Chennai: Actress Vidya Balan, last seen on screen in Telugu film ‘NTR Kathanayakudu’, will be making her Tamil debut via the upcoming yet-untitled Tamil remake of Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu starrer ‘Pink’. This was disclosed in a statement by the film’s producer Boney Kapoor, who is foraying into southern filmdom with this project.
Vidya has been paired opposite Ajith Kumar in the remake being directed by H Vinoth. The shooting is underway in Hyderabad.
“Happy to introduce Vidya Balan to Tamil audiences. She is paired with Ajith and her role is very special. Shraddha Srinath has also been roped in for a pivotal role. Rangaraj Pandey plays a very important character,” Kapoor said in the statement.
The film also stars Adhik Ravichandran, Arjun Chidambaram, Abhirami Venkatachalam, Andrea Tariang, Aswin Rao and Sujith Shankar among others.
Apparently, it was late Sridevi’s wish that Ajith does a film in her husband’s production. “While working with Ajith in ‘English Vinglish’, Sridevi had expressed her desire that Ajith does a Tamil film for our home production. Nothing exciting came up till one day last year,” said Kapoor.
“Ajith suggested remaking ‘Pink’ in Tamil. She immediately agreed as she thought it was the most appropriate and timely film to make and Ajith would bring all the elements required to make it into a great Tamil film,” Kapoor added.
The film, slated to release, May 1, will feature music by Yuvan Shankar Raja.
IANS
