Madhavan-Arya-Bharath in 'Raajneeti' Tamil Remake

Bollywood blockbuster Raajneeti is the latest movie, which will be remade in Tamil. UTV Motion Pictures is planning to remake the film in Kollywood with Aarya, Madhavan, Prakash Raj, Sathyaraj and Bharath in the leads.

Arya might do Ranbir's role in the Tamil version of the hit Hindi multistarrer 

Politics and films go hand-inglove in Tamil Nadu. And, politically-charged films have often created a stir in the state. Based on this, if rumours are to be believed, a Mumbai-based corporate is planning to remake the Bollywood superhit Raajneeti in Tamil. Arya is said to be the frontrunner to play Ranbir Kapoor's role in the Tamil version.

If the move comes through, the film could be among the biggest multistarrers in Tamil cinema as the original had big names like Ranbir Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, Nana Patekar, Katrina Kaif, Naseeruddin Shah and Arjun Rampal in the lead. The Kollywood names currently doing the rounds for the project are Madhavan, Arya, Sathyaraj, Prakash Raj, and Bharath. The studio is looking at big-name directors who can pull-off multistarrers, for Raajneeti. Shankar and Lingusamy seem to be the frontrunners for the project.

"But, there are doubts about Shankar signing on the project as he is currently doing a remake with Nanban and might not be keen on doing another remake immediately," says a source. On the other hand, chances are bright for Lingusamy, as the director's upcoming Vettai is being co-produced by the studio. "He has also inked a threefilm deal with them for his other productions which might land him this flick," adds the source.

Bharath attempts a full-length comedy in ‘Yuvan Yuvathi’

Actor Bharath’s upcoming film would be ‘Yuvan Yuvathi’ produced by Dr. V. Ramadoss, an NRI who has been ranked among the ‘top 50’ among the Indians residing away from the country.  Dr. Ramadoss has also been conferred the prestigious award of ‘Best NRI’ by none other than Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The film pits model Reema Kallingal opposite Bharath in her debut film in Tamil as heroine.  The film has been directed by G.N.R. Kumaravel. The film features Santhanam, who is being signed up in every other film as the friend of the hero, right from Vishal to Shanthanu.

Talking about his film, Bharath says, “In the past few years, I have done quite a few action films in ‘Aarumugam’, ‘Pazhani’ and ‘Tiruthani’ (the last one is yet to release, though).  In the beginning of this year, I was offered ‘Yuvan Yuvathi’, a script which would make the audience laugh aloud forgetting all their worries.

“The story is about the romantic life of a youth who dreams of visiting the U.S. and narrates in detail the consequences of his love affair.  He does encounter problems in his love and overcomes it in his own style,” says Bharath, who also revealed that it wasn’t the leading pair who is shown to be ‘getting too close’ with each other coveringboth their faces with a duppatta!

He also added that Reema is a very promising ‘find’ and predicted her to have a long innings in Kollywood.  He likened Reema to many Hollywood heroines who look jaded in the opening sequence of a film but appear to be getting beautiful with every progressing frame of the film!  Wonder what he meant to convey?