Ganesh Venkatram Enters Bollywood With Polladhavan Remake
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oi-Prakash
By Ramchander
Ganesh
Venkatraman
will
make
his
Bollywood
debut
in
the
Hindi
remake
of
Vetrimaaran's
Polladhavan,
which
is
titled
as
Guns
Of
Benaras.
He
will
play
the
antagonist
in
the
film
played
by
Daniel
Balaji
in
the
original,
while
Karan
Nath
will
play
Dhanush's
role.
The
entire
script
revolves
around
the
clash
between
these
two
characters.
Ganesh
says,
"When
director
Shekhar
Suri
narrated
my
character,
I
absolutely
loved
it.
I
haven't
played
a
rugged
gangster
like
this
before.
The
entire
film
is
set
in
Benaras.
I
play
the
role
of
a
cocaine
addict."
He
claims,
"I
am
sporting
a
rugged
beard
and
a
tattoo
of
an
aghori
baba
on
my
arms.
Though
I
can
speak
fluent
Hindi,
I
went
to
Benaras
20
days
in
advance
to
pick
up
the
UP
lingo
and
also
to
study
the
body
language
of
the
local
mafia."
Talking
about
the
cast
and
crew,
he
says,
"Nathalia
Kaur
is
playing
the
female
lead,
while
Vinod
Khanna,
Abhimanyu
Singh
and
Shilpa
Shirodkar
are
playing
important
roles."
He
adds,
"The
technical
team
is
top
notch.
The
highlight
of
the
film
will
be
the
action
sequences,
choreographed
by
Shyam
Kaushal
who
won
the
Filmfare
for
Gangs
Of
Wasseypur
and
have
also
directed
stunts
for
Oscar
Award
winning
movie
Slumdog
Millionaire."
Music
will
be
composed
by
Sohail
Sen,
who
had
earlier
composed
music
for
Salman
Khan's
Ek
Tha
Tiger.
The
team
is
in
talks
with
GV
Prakash
to
do
the
background
score.
Meanwhile,
Ganesh
Venkatraman
is
awaiting
the
release
of
Ivan
Vera
Mathiri
and
is
also
shooting
for
Accharam
where
he
plays
the
lead.