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Punchline: superstar meets humble barber Banner: Red Chillies Entertainment Genre: Drama Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Irfan Khan & Lara Dutta Music: Pritam Background music: Sandeep Chowta Cinematography: V Manikanandan Editor: Arun Kumar Dialogues: Manisha Korde Screenplay: Priyadarshan & Mushtaq Sheikh Direction: Priyadarshan Producers: Gauri Khan Release date: 13 Feb 2009

Review

Story Billu (Irfan Khan) is a humble barber from a remote village in Northern India. Sahir Khan (Shahrukh Khan) is a bollywood superstar. The unit of Sahir Khan's latest film visits the village of Billu for a long schedule. The village men find out that Sahir Khan is the childhood friend of Billu and go to Billu to take them to meet Sahir. Being a shy and honest guy, Billu fears that Sahir might have become materialistic and forgot all the good times they had together as youth. The rest of the story is all about whether Sahir remembers Billu or not. Actors: Irfan Khan is excellent as Billu – an honest human being. Shahrukh Khan plays a role that is close to his real life and he brings in much desired glamour. Lara Dutta is adequate as poor housewife. However, her sophisticated looks do dominate the simplicity and naivety needed for such a role. Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone did item songs in this film. Deepika Padukone is absolutely hot. The regulars of Priyadarshan movies – Rajpal Yadav, Asrani, Om Puri, Manoj Joshi are also present. Technical departments: Story: Billu Barber is a remake of Malayalam blockbuster which was remade into Telugu (Kathanayakudu) and Tamil (Kuselan). The story is based on the relationship of Lord Srikrishna and his poor friend Kuchela. Direction of the film is just average. Screenplay should have been better. The moment Billoo communicates with Sahir, the movie would be over. The entire film is woven using a screenplay that avoids the meeting of these two people till climax. The events used for that purpose should have been more gripping. Another disturbing thing about the film is the unnecessary scenes and songs involving Shahrukh Khan. Priyadarshan criticized the screenplay of Kuselan saying that too much of importance is given to Rajnikant in Telugu/Tamil versions. But Priyadardhan too didn't do any better in Hindi version. The trademark Priyadarshan comedy is missing in this film. The only honest moment I saw in this movie was Irfan Khan's reaction when his wife doubts him if he knows the superstar. Other technical departments: Music by Pritam is mediocre with heard-before tunes. Dialogues are adequate. Photography of the film is excellent. The locations used for this film are extraordinary with water falls, hills and lots of greenery. Art direction is very good. Dialogues are neat. Editing should have been crisper. Analysis: This movie belongs to Irfan Khan. Being a star and the producer Shahrukh Khan, he took more footage than necessary in the film. All the scenes involving Irfan Khan look natural and scenes of Shahrukh Khan are artificial. The climax of the film is heart-touching as it deals with humanity and friendship. It is becoming routine to have 3-4 heroines to come and dance in Sharukh Khan movies (Om Shanti Om, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Billu Barber). On a whole, Billu Barber disappoints as it is neither a commercial film nor an art film.

Ramcharan Teja after Chirutha coming as Magadheera in the direction of Rajamouli . Kajal Agarwal is the female lead.Ace producer Allu Arvind who got huge money with jalsa and Ghazini with aamir khan is making this film on his Geetha Arts banner. The story will be based on re-birth. How the love between lead pair gets succeed in the present life whose love gets fail in the previous life is the basic plot.The audio of the film is planned to be released in the first week of March. Supreme Music acquired the audio and distribution rights for this film.

Movie: Siddham
My Rating: 3/5
Banner: Shreya Productions
Music: Amar Mohale
Cinematography: Bharani K Dharan
Screenplay, Stunts $ Direction: JD Chakri
Editing: Bhanodaya
Producer: Kiran Kumar Koneru
Cast: Jagapati Babu, Sindhu Menon, Kota Prasad, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Subbaraju, Narsing Yadav, Siva Prasad etc
Release Date: 12th Feb 2009

Review

Story

Daya (Jagapati Babu) is a sincere cop and an encounter specialist. He handles his job professionally and does not hold anything personal. Salim (Kota Prasad) is his assistant who is greedy about increasing the encounters count so that he could get more publicity from the media. The city commissioner (Kota) is retired and a new commissioner takes the charge. The new commissioner has his own agenda and he discourages Daya from performing his duty in fair manner. The rest of the story is all about how Daya takes law into his hands and cleans up the mafia gang in his own indomitable style.

