The movie Nazriya Wasn't very keen on doing

17/02/2014

Actor Vikram Prabhu and Nazriya Nazim will be coming together for the tamil remake of Ustad Hotel which is directed by Sathyasiva of Kazhugu fame. The director in a recent interview to The Times of India revealed how he convinced Nazriya to be part of the movie.

"Nazriya was not keen on doing the film initially. She told me that though Nithya didn't have many sequences in the original, she had done a great job. And Nazriya was unsure if she would be able to do better than her in the Tamil version. But I narrated the script that I'd written for the Tamil version. The heroine has a lot of scope to perform in this one, and I've also explored the romantic angle between the lead pair. Only after this was Nazriya convinced about her role and agreed to be part of it. 

While the original was set in the backdrop of a Muslim family, only Rajkiran will play a Muslim character in this one. We will start shooting in Kozhikode and Kochi first, and continue filming in Puducherry and Madurai, among other places. Charlie, Thambi Ramiah and Soori are also part of the cast."