After
the
dismal
show
of
Laptop
in
the
box
office,
director
Roopesh
Paul
is
all
set
to
tread
the
path
of
commercial
cinema.
And
this
time
he
has
chosen
Kollywood
as
his
platform.
He
is
all
set
to
direct
Aattanayakan
(Tamil)
and
has
roped
in
stars
like
Prakashraj,
Sreekanth
and
Malavika
to
play
the
lead
roles.
Laptop
girl
Padmapriya
and
another
Malayalee
actress
Shamna
Kassim
will
also
be
featured
in
the
film.
Songs
are
being
rendered
by
Vijaya
Lakshmi
and
Navaneeth
Krishnan,
both
assistants
to
music
maestro
Ilayaraja.
While
Laptop,
termed
as
a
different
movie,
was
made
with
a
budget
of
Rs.
65
lakhs,
Aattanayakan
has
a
budget
of
Rs.
5
crores.
The
script
will
be
written
by
Indu
Menon
who
was
also
responsible
for
Laptop
but
the
script
will
be
translated
and
modified
to
suit
Tamil
audiences
by
Pokkiri
fame
Prabhakar.
Roopesh
will
start
the
shooting
of
Aattanayakan
by
25th
August.