Published 16:50 IST, July 23rd 2020

Did you know Sai Pallavi was the first choice for Mani Ratnam's 'Kaatru Veliyidai'?

Fans must be unaware of the fact that Sai Pallavi was Mani Ratnam’s first choice for his blockbuster romantic drama, 'Kaatru Veliyidai'. Read ahead to know more

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Sai Pallavi is one of most talented actors in South movie industry. Having me her acting debut in many uncredited characters as a child artist, Sai Pallavi rose to fame with Alphonse Puthren’s Malayalam langu romantic drama, Premam (2015). But, fans must be unaware of fact that Sai Pallavi was Mani Ratnam’s first choice for his blockbuster romantic drama, Kaatru Veliyidai. Re ahe to kw more-

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Sai Pallavi was first choice for Kaatru Veliyidai

Even though Sai Pallavi was also interested in acting and dancing, she completed her education and holds a degree in medical stream. But, actor has never practised medicine. She me her debut in Tamil movie industry in 2018 with AL Vijay’s Diya. But, fans must be unaware of fact that a year before she debuted in Tamil industry, she was offered to play le character in Mani Ratnam’s superhit movie, Kaatru Veliyidai (2017).

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Sai Pallavi was director Mani Ratnam’s first choice for his romantic drama movie, Kaatru Veliyidai. Reportedly, Mani Ratnam believed that Sai Pallavi would have been able to do complete justice to character of a doctor as she h been a medical student in real life. But, things didn’t work out and Sai Pallavi’s character was later played by iti Rao Hydari.

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About Kaatru Veliyidai

Kaatru Veliyidai is a Tamil langu romantic war drama movie, directed by Mani Ratnam. movie cast includes Karthi and iti Rao Hydari, Lalitha, Rukmini Vijayakumar, Delhi Ganesh, and RJ Balaji as le characters. Based during time of Kargil War, back in 1999, plot of film revolves around story of an Indian Air Force pilot who remembers his romance with doctor in le up to war, while being kept as a prisoner of war at a jail in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. movie has won two National Film Awards at  65th National Film Awards for  Best Music Direction was given to AR Rahman and Best Female Playback Singer .

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16:50 IST, July 23rd 2020