Priyamani is Shoorpanakha in Mani Ratnam’s movies

Priyamani has variety of roles and tags attached to her career as an actress. She has treaded both paths of film making – commercial and art – and has emerged a winner in both of them. A poster girl for the youth and a fine actress for the followers of good cinema, she is the best of both worlds. No surprises as to why she is one of the most sought after actress in all South Indian languages. It’s high time that she graduated to Bollywood and Mani Ratnam has taken up the task of giving her the best Bollywood debut that she could have. The ace director is currently involved in the making of two movies with the same storyline – one in Hindi and the other in Tamil. Titled “Raavan” in Hindi and “Raavana” in Tamil, the plot of the movies mirror the Indian epic – Ramayana. Insiders say it’s a modern adaptation with a different take on the epic. The cast is pretty much the same in both versions. The actors involved with the projects include Abhishek Bachchan, Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Govinda, Prithviraj, Prabhu Ganeshan and Ravi Kishen. The actors will find this as a chance to familiarize with the language and movie making style of the other industry. The Raavan-Raavana project is one of Mani’s most ambitious projects since Yuva. So where does our pretty girl come in? Priyamani has been roped in for the role of Shoorpanakha in both movies. She’ll be Abhishek’s sister in the Hindi movie and Vikram’s sister in the Tamil one. The role had been offered to many actresses in the north and south. But many chose to turn it down as they found it an unwise choice to be cast as Abhishek’s or Vikram’s sister, whichever the case might be. We believe that Priyamani who is also a National Film Award winner, made the right choice of opting in for the role, that will let both the north and south be aware of her prowess as an actress.