After keeping the faces of the young lead actors under wraps for more than a year, Mani Ratnam has finally released the face of his hero for his next film, Kadal.

Gautham Karthik is the son of Karthik, who also acted in Ratnam's Mouna

Raagam.

We are yet to see what the young heroine, Thulasi Nair, looks like.

Kadal is produced by Mani Ratnam's Madras Talkies, in both Tamil and Telugu.