Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Vijay and Ileana make a pair for 3-Idiots

Illeana has joined the shoot of the remake of 3 Idiots. The film is being directed by Shankar and stars Vijay, Jiiva and Srikanth in the lead roles.

There were reports that Vijay backed out of the project due to date problems, and Suriya had stepped in. The dust has finally settled and ‘3 Idiots’ remake ‘Nanban’ has started shooting in Ooty.

Now, the production house has officially announced that after the success of Kaavalan, Vijay is back in the project. In fact, Vijay will start shooting for the film from February 25.

Shankar is currently filming the wedding scenes and was impressed with Illeana`s grace in a bridal attire. Shankar is now filming scenes that does not require the 'hero'.

Ileana will play Kareena Kapoor's role in both the Tamil and Telugu versions. It is rumoured that Mahesh Babu is is playing the lead role in the Telugu version. But he is yet to make an official statement.

The credit list includes Manoj Paramahamsa (cinematography), Harris Jayaraj (music), Muthuraj (art), Anthony (editing), Na Muthukumar (lyrics) and, Shankar and Madan Korgy (dialogues). Shankar has written the screenplay as well.

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