One of Bollywood's top directors Rohit Shetty had been on the look-out for a top South Indian actress to do an item number in his upcoming film Chennai Express, featuring Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in the lead roles. The director has finally roped in the National Award winning actress Priyamani to match steps with the King Khan! With music being composed by the duo of Vishal-Shekhar, Raju Sundaram will be choreographing the song, which be will shot at Panchgani and Wai in Maharashtra. Nayanthara was earlier approached for the item number, but she politely rejected the offer and Samantha too seemed to have been considered. Veteran actor Sathyaraj will be seen making his Bollywood debut in Chennai Express.