Director Natty Kumar’s ‘Pani Thuli’, a romantic thriller set within the US, can be released first after which the makers will choose the Hindi release. The Hindi film is titled ‘Tum Ho Yaara’, in keeping with actor Ganesh Venkataraman who plays the lead role within the bilingual.
He says they shot each scene twice, once for Tamil and once for Hindi.
Besides Ganesh, the film stars new comers Shobana and Kalpana.
Ganesh plays Shiva who's a software engineer. His love, Meera, who's very ambitious, forces him to visit US where he gets involved with another girl. How the issues arising out of this affair change Shiva and his life is the story.
Whatever Ganesh expected in a launch film are all their dance, comedy, suspense and action. At the suspense element, Ganesh says, “Even throughout the narration, I USED TO BE unable to foretell what would happen within the next scene.”
The film was short for 30 days in Chennai and 62 days within the US.
Ganesh also stars in Kavithalaya’s ‘Muriyadi’ with Sathyaraj. That is the remake of the Malayalam film ‘Passenger’ that may be released later this year. His first big role as a Sikh youth was in Director Radha Mohan’s ‘Abhiyum Naanum’.
