Simbu in Manmadha Leelai remake
By:
Settu
Shankar
Wednesday,
May
09,
2007
After
directing
Poi,
veteran
filmmaker
K.Balachander"s
next
film
will
be
launched
soon.
This
time
he
will
be
remaking
one
of
his
own
films,
Manmadha
Leelai.
He
will
remake
with
a
modern
touch.
3
decades
ago,
Manmadha
Leelai
started
a
new
trend
in
Kollywood
and
brought
in
to
the
industry
Kamal
Hassan.
The director offered the male lead role to Jeeva. He passed up the opportunity offered to him saying that it was not his cup of tea. Now it is real life playboy Simbu who accepted the offer with delight. After the completion of the shooting of Kaalai, Simbu will take up this project with director K Balachander.
After the stupendous success of Naan Avanillai, every body would like to take care of all aspects of classic films when remaking them. There are already 4 remake projects presently being shot for in Kollywood including Billa 2007. Manmadha Leelai will be the fifth.