Abhirami,
who
is
making
a
comeback
to
silver
screen
with
the
upcoming
movie
Apothecary,
is
all
set
to
play
a
police
officer
in
her
next
film,
Driver
On
Duty.
The
actress
will
play
Sub
Inspector
Arundathi
Varma,
the
incharge
of
a
women
police
station.
Her
character
is
inspired
from
the
real
life
character
Kuttiyamma,
one
of
the
first
women
police
officers
of
Kerala.
Abhirami,
who
is
settled
in
US
post
marriage,
decided
to
make
a
comeback
upon
the
insistence
of
her
Virumandi
co-star,
actor
Kamalhassan
during
the
dubbing
works
of
his
movie
Vishwaroopam.
She
turned
a
dubbing
artist,
by
lending
voice
to
heroine
Pooja
Kumar
in
Vishwaroopam.
The
actress
will
play
the
female
lead
opposite
Suresh
Gopi
in
Apothecary.
She
has
already
shared
screenspace
with
Suresh
Gopi
in
the
movies
Pathram
and
Megasandesham.
Apothecary
is
a
medical
thriller
film
directed
by
Melvilasam
fame
Madhav
Ramadasan.
Suresh
Gopi,
Jayasurya
and
Asif
Ali
plays
the
male
leads
in
the
film.
Abhirami
and
Meera
Nandan
play
the
female
leads.
Driver
On
Duty
is
a
comic
movie,
directed
by
debutant
Manoj
Paloden.
The
movie
narrates
the
story
of
a
Police
driver
Ramakrishnan,
who
gets
appointed
in
a
women
police
station.
Asif
Ali
will
play
Ramakrishnan.
Earlier,
Ramya
Krishnan
was
roped
in
for
the
role
Arundathi
Varma;
but
later
she
backed
out
from
the
project
citing
date
issues.
Janani
Iyer,
Lena
and
Rachana
Narayanankutty
will
play
the
other
key
roles
in
the
film.