Nayantara
is
in
no
mood
of
becoming
Abhishek
Bachchan's
sister.
Well
Abhishek
is
not
longing
for
a
sister
but
just
that
the
southern
diva
has
turned
down
an
offer
to
star
with
him.
Mani
Ratnam
had
approached
Nayantara
to
play
Shoorpankha"s
character
in
his
magnum
opus
Raavan
but
she
turned
it
down
since
the
character
did
not
interest
her.
There
are
rumours
that
the
scripting
team
missed
out
the
important
character
of
Shoorpankha
while
making
the
first
draft.
It's
only
now
when
a
chunk
of
the
movie
has
been
shot
have
the
realised
the
missing
character
of
Raavan's
sister
Shoorpankha.
Mani
has
now
approached
National
Award
winning
actress
Priyamani
to
play
the
role
and
she
has
given
her
nod.
Raavan
is
a
modern
day
adaptation
of
the
epic
Ramayana.
Tamil
superstar
Vikram
will
be
playing
Ram
with
Aishwarya
Bachchan
playing
the
role
of
Sita.
Abhishek
Bachchan
will
play
the
evil
character
of
Raavan
who
kidnaps
Sita.
The
movie
which
is
also
simultaneously
being
made
in
Tamil
is
expected
to
hit
the
theatres
in
January
2010.
Story first published: Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 10:17 [IST]