Artists Performance:

Jagapati Babu: Though this character is donned by Nana Patekar in Hindi, Jagapati Babu made sure that he interprets the character well enough to give it his own shape with subtle yet strong body language. You will see a new Jagapati Babu in this film and these kinds of characters give actors immense job satisfaction.

Kota Prasad (son of Kota Sreenivasa Rao) did a fine role in this film and he has it in him to become a fine actor if he chooses the roles well. His work in this film is very good. Sindhu Menon is adequate as the housewife. Kota Srinivasa Rao is perfect as a retired commissioner who supports hero. It is a different role for Narsing Yadav. The guy who did the role of Akhil is competent. Subbaraju did a small yet significant role. Mukul Dev did the role of Dubai based mafia don.

Technical Departments:

This film is a remake of Hindi film 'Ab Tak Chappan'. Hence the story and screenplay is adapted from the original. Most of shot compositions are also similar. But it is very difficult to create a soul in such a serious film without any commercial padding. As a director JD Chakri succeeded in narrating the film in an interesting way. He created a constant tone to the film and did not miss it throughout the film. Though he handled the film efficiently, we could see the tempo of the film going down for 15 minutes before the climax and 15 minutes before the interval. He did not show the scene of hero being captured by cops in a proper way towards climax.

Background music is nice and it is mostly taken from the tracks of Ab Tak Chappan background music. Cinematography by Bharani K Dharan is good. However, the director has used some footage from Ab Tak Chappan film for Mumbai dock episode. Dialogues of the film are realistic. But you need to carefully follow the dialogues because the there is no cinematic dramatization in the modulation and delivery of dialogues. Like in Hindi mafia flicks, this film too has many curse words. Editing is adequate. Producer Kiran should be appreciated for making such a serious film sans any commercial elements.

Final Analysis:

Siddham is a remake of Hindi film Ab Tak Chappan. The commercial elements in this film are subtle. It is like the story of Ankusam film told in a much realistic way. If Ankusam film had intense histrionics and compelling cinematic drama, Siddham film has subtlety and finesse to it. These kinds of films were never made in Telugu. Hence the common movie lovers of AP are not used to such kind of films. It is a decent effort by JD Chakravarthy and Jagapati Babu to make a film like Siddham. We have to wait and see how the regular movie lovers take this film.


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The promos of the film KIKK have a very obsessed Sidharth planting a passionate kiss on a very raunchy Tamannaah, for some reason this picture has been widely publicized by the producers.

Usually for a coochy-coochy film with romantic elements such blatant pictures are not used publicity, such films usually have a sweet romantic scenes of the lead pair holding hands or looking coyly into each others eyes, but then why the use of such a passionate picture to promote this film?

No one has the answer to this question, but the kiss sure is sexiting and inviting, sure it has the young audiences lured into the theaters.

Come on go and watch that in theaters.

The Kannada super hit film ‘Bindas’ starring Puneeth Rajkumar and Hansika of ‘Maska’, is being dubbed in Telugu under the title ‘Pandugadu’. Rajendra Babu has directed the film produced by J. Balaraju on Santhosh Productions banner and presented by Smt. J. Bhavani.

The audio launch function was held on 9th February evening at Film Nagar Cultural Club. Supreme Music distributes and holds the music rights. Dr. D. Ramanaidu unveiled the CD and presented it to DVS Raju. KS Rama Rao inaugurated the cassettes and Kaja Suryanarayana received the same.

After the function, producer Balaraju spoke to the press about the film.

Based on a gripping plot, the story is about the encounter between the police and a mafia gang. Popular Kannada star and son of superstar Rajkumar, Puneeth plays the lead role and this film will bring him recognition among Telugu audience. Hansika is a known hero in Tollywood and her glamour will woo the youngsters. All the songs were canned in international locations. Suma Raganath is in a prominent character and the climax filmed for 20 days at Golconda Fort in Hyderabad will be enthralling.

