CHENNAI: Actress Aditi Shankar, the daughter of ace director Shankar, has now disclosed how Anjali, the character she plays in director Vignesh Srikanth's much awaited romantic drama 'Once More', healed and helped her.

Participating in the trailer launch event of the eagerly awaited film, Aditi, who plays the female lead opposite Arjun Das in the film, said, "I want to start by saying thank you to producer Yuvraj sir for giving director Srikanth this opportunity. Thank you. Because of you, we get to give 'Once More' to everybody out there."

She then went on to wholeheartedly thank the film's director Vignesh Srikanth saying, "This man, my director, has given his blood, his sweat, his heart and his heartbreak for this movie. So, thank you so much for approaching and giving me this opportunity and trusting me with this, Srikanth sir."

She then went on to disclose, "Actually, Once More came to me when I was down in life. So, playing this Anjali character, healed me and helped me so much. So, thank you Srikanth sir for that."

For the unaware, 'Once More' is to hit screens worldwide on August 28 this year.

The film, which features Arjun Das and Aditi Shankar in the lead, will also feature model turned actress Sona Olickal in a pivotal role.

The film has been in the news for a number of reasons. Most significantly, the film will mark the Tamil debut of celebrated Malayalam music director Hesham Abdul Wahab, who is best known for his chartbuster songs in films like 'Hridayam' and 'Hi Nanna'.

'Once More' has a brilliant technical team backing it up. Cinematography for the film is by gifted cameraman Aravind Viswanathan. Editing for the film has been handled by Nash while Raj Kamal has helmed the department of art direction.

Lyrics for the songs, a couple of which have already emerged chartbusters, are by Vignesh Srikanth. Costumes in the film have been designed by Navadevi Rajkumar while dances in the film have been choreographed by Apsar. The film has had its sound design handled by Renjith Venugopal while Arun Sangameshwar has performed the duties of a colorist.

Harish Durairaj has served as the film's executive producer while Vijay MP has played the role of the creative producer in this unit.

The film has been produced by Yuvaraj Ganesan under the banner of Million Dollar Studios.