Vidya
Balan's
sister
Priyamani
is
making
her
Bollywood
debut
with
Mani
Ratnam's
Raavan.
The
South
actress
plays
the
important
character
of
Raavan's
(Abhishek
Bachchan)
sister
Shoorpankha.
A
source
from
the
unit
reveals,
"Mani's
production
team
initially
approached
the
South
top
actress
Nayantara
for
the
role
of
Shoorpankha
but
she
refused.
Also
many
top
Bollywood
actresses
were
approached
for
the
role
of
Shoorpankha
but
they
refused
it
because
they
didn't
want
to
play
Abhishek
Bachchan's
sister.
Abhishek
is
a
dishy
actor,
and
not
many
actresses
want
to
ruin
their
chances
of
being
paired
romantically
opposite
him
by
playing
his
sister
in
Raavan."
Priyamani
will
play
Shoorpankha
in
the
Tamil
and
Hindi
versions,
just
like
Aishwarya
is
playing
Sita
in
both
versions.
Priyamani
won
the
National
Film
Award
for
her
role
in
the
Tamil
film
Paruthi
Veeran
(2006).
She
also
won
a
Filmfare
South
Award
for
her
role
in
the
Malayalam
film
Thirakkatha
(2008).
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Story first published: Friday, September 18, 2009, 14:36 [IST]