Producer Kalaipuli S. Thanu has bagged the Tamil version of cinematographer-director Santosh Sivan's magnum opus Urumi with Prithviraj, Genelia, Vidya Balan, Tabu and Prabhu Deva in lead roles. The film is likely to hit screens soon. The Malayalam version was released in a wide scale last year, which impressed the critics and audience alike.

Based on the attempted assassination of Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama, who arrived in Kappad near Calicut, on May 20, 1498, the film is produced by Santosh Sivan, Prithviraj and Shaji Natesan under the banner of August Cinema. Music is by Deepak Dev, a former keyboard player with A.R. Rahman.