Popular Malayalam director Rajesh Pillai, who was to make the Tamil remake of his own sensational Malayalam hit Traffic, has opted out of the Tamil remake, jointly produced by Listin Stephen and Radhika Sarathkumar.

"The original plan was to start the shooting immediately, but now it has got delayed. I have to concentrate on the Hindi version of the film," the director was quoted as saying.

Shaheed Kader, who assisted Rajesh Pillai, Shaji Kailas and Viji Thampy, will now make his debut as the director of with the Tamil remake of Traffic. The untitled Tamil version has Sarathkumar, Prakash Raj, Nassar, Prasanna, Radhika Sarathkumar, Remya Nambeesan and Sachin. The shooting is expected to start soon.