Dhanush Busy in New Film ‘Mappillai’ bought by Sun Pictures

After the release of his recent flick ‘Kutty’, Dhanush is now busy with a new project titled ‘Mappillai’. It’s a remake of an earlier movie of the same title starring the Superstar Rajinikanth.

The film will be directed by Suraaj and produced by Nemichand Jhabak and V Hitesh Jhabak for Sun Pictures. The glamorous doll Hansika Motwani pairs opposite Dhanush in this film. The music for the film will be given by Mani sharma.

The hero says that ‘Mappillai’ is definitely going to be laughing film. He also stated that the film is not exactly a remake of earlier film. The director Suraaj has completely changed the screenplay by adding more comedy elements in the film.

Dhanush says “I am proud that I am going to do a role played by Rajini sir. ‘Mappillai’ is one of my favorite Rajini films and I had watched it many times. But never had I expected that I would do the lead role in its remake.”

It’s official that Sun Pictures, has bought the rights of Dhanush starrer ‘Mappillai’ from the film’s original producers Nemichand Jhabak and V Hitesh.Sun seems to be on the acquisition spree.

‘Mappillai’ is the second venture for Sun Pictures after ‘Padikadhavan’.Suraaj is directing the film. The movie is expected to be a summer 2010 release, as the film production and distribution arm of Sun TV Network has in hands a string of films awaiting release.

The movie as you know is a remake of a yesteryear Rajinikanth film of the same title, the new version has Hansika Motwani opposite the son-in-law of the Superstar. Jayapradha will play the all-powerful mother-in-law, played by Sri Vidya in the original.

Manisharma is composing the music.Suraaj said that there are no major changes to the script, some minor modifications are however being made to suit to the present trend.He expressed his excitement direct a film whose original version had Rajini sir in the lead role.