Music director Guru Kiran has set the tunes for the lyrics penned by Ananth Sriram, Rajendra and RamMurthy. Ravi Varma, Praveen, Vandematharam Srinivas and Said Sivani have voiced the songs. DTS mixing has been carried out in Rama Naidu Studios. Once we complete the censor works, the film will get released by the end of February.

Other important cast of the film includes Suman, Nazar, Rahul Dev, Vanitha, Suma Ranganath and others

Vaishnavi Cinema is producing a high budget film starring Balarkrishna and Priyamani in the main cast. Debutant director Mahadev, an erstwhile associate of SS Rajamouli is directing the film produced by Sivalenka Krishna Prasad of 'Adithya 369' and 'Vamshanikokkadu'.

Balakrishna was busy on a tour campaigning for TDP all over Andhra Pradesh. Recently, he completed the road show and resumed shooting on Monday. Important scenes were filmed in sets constructed at Annapurna Studios. The lead cast of the film along with other important artists was featured in the scenes.

In this current ongoing schedule, the end scenes will also be canned before the end date of 28th February. With the sequential portions done, songs will be filmed in March in abroad locations

The maker of blockbusters hits with Chiranjeevi, popular director A. Kodandarami Reddy is presently making the film ‘Punnami Nagu’. Starring Rajiv Kanakala and Mumaith Khan, G.Vijaykumar Goud is producing the film which is in postproduction.

Although the title 'Punnami Nagu' reminds us of earlier Chiranjeevi's film, this film is a new plot different from the classic movie. Riveting actress Mumaith Khan’s dance and looks will bring in the audience, according to the makers.

Other important cast includes MS Narayana, Nalini, Suhasini, Vinod Kumar, Nilalgal Ravi and Adithya Om. Yendamuri Veerendranath has written the story and G. Maheshwar Reddy presents the film. Dialogues are by Veligonda Srinivas and music is composed by SA Rajkumar.

At present, the dubbing along with editing and re-recording is being carried out in the studio. Audio will be launched soon and the movie will be released in the month of March.

The maker of ‘Ghajini’, Allu Arvind is elated by the blockbuster hit of his Bollywood venture and is keen to make a change in South Indian Cinema. He also said that the rules here should be recreated to favor a global reach.

In the first step, Geetha Arts production ‘Magadheera’ starring Ram Charan Teja and Kajal Agarwal will be dubbed and released in both Tamil and Malayalam. Made on a high budget, the film is an action entertainer to suit audience of all classes. Even though Ram Charan is a new entrant into the languages, he is determined to take a dip and find out how far his lucky charm might work out.

The gigantic sets erected at Ramoji Film City for ‘Magadheera’ is the hot topic in tinsel town. The distributors are betting high even before the first copy is ready. Based on the plot of re-incarnation, director SS Rajamouli is churning out one more entertaining package which is slated for summer release this April. Music composed by MM Keeravani will most probably be released in the first week of March.

Starring Nithin and Ileana in the lead cast, the yet to be named film is directed by Paruchuri Murali. G. Venkata Ramana is producing the film on Sri Spectra Media Creations banner. The shooting is undergoing in a rapid pace and about forty percent has been completed so far.

The upcoming schedule beings on 1st March and will be continued till 3rd April, in the locales of Tunisia and Dubai. Reportedly, about ninety percent of the film will be done during this schedule.

Director Murali sharing his views, said, “Nithin has been taking special care and working hard for every scene of this film. Nithin and Ileana share a good rapport which is evident on screen in the romantic scenes. The cast and crew working for this film fit the need perfectly. They are working together to bring out a quality product. This film will be on a different stage set from my earlier ‘Nee Sneham’, ‘Pedababu’, ‘Andhrudu’ and will be more entertainment oriented.”

Producer G. Venkata Ramana is confident that the Nithin and Ileana’s first time on screen will sure be a successful outing.

Mani Sharma has composed the musical score and cinematography is handled by Surendar Reddy. Ramesh-Gopi have written the dialogues and G. Sundaramayya presents the film.

‘Oye’ starring Siddharth and Shamili is getting ready to hit screens this summer. Anand, an associate of Bhaskar in ‘Bommarillu’ and of few Bollywood projects, debuts as a director with ‘Oye’. The studious child who played in ‘Anjali’ won several accolades and awards for her performance, Shamili debuts as a heroine. DVV Danayya produces the film on Universal Media banner.

