Actress Ramya Krishnan, whose powerful performance as Neelambari in the Rajinikanth-starrer ‘Padaiyappa’ is hailed as one of the best antagonist performances by an actor in a Rajinikanth film to this day, has now begun shooting for director Nelson’s eagerly-awaited action extravaganza ‘Jailer 2’, featuring Rajinikanth in the lead.

Ramya Krishnan took to her Instagram page to share a story on her first day of shoot. She wrote, “26 years of Padayappa and the first day shoot of Jailer 2.” Ramya Krishnan plays the character of Vijaya Pandian a.k.a Viji, the wife of Rajinikanth’s character Muthuvel Pandian, in the film.