Nayanthara in Mani Rathnam’s ‘Raavan’

These days, Mani Rathnam’s “Raavana’ has been hitting the headlines. Apart from the lancinating mishaps, Mani Rathnam’s casting of actors happens to be sensational.
Ace filmmaker Mani Rathnam has the knack of adapting the grandiloquent mythological stories. It was more illustrious with his yesteryear directorial “Thalapathy’ (featuring superstars Rajnikanth, Mammooty in lead roles) inspired from “Mahabharata’. And now the filmmaker has his “Raavana’- modernized version of “Ramayana’ rolling fast on the floors.
The latest buzz we hear is that alluring fille Nayanthara is roped for enacting the role of “Mandodari’. Sources have revealed that Mani Rathnam’s wife Suhasini reached Nayanthara over the phone last evening. But the actress seems to have been quite negligent with a big doubt– whether audiences will accept her in deglamorized role.
Bilingually made, the film has Abhishek Bachchan as Ram in Hindi version while Vikram does it in Tamil. With Aishwarya Rai enacting Sita, Mani Rathnam is likely to finalize a leading actress for the role of “Mandodari’ (mythological character of Raavan’s wife and sooner official announcements would be made.