Dulquer Salmaan, Shruti Haasan, and Simbu to star in 'Aval Appadithaan' remake?

Going by latest buzz, 1978 classic Aval Appithaan is set for a remake and will be directed by Bri Venkatesh and will star Shruti Haasan. According to reports. director is also in talks of signing Dulquer Salmaan and Simbu.  film originally starred Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, and Sripriya in le roles. Re on to kw more about story:

Aval Appithaan set for a remake with Dulquer Salmaan and Shruti Haasan? 

In a conversation with a leing daily, director opened up about how he got idea. Bri revealed that it all started when he took up a social media challenge and answered a question from his American niece. He told her that soundtrack of Aval Appithaan resonates with him even today and tagged Shruti Haasan in it. 

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Talking about film, Venkatesh revealed that he is a gruate from film institute and C Rudhraiya's Aval Appithaan is first film that was me by a gruate from film institute. He ded that film is closer to his heart for more reasons than just one. He also shared that he worked with Shruti Haasan on her show Hello Sago and talked to her about film. 

Haasan watched film on director's insistence and was quite excited when Venkatesh proposed idea of a remake. He said that film talks about a lot of issues that are relevant even in today's times. Revealing that y even have a producer on board, director said that he does t kw who hold's rights to original film. Bri Venkatesh said that C Rudhraiya is more and that his daughter does t have any idea about it as well.

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ding that he won't be recreating film frame by frame, he said that he would like to start working on project without any hindrance. Furr answering wher he has reached out to Dulquer Salmaan and Simbu for casting, director revealed that communication has reached Dulquer but he has t got in touch with Simbu yet. Bri said that Shruti Haasan is set to play role of Manju and as for male le, he said that he might get Dulquer Salmaan or Vijay Deverakonda on board. director furr revealed that though Yuvan Shankar Raja has composed music for all his films, he wants to get Ilaiyaraaja to compose for this one. 

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