Based on one more love story, the film is the romantic love that blossoms between the youngsters and how they get together in the end past all hurdles. Siddharth is on track with a list of youthful love subjects with ‘Nuvvostanante Nenodantana’, ‘Bommarillu’ with ‘Konchem Istam Konchem Kastam’ being the latest. Shamili bagged the National Award for the Best Child Artist in ‘Anjali’ and audiences are yet to see her performance as a heroine.

The film which has completed about forty percent of the talkie portions will get released this summer 2009

Aditya Productions, the production house of popular industrialist Konda Krishnam Raju is one of the famed companies in Tollywood. Famous for extravagant movies made, the first production itself was a high budget flick titled 'Vijayendra Varma' starring Balarkrishna in the cast. Then, 'Sri Ramadasu' came as their production no. 2 casting Nagarjuna, directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. After a short gap, the maker has announced the company's pipelined films for 2009.

Konda Krishnam Raju addressing the media people shared the news that Aditya Movies will make two films this year and related additional info about the forthcoming films.

The first film goes to the floors on 5th May. Based on an offbeat story this will be directed by a debutant maker. The schedules in the month of May will be continued for seventy days, in the rural areas of Tiruchur district in Kerala. The lead cast will comprise of popular stars while the heroine will be a new entrant from Telugu native. The plot is about a unique village and their unfamiliar, funny custom which will be new for the film goers. The film is a parody to be made as an end-to-end entertainer. Gautham Raju does the editing work. More details on the cast and crew will be announced soon.

The second production is a big budget film featuring a star hero. This production no. 4 of Aditya begins in the month of November. As of now, we are yet to finalize the other details about this film, concluded Krishnam Raju.

Dr. Rajasekhar is quite busy in the works of his upcoming release ‘Satyameva Jayathe’ directed by Jeevitha. In complete contrast to the cop story comes, ‘Naa Style Veru’ starring Rajasekhar and Bhumika in the lead cast, directed by G. Ram Prasad and produced by Maganti Gopinath on Disira Productions banner. The entire talkie portions had been completed in the schedules with an exception of two songs. Presently, dubbing work is being carried out.

According to the director, ‘Naa Style Veru’ is based on a fresh story line which is about a person who lives carefree in his own style. His attitude towards life and people changes drastically, when a girl comes into his life and the incidents that follow carry the story ahead. Characters have been portrayed different from the usual and the protagonist’s charm will be new on screen.

Rajasekhar in a completely fresh attire and style will sure woo the viewers, say the crew.

Andhra Pradesh Government announced the recipients for 2007 NTR and Raghupathi Venkaiah awards. Popular artist, writer, director and producer Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao will receive the NTR National Award for 2007 and popular producer Tammareddy Krishna Murthy will receive the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for 2007. The selection committee formed by the three member guild of judges appointed by the state government comprising of Balaiah, ArjunRaju and GiriBabu has made the final selections for these honorary awards.

Government of Andhra Pradesh is presenting the NTR award to Dasari Rao for his outstanding contribution for over four decades in different facets of cinema as an actor, writer, lyricist, director and producer. He had also served as a journalist, an administrator in APFCC along with various other organizations related to cinema and also a politician.

Raghupathi Venkaiah award honors Tammareddy Krishna Murthy for his services as a social worker. Although he shot to fame as a popular producer with the hits produced on his Ravindra Art Pictures banner, he is an ardent philanthropist. A profound thinker compassionate about people and an atheist, industry people feels he truly deserves it.

During the upcoming Nandi Awards function, the NTR Award recipient will be felicitated with 5 lakhs in cash, a memento and citation. The Raghupathi Venkaiah awardee will be honored with 50 thousands in cash, a Golden Nandi, a Gold Medal and citation.

President of MAA Murali Mohan and the Secretary of MAA Ahuthi Prasad expressed their happiness over the news. NTR made a visit to Dasari’s residence to express his wishes personall

When producers and makers shooed away the young talent rebuffing him saying that he have a not-so-charming face nor a good voice, neither one of them knew he will be the future star and they will be in the queue for his dates. With senior stars choosy about their projects with just one or two per year, Jagapathi Babu is on an acting spree.

