Sai Pallavi opens up about playing a cop in Dhanush's Om: 'I see my alter ego in Nithya Reddy'

Actress Sai Pallavi who plays the lead along with Tamil star Dhanush and Malayalam superstar Mammootty in director Rajkumar Periasamys eagerly awaited action entertainer Om has now thanked the director for choosing her to play the character of Nithya Reddy in the film and disclosed that she sees her alter ego in Nithya Reddy On Monday the makers of Om revealed that Sai Pallavi plays an IPS officer called Nithya Reddy in the filmDirector Rajkumar Periasamy while sharing the link to the video introducing Sai Pallavis character on X wrote HER The PERFORMER Sai_Pallavi92 You will never cease to amaze Herersquos SaiPallavi as NithyaReddy IPS Naidupeta Ammayi frOM OMResponding to this post Sai Pallavi wrote Dear Rajkumar_KP sir Thank you so much for choosing me again and this time play to play Nithya ReddyI see my alter ego in herIt may be recalled that Rajkumar Periasamy had worked with Sai Pallavi in his earlier film Amaran as wellHER The PERFORMER Sai_Pallavi92 You will never cease to amaze Herersquos SaiPallavi as NithyaReddy IPS Naidupeta Ammayi frOM OM Tamil httpstcopFdjjlniTY Telugu httpstcoRpytZf9tHI Hindi httpstco511CAUHslV A SaiAbhyankkar Musical OM OMChapter1 UDHIRAMTHEBLOODWOOD dhanushkraja mammukka NaseeruddinShah sreeleela14 Indrans RTakeStudios wunderbarfilms Shra2309 azy905 theSreyas sandy_sashr vishurams Ezhil_DOP kalaivananoffl iamSandy_Off kavya_sriram kabilanchelliah rajeevan69 JamRokr kuchirayar73 WarnerMusicIN divomusicindia ManojMaddyMM RIAZtheboss parasriazahmed1 teamaimprmdash Rajkumar Periasamy Rajkumar_KP October 26 2026In the video that the makers released on Monday Nithya Reddy is an IPS officer from the Andhra Pradesh cadre After having worked with the Andhra Pradesh Police Nithya Reddy gets inducted into the Central Bureau of Investigations CBI as Additional Superintendent to work with InterpolHer higher ups rate her highly as she is honest smart and has experience at a young age More significantly she is the person running the operation OMThe film is slated to hit screens on November 20 this yearIt may be recalled that the makers had originally planned to release the film on October 16 However actor Dhanush in a statement had announced the films postponement He had said that they had chosen to postpone the release of their film out of respect for Superstar Rajinikanth whose film Jailer 2 hit screens on October 15Dhanush had also made it clear that their film would not be releasing for Deepavali as Suriyas film had already been announced for the same date The actor and producer later announced November 20 as the date of release for their filmThe film has triggered huge interest in fans and film buffs as this is the first time that Dhanush and Mammootty are collaborating on a projectDirector Rajkumar Periasamy had disclosed earlier that Mammootty plays a character called Karthikeyan the film Participating in the title teaser launch event of the film which was held in June this year Rajkumar Periasamy had disclosed that Malayalam superstar Mammootty played a character called Karthikeyan in the film and that 60 to 65 per cent of filming had then been completedFor the unaware the unit of the film had recently shot in Malaysia Mammootty had also jointly celebrated his recent National Award win with three other National Award winners Dhanush director Rajkumar Periasamy and editor Kalaivanan on the sets of the filmBollywood star Naseeruddin Shah too is a part of this film The films title has a tagline called Chapter 1 indicating that there could be a sequelA title teaser that the makers had released some time back had showed that the story revolves around those cutting red sanders for a living Dhanush himself plays a woodcutter in the film The teaser showed police personnel rounding up woodcutters chopping red sanders illegally As they hold the workers hostage at gunpoint Dhanush was seen coming to their rescueWunderbar Films Head Sreyas while speaking at the title teaser launch event had disclosed that this would be one of the biggest budget films in Dhanushs career He had also said that this film would bring back the mass vintage Dhanush that fans had longed to seeThe film which features Sai Pallavi and Sreeleela as the heroines has music by Sai Abhyankkar Cinematography for the film is by Ezhil Arasu Editing for the film is by Kalaivanan R and costumes are by Kavya SriramThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever