Director Balu Mahendra is back to the field after his long break due to his ill health. The last film that he worked on was 'Adhe Oru Kanaa Kalam' with Dhanush and Priyamani. The director is now all set to take his next project with fresh faces. The shooting of the film that will be funded by an NRI will start on January 10th, 2010. This time Mr Mahendra will have his son assisting him for the shooting and it is also heard that he plans to pick 5 students from the film school to work on his new project.