Amala Paul will reprise her role as Shalini in the Kannada remake of Velaiyilla Pattathari. This will be her second Kannada film – She signed Hebbuli with Kichcha Sudeep earlier this year. Kannada actor Ravichandran’s son Manoranjan Ravichandran has been chosen to play Dhanush’s role. Nanda Kishore will direct.
Producer Rockline Venkatesh confirmed Amala’s casting in an interview with Times of India, “We are doing the remake with Amala and Manoranjan in lead roles, though we are yet to finalise other details about the project.”
He purchased the Kannada remake rights of VIP and Visaaranai earlier this year. “VIP is an entertainer, which will be liked by the Kannada audience and that’s one of the reasons I picked it up,”he told TNIE.
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Amala played the role of a doctor in love with Dhanush in Velaiyilla Pattathari. Interestingly, in her Kannada debut Hebbuli, Amala will essay the role of an MBBS student. In a recent interview, Amala said, “Yes, I liked my characterization in this film and I agreed to work on the film. I have been getting offers from the Kannada industry for quite some time now. I thought that this film would be an apt script for my debut in Kannada. While Sudeep plays a soldier, I will be essaying the role of an MBBS student. We will be heading to Kashmir, Mysore and Iceland for the shoot in the upcoming months. I am really kicked about shooting in the locales of Kashmir. I am presently shooting for my Malayalam film with Jayasurya in Kerala, and will begin work on Hebbuli from the end of May. ”
Amala Paul was last seen as the mother of a fifteen year old in Amma Kanakku, produced by Dhanush’s Wunderbar Studios. She has also been signed on for the lead role in Vetrimaaran’s Vada Chennai trilogy.