Actress Haripriya has been roped in as the heroine for 'Duniya' Vijay starrer 'Kanaka'. Haripriya will be joining the sets of the film soon.

The shooting for R Chandru's new film 'Kanaka' starring 'Duniya' Vijay in the lead role started in January. Majority of the shooting is completed and now the team is planning to shoot in North Karnataka. One more heroine was supposed to be a part of this schedule and earlier Rachita Ram was selected for the role. However, Rachita walked out of the film due to various reasons and now Haripriya has been selected in her place.

R Chandru is directing the movie, apart from producing the film. Satya Hegade is the cameraman of the film, while Naveen Sajju has composed the songs for the film.