Shankar’s Nanban for Deepavali?

Shankar's Nanban shooting in Endhiran land!

Shankar's much awaited multistarrer Nanban (remake of Aamir Khan's Bollywood blockbuster 3 Idiots) will reportedly grace theatres this Deepavali.

The film is making brisk progress and the producers have confirmed that it will be a Deepavali 2011 release.

In the film, Vijay will appear as the unorthodox genius Rancchod Das, which was played by Aamir Khan. Jiva and Srikanth will appear as the naïve Farhan Qureshi and Raju Rastogi, which were played by Madhavan and Sharman Joshi respectively. S.J. Suryah will play the role of Chatur (Omi Vaidya). Ileana D'Cruz will appear in the role played by Kareena Kapoor and Sathyaraj will appear as the insensitive professor Virus, played by Boman Irani.

It’s almost confirmed. And only an official announcement has to be made. That ‘Nanban’, the Vijay-Srikanth-Jeeva starrer directed by Shankar, will see the light of the day on the day of lights- Deepavali.

A Tamil remake of Hindi blockbuster ‘Three Idiots’, ‘Nanban’ is busy taking shape in Coimbatore, Ooty, Andaman and Amsterdam. “Most parts of the shoot are over and Shankar will commence post-production soon,” say sources.

It is to be noted here that Shankar would take enough time for post-production since the director would never be ready for any compromise on the end product. “Since this is his first remake, he is putting extra efforts.”

With Ileana playing the role played by Kareena Kapoor in the Hindi original, Sathyaraj is doing the character of a college principal, who is the heroine’s father. Anuya has an important role, that of Ileana’s elder sister.

Shankar’s upcoming ‘Nanban’ needs no introduction among you movie-buffs. The movie is being shot at a full spree, and we had earlier told you that the team flew down to Coimbatore to shoot a few important scenes.

The below image taken at the sets of ‘Nanban’ confirm the earlier suggestions on who plays what role in ‘Nanban.’

Ilaya Thalapathi Vijay doubtlessly, dons the role of the protagonist, earlier played by Aamir Khan as Rancho or Phunsukh Wangdoo. This role is that of a casual college student, who is brainy yet has a cool approach towards life, adding a spark and happiness in the lives of all those around.

What’s interesting is that, we can see in this picture, Jeeva full of finger rings, of course, he plays the role played by Sharman Joshi as Raju Rastogi. One who hails from a poor family and is burdened with the duties of his family’s livelihood, sister’s wedding and is scared to death, does a million poojas, thus, explaining the rings (pleasing the Lords).

Srikanth plays the role earlier played by Madhavan, that of Farhan, one of those young people pushed into engineering for the heck of it, whereas his passion truly lies elsewhere.

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