‘Siddham’ starring Jagapathi Babu in the lead directed by JD Chakravarthy gets released today. On the occasion, he shared his views about plunging of current trend and his projects. Jagapathi Babu clearly stated that he is not into entering politics or production in the future. Even though movie stars are nowadays showing keen interest in politics, he said that he is not knowledgeable enough to be a politician and doesn’t know business strategies to be a producer.

With many cop stories coming our way, Jagapathi Babu about his ‘Siddham’ says, ‘it is not the regular police story but more about a cop’s mindset before and after encounters.’

After being in the industry for over twenty years playing myriad roles, Jagapathi Babu is happy about the way his career shaped up on his 42nd birthday today

‘Sontha Vuru’ starring Raja of ‘Anand’ and Theertha in the main cast is directed by P. Sunil Kumar Reddy. The film is produced by Kishori Basireddy and Ravindra Babu on Shravya Films banner. A press meet was organized at the company’s office to relate the news about the movie’s release date on February end.

Actor Raja said, “I am very happy and excited to be a part of this project because this will be my first release in 2009. For the first time, sans any hero image I have underplayed the character in a fresh script and I am eager to know what audiences feel about it. By seeing the characters and plot, people can relate themselves to the feel on screen associated with their nativity. Even though the film is based on a native village, the director has made it to suit global standards. Theertha is an alumnus of Film Institue, Pune and a talented actress. Comprising of many senior artists, I hope audiences will like the film based on a good script.”

Director Sunil Kumar speaking about the movie said that it’s an emotional drama which has a storyline depicting that albeit us being urban residents our root cause goes to the native rurality.

Producer Ravindra Babu announced that efforts are on to release the film by the end of this month. Heroine Theertha expressed her gratitude to the makers for offering her the role, and said that this will be her first film after passing out of the film institute.

Road to Oscars - 9 days to go

It's just nine days to go for the Academy Awards. AR Rahman seems to be inching closer and closer to grasp the coveted trophy in his cusp hands.

He returned to Chennai after receiving the BAFTA award in London for his musical score in the film 'Slumdog Millionaire'.

When asked about the award, Rahman said, "The Golden Globe was from the United States and the BAFTA was from the United Kingdom. Both are equally prestigious awards and I am honored to be a recipient."

Queried on the possibility of receiving the Oscar Award, Rahman said, "I do not have any expectations, but if it comes it will be a moment to cherish."

Looking back at events and honors that came his way, Rahman looks certain to win the award.

Interestingly, Rahman, who started his career introduced by director Mani Ratnam, also owes it to veteran director K Balachander. Rahman's maiden venture 'Roja' was produced by Balachander. Similarly, Rahman was chosen to do music for the Rajini starrer 'Muthu', which again was produced by Kavithalaya.

NTR is on a tight schedule with his latest film under the direction of VV Vinayak shaping up fast. Co-starring is the star of latest controversies, Nayanthara. She was reported to have swooned in the sets while filming with NTR which made news in the recent past.

After completing VV Vinayak’s film, NTR has signed up to work with director Vamsi Paidipalli of ‘Munna’. ‘Munna’ starring Prabhas and Ileana was a runaway hit which showered limelight on Vamsi. ‘Dil’ Raju produces the film said to be on a grand budget.

Before this proposal, ‘Dil’ Raju had plans to start a film titled ‘Andhravala’ starring NTR. But, for unsaid reasons, the project didn’t go to the floors. A determined producer was waiting for the right time and has finally managed to bring in Tarak for Sri Venkateswara Creations banner.

With the coming of NTR, Raju and Vamsi under roof, expectations have already started surmounting the pipelined project.

The critically acclaimed film ‘A Wednesday’ directed by Neeraj Pandey in Hindi has captivated interest from Kamal Haasan, and he has made plans to remake the film in Telugu and Tamil. At First, Mamooty was under consideration for the role played by Anupham Kher but recent reports have confirmed Mohanlal will be taking up his place.

Based on the terrorist activities in India, ‘A Wednesday’ with a brilliantly executed storyline and an impressive star cast like Nasseruddin Shah, Anupam Kher in the lead, made waves amongst the audience.

The film won 3 Star Screen Awards for Best Story and Best Debut Director for Neeraj Pandey.

