Director P. Vasu's
next directorial
venture starring
Rajinikanth has
been named
"Kuselan". It will be a remake of
the Malayalam super-hit "Katha
Parayumbol" in which Mamootty
and Sreenivasan starred. It was
released during Christmas last
year and it became an instant
success.
The Tamil version will be
produced by Kavithalaya, the
production house of Rajini's
mentor K. Balachander. Panchu
Arunachalam will also be
associated with the project as co-
producer. Vidyasagar will be the
music director. Just days after the
official announcement of
Shankar's what is described as
"heavy weight" "Robot" starring
Rajini, P. Vasu told media
persons about his plans to
remake in Tamil the Malayalam
blockbuster with Rajini in the
lead.
Before the discussions started on
the project, Sreenivasan, writer
and co-producer of "Katha
Parayumbol" had held a special
screening of the film for Rajini
who was said to have been
impressed by the story. It is a
sentimental comedy. The story
revolves around a deep and
abiding friendship between a
struggling barber and a reigning
superstar who are childhood
friends.Mammootty played the
superstar and Sreenivasan the
barber in the Malayalam film
while Rajini will play the lead role
and Pasupathy will do the barber
character in Tamil.
The title of the Tamil remake
"Kuselan" is inspired by the story
of how Lord Krishna helped his
boyhood friend of the Gurukula
days, Sudhama (Kuchela), when
he was passing through hard
times due to utter poverty. Work
on the Tamil project will start
soon and the film is expected to
be ready for release by August,
much ahead of "Robot".
"Kuselan" is Vasu's second mega
project after Rajini-starrer
"Chandramukhi" which was a
phenomenal success.
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