Chennai, Feb 13: Audience of south Indian cinema can
enjoy the histrionics of their two favourite stars -- Kamal
Hasan and Mohan Lal -- together for the first time on silver
screen in the coming movie `Thalaivan Irukkindran (The Leader
is There)`.The film which is the remake of critically acclaimed Bollywood flick `A Wednesday` will feature the Malayalam actor Mohan Lal and icon of the Tamil film Kamal Hasan as the lead characters.
The Tamil actor, who has bagged the copyright of the Neeraj Pandey directed movie, is preparing for acting alongside the Malayalam star after suspending his directorial venture "Marmayogi", sources in the film industry said here.
The Bollywood movie is based on the tale of cat and mouse race between a police official (played by Anupam Kher) and the protagonist, a common man (played by Nasiruddin Shah), who
takes law in his hand to fight terrorism.
Sources, however remained tight-lipped about who will play which role.
Earlier, it was learnt that another top Malayalam star Mamootty was likely to star alongside Hassan. But sources said Mohanlal, who has already played a character of a strict police official in Ram Gopal Verma`s Bollywood film `Company`, could be the final choice.Besides Lal, Hindi film actor Nana Patekar and Tamil hero
Satyaraj had reportedly turned down the offer to play lead
character in Rajnikant`s `Sivaji-The Boss,` in 2007.
Mohan Lal, who has earned critics praise for his many memorable characters in Malayalam cinema such as the Alzheimer`s affected Ramesan Nair in "Thanmatra" (Molecule) and the Kathakali dance exponent Kunhikuttan in "Vanaprastham" (The Last Dance), has acted in very few Tamil movies. Maniratnam`s "Iruvar" is also one of his Tamil ventures.
Kamal Hassan, on his part, carries high expectations of his fans following the success of his recent film `Dasavataharam`.
Bureau Report
First Published: Friday, February 13, 2009, 13:26