Kamal Haasan’s production house Rajkamal Films International and UTV Pictures will be making this as a joint venture. The distribution rights for the Telugu version is still for the take and a strong contention is on to bag the rights

Frames Entertainments stepped into production with their maiden venture ‘Yamagola Malli Modalaindi’ which had a lukewarm response. Producer Rajasekhar of Frames is now making a film starring Ajay and Charmme in the lead.

Director of ‘Sattha’, Pavan is making this film which has been officially titled ‘Sayyata’ now. The popular and most sought after heroine in the industry, Charmme is a busy bee in tinsel town.

She will be receiving her first Nandi Award for the Best Actress 2007, for the film ‘Mantra’. She is all elated to be honored with such a prestigious award in her earlier career. The award ceremony will be held on 14th February.

‘Billa’, the stylish, extravagant movie of this year is fast shaping up in earnest. Starring Prabhas, Anushka in the lead cast, Meher Ramesh is directing the film. Senior star Krishnam Raju enacts the prominent role of a senior police officer while Namitha is also a part of the cast.

Anushka after ‘Arundhathi’ is taking up the serious role of a vengeance ridden girl in ‘Billa’. Even though the script demands more scope for glamour, she is also keen to leave her mark intact. At present, she is undergoing a rigorous training to master the martial arts of China. Our Indian Michelle Yeoh might be the rare heroine to learn fighting besides male actors.

Filled with exuberant joy of ‘Arundhathi’ success, Anushka says, ‘I look stylish in the film. My costumes are unique and riveting’.

For now, she is a popular star in Tollywood and yet to make it big in Tamil cinema. With Shriya becoming a mass heroine in Tamil, Anushka is not far behind as ‘Arundhathi’ gets dubbed in the languages shortly.

Nagachaithanya, son of Nagarjuna is debuting as a hero sharing screen space with yesteryear actress Radha’s heroine, Karthika in the yet to be titled film. Maker with the ‘Midas’ touch, ‘Dil’ Raju is producing this big budget film on Sri Venkateswara Creations banner. Director Vasu Varma is making the film which is being shot within India and some foreign locales.

The crew was camping in Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad completing most of important schedules. The upcoming schedule will start from 15th of this month at Hyderabad once again.

Actor Vikram exhibited his talents in hit films like ‘Sethu’, ‘Sivaputhrudu’ and ‘Aparchithudu’ which were widely liked by Telugu audience. His association with big time directors Bala and Shankar resulted in stupendous hits. ‘Mazaa’ directed by Rockline Venkatesh promoted him as a commercial hero.

With ‘Mallanna’ directed by Susi Ganesan fast shaping up, expectations are at a high rise among filmgoers and industry people. Made in Telugu and Tamil simultaneously, the film is being produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu on V Creations banner.

Kamal Haasan in his magnum opus ‘Dasavatharam’ did ten different characters and wooed the masses. Competing with the actor, Vikram is said to be appearing with 12 different getups in ‘Mallanna’. Based on the economic difference that prevails in the society, the story is based on the robinhood style of amassing riches from the wealthy and helping the poor.

‘Mallanna’ is in the making for almost two years now and let’s see how far it copes up with the expectation level.

Nagarjuna’s last ‘King’ directed by Sreenu Vaitla swooped box office records and became a notable hit. D Sivaprasad Reddy produced the film on Kamakshi Kalaa Movies banner. The film has successfully completed 50 days of screening and is briskly progressing towards the 100 day mark.

Earlier, he announced that he will refrain himself from signing up films for 2009. As Nag Chaithanya entered the industry, Nagarjuna wished to be his side and support him. But, rejuvenated by King’s success, Nagarjuna has already signed up for a film to be produced by Kamakshi Kalaa Movies. Impressed with the one liner narrated by young director Parashuram, Nagarjuna selected him for his next film. With few corrections to be made, Parashuram is building up the script to suit the taste of Nag’s fans.

Rumor mills worked over time revealing the news that after okaying a subject told by one more young filmmaker, Nagarjuna has lined up the film for his next after Parashuram’s. The director had earlier worked for Mahesh Babu’s films and is now busy preparing the script in detail.

Official confirmation is yet to be unveiled but this could be the clue for us to predict whether Nag might work under the direction of this unnamed debut director