The
Tamil
version
of
Mani
Ratnam's
next
movie
would
be
titled
as
Ashokavanam
(a
place
located
in
Srilanka
as
per
the
Ramayana
age).
Aishwarya
Bachchan
will
feature
in
the
film
opposite
Vikram,
her
first
time
pair
on
screen.
Ashokavanam
happens
to
be
the
film
of
Director
Mani
Ratnam
and
the
estimated
budget
of
this
film
is
said
to
be
120
crores.
Sources
reveal
that
the
cast
and
crew
of
the
film
are
taking
almost
36
cores
from
the
whole
budget.
Apart
from
the
lead
pair,
leading
actors
Karthik
and
Prithviraj
are
going
to
play
the
characters
of
negative
shade
in
this
film.
According
to
the
sources,
the
director
has
agreed
to
pay
Rs.5
crores,
a
whopping
amount
paid
by
him
to
any
other
Indian
actor(s),
including
the
superstar
for
his
earlier
appearance
in
Dalapathy.
The
Hindi
version
of
this
film
is
titled
as
Ravan
in
which
Ash
will
share
the
screen
space
with
her
hubby
Abhishek
Bachchan.
The
Hindi
version
has
Govinda
in
an
interesting
role
and
it
is
said
that
Amitabh
Bachchan
will
also
make
a
special
appearance.
This
film
will
have
Mani
Ratnam
as
the
director
and
Simran
will
be
taking
up
the
duty
as
an
assistant
director.
She
is
planning
to
make
her
debut
as
a
director
next
year
and
will
learn
some
few
techniques
from
the
ace
director
Mani
Ratnam.
Suhasini
the
wife
of
Mani
Ratnam
will
play
the
role
of
a
Devi
for
a
few
seconds
in
this
film.