July 13, 2012
Prabhu Deva has proved himself as a director with the huge success of ‘Rowdy Rathore’ and with three directorial ventures in his hand. At present, he is staying in Boney Kapoor’s old place in Green Acres as they’ve shifted to a new bungalow.
July 13, 2012
Prabhu Deva has proved himself as a director with the huge success of ‘Rowdy Rathore’ and with three directorial ventures in his hand. At present, he is staying in Boney Kapoor’s old place in Green Acres as they’ve shifted to a new bungalow.
The choreographer-turned-director is all set for another project which begins next month. It is a hard hitting love story and Prabhu Deva has decided to cast Shruti Hassan in the lead opposite producer Kumar Taurani’s son Girish.
Prabhu Deva and Shruti go back a long way. Shruti's father Kamal Haasan has worked closely with Prabhu's choreographer-father. Says a source, "Prabhu has taken on himself the onus of re-launching Shruti in Hindi."
This ends the hunt for a suitable co-star for producer Kumar Taurani's son Girish. The untitled film is said to be "no Romeo & Juliet" romance since we've too many of those. Efforts were on to find a completely new girl to star opposite the Taurani scion. But now they've gone for what is being called a "semi-newcomer".
Says a source, "Both Kumar Taurani and Prabhu Deva were keen on a new girl. But then it was felt that working on two newcomers simultaneously would take attention away from the male debutant's launch. So the team decided on Shruti who is relatively new to Hindi cinema. But she's already an established star in the South. She has done a couple of Hindi films that didn't work. All she needs is that one hit."
Prabhu Dheva confirmed Shruti’s presence in the project saying, “We were thinking of a new girl. But Shruti seems a better option. She has everything it takes.”
Revealing more about the film, the director said, “It is as massey as Rowdy Rathore. That is the only language I know. It will be targeted at single-theatre audiences. But we will put some elements for the multiplex audience as well.”
