Galatta.com brought our users the news that Mani Ratnam’s next biggie would have Vikram and Aishwarya sharing screen space. Now we have more news about Mani Ratnam’s next mega project.
Insiders say Mani Ratnam is on the verge of signing the biggest deal ever in the history of South Indian movies between his own production company, Madras Talkies and Anil Ambani’s Reliance Big Picture Entertainment. Sources say the deal to acquire the rights to the film’s negatives runs a huge figure amounting to Rs. 120 crores. The film will be made in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi and the deal factors in all the three versions.
Mani Ratnam has been working on this three language film-script since he wrapped up Guru in 2007. Reports say that the star couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai will play the couple on screen as well, with Govinda in a negative role. Vikram will star in the Telugu and Tamil versions, with Aishwarya as heroine in all three languages.
P.C. Sreeram, Mani Ratnam’s friend and partner, and Mani Ratnam’s discovery A.R. Rahman will also be on board this historic mega project.
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