After more than two decades, Ramya Krishnan has got an opportunity to share the screen space with actor Amitabh Bachchan once again. The actors worked together in Bade Miyan Chote Miyan in 1998 and have been roped in to play an important role in SJ Suryah’s Uyarndha Manithan. With Amitabh Bachchan starring in the film, it will mark his debut in the Tamil film industry. The film will be directed by Thamizhvannan of Kalvanin Kadhali fame and will be made in Tamil and Hindi.
The director told IANS, "Ramya ma'am has been paired with Amitji. Audiences are going to see both of them in really interesting roles. It's really exciting to be bringing together actors with such fine calibre and working with them. We are currently shooting important scenes between both of them in Mumbai,"
Previously, it was widely speculated that Jyotika might be roped in to play the female lead in the film, Refuting the rumors Suryah himself tweeted saying, “hi , it a false news …. pls don’t spread such fake news …. thx … Sjs”.
The two had previously collaborated in 2000 when the SJ Suryah directed Vijay, Jyothika-starrer Kushi which went on to become a huge hit.
Recently, Big B has commenced shooting for the film and his look from the upcoming film was shared online. SJ Suryah posted the first glimpse of the actor's from the project on his Twitter handle, “Happiest moment of my life ... thank you God, mom, dad for fulfilling a dream which I have never even dreamt of .... to The evergreen superstar @SrBachchan , sharing it with our super star @rajinikanth & Dir @ARMurugadoss”
Produced by Thiruchendur Murugan Productions the film's first look poster was unveiled by the Superstar Rajinikanth. With Amitabh Bachchan agreeing to star in Uyarndha Manithan, it will mark his debut in the Tamil film industry. Incidentally, the Big B is currently associated with the Telugu movie Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy in which he shares the screen space with the megastar Chiranjeevi.
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