Shraddha Srinath, who made a splash with her performance in Pawan Kumar’s Kannada thriller U-Turn, will be playing the lead opposite Nivin Pauly in his next Tamil film. It is slated to go into production next month.
Debutant director Gautham Ramachandran, after months of auditioning, zeroed in on Srinath, as he felt she was right for the role of a crime reporter in the film, which will be based on the critically acclaimed, Rakshit Shetty-directed film Ulidavaru Kandanthe.
“Shraddha was one of the first girls I met during the auditions. Although I felt she seemed perfect for the role, we decided to audition a few more girls. Over the course of nearly five months, we auditioned several girls but nobody fit the role as convincingly as Shraddha,” Ramachandran said.
“The second time we met Shraddha, she came well-prepared and had even memorised her lines. In the second audition, she just proved she was destined to do the role and we were convinced, too,” he said.
The film’s producers weren’t initially gung-ho about the idea.
“They wanted a familiar heroine and a few well-known actresses were also interested to be part of the project. As a team when we saw Shraddha audition the second time, we were convinced she’d be ideal for the role. Nivin was very supportive with my decision,” he added.
Srinath, a lawyer by profession, has already worked in two Kannada films and a Malayalam film. It’s with U-Turn that she found fame.
The rest of the cast is yet to be finalised.
