Nagarjuna Tamil movie doubtful

After sharing screen space with Karthi in the Tamil-Telugu bilingual ‘Oopiri’, seasoned star Nagarjuna was excited to share acting honours with Dhanush in his upcoming multilingual untitled film. “Nagarjuna’s plans to return to Tamil cinema has to wait for some more time, since producers are sorting out budget issues and the wait could get longer,” says a source from Chennai. Actually, Rajinikanth was supposed to play this role, but later, it fell on the lap of the ‘Don’ star. “It is a larger-than-life role and Nag was impressed with it,” the source adds.

Touted to be a film set in the pre-independence era, Dhanush’s second directorial venture after ‘Pa. Paandi’ generated lot of hype and a big star cast was roped in. Even though Dhanush appeared in a ‘cameo’ in his maiden directorial film, the national-award winning actor would be playing the lead in the second venture. 

Sri Thenandal Films, producers of actor Vijay’s blockbuster ‘Mersal’, is producing the film. Although, the formal shooting has already commenced, they would start the next schedule only after ‘various’ issues between the producers are resolved, the source points out. The source claims that the budget estimations have gone beyond Rs 50 crore, hence the producer and director are brainstorming to reduce the budget and risk as well. Let’s see wait and see.