Prakashraj established himself as a director through Dhoni, which received a lot of positive reviews, and was released simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu. Now Prakashraj is all set to don the director’s hat once again with the remake of the Malayalam rom-com Salt N’ Pepper. The movie will be made simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. While Prakashraj himself will play the lead, Tabu has been roped in to play the female lead.

The Telugu version has been titled Ulavacharu Biriyani, titles for the Tamil and Hindi versions are yet to be finalized. Besides directing and playing the lead role, Prakashraj himself will produce the movie under his banner Duet Movies. Shooting for the movie is expected to begin early next year. “I was thoroughly impressed watching Salt N’ Pepper and immediately decided to remake it.” says Prakashraj.

Salt N’ Pepper is a story of two people facing mid-life crisis. Lal and Shweta Menon played the lead roles. The film opened to positive reviews.