinikanth's Jailer.

The rest of the cast includes Sundeep Kishan, Nivedhithaa Sathish, John Kokken, Priyanka Arulmohan, and Sumesh Moor.

Noted composer G.V. Prakash Kumar will be handling the music for the movie, with Shreyas Krishna in charge of the cinematography and Nagooran will be serving as editor.

Meanhwile Dhanush will be donning the director's hat for a second time, The movie will be produced by Dhanush's own production company Wunderbar Films in association with Sun Pictures, So far the movie has added Dushara Vijayan, Vishnu Vishal, and SJ Suryah to its cast.

Dhnaush's first movie of 2023 was the coming-of-age drama Vaathi in which he will be starring alongside Samyuktha Menon. The movie is directed by Venky Atluri and is being shot simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu and was a box office hit and has grossed more than 100 crores at the box office.

Captain Miller is expected to wrap filming in May and will hit theaters in the latter half of 2023.