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Samuthirakani signs Jayam Ravi
The director-actor will also be remaking his Poraali in Kannada
M Suganth
He made Sasikumar ride two horses literally in his film Poraali but it looks like director-actor Samuthirakani will be pulling off a similar stunt in real life, as a director. He has signed up two films as a director — one with Jayam Ravi in Tamil and the other, a Kannada remake of Poraali with Puneeth Rajkumar — and is likely to shoot both the films simultaneously in the coming months. Jayam Ravi's long-in-the-making Aadhi Bhagavan is yet to be completed, but that hasn't deterred Samuthirakani from signing the actor, who will be seen in a different avatar in the film, which will be produced by the production house behind Naan Kadavul and Boss Engira Baskaran.
Says a source close to the development, "The film will be a major landmark in both Ravi's and Samuthirakani's career. The director is associated with films that call for social change and this one too will be about a social revolution. The plot revolves around a social issue, which angered the director. Audiences will get to see a very different Ravi in this film."
Meanwhile, the director, who finished shooting for Saattai, in which he plays the lead, is busy selecting artistes for his Kannada remake of Poraali. Adds the source, "Puneeth had earlier acted in the Kannada remake of Nadodigal. The film's dialogues are being written now. The director is planning to shoot the film for 75 days and will start the project very soon. He is hoping to begin Ravi's project midway through this film's shoot."
Jayam Ravi and (inset) Samuthirakani
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