Priyamani's indirect Bollywood entry
After Asin, Genelia, Shriya and Trisha, yet another South Indian actress is entering Bollywood, albeit in an indirect way! She is none other than reigning rani Priyamani, who would be essaying a role in the Hindi version of ace Mani Ratnam's big budget bilingual Raavan/ Asokavanam, said to be�a modern adaptation of the epic Ramayana.
It is heard that the National award-winning Priyamani is playing Surpanakha’s role in this film, produced by Mani Ratnam's sister Sharda under Ratnam's banner Madras Talkies. Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai are the lead pair in Hindi, while Vikram will play the lead opposite Aishwarya in Tamil.
Speaking about her role in Raavan, Priyamani said that she plays a powerful and tough character in Raavan, and accepted the offer without any hesitation. "It was an honour in itself to be called personally by Mani Ratnam, asking if I’d be interested in doing a role in his film. And why wouldn’t I? He is an institution in himself." According to Priyamani,�few directors�give artistic freedom, and Mani Ratnam belongs to that group.
