Following in the wake of real-life father-daughter duo Sarathkumar and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar teaming up in reel-life for a film Piranthaal Parasakthi, another real-life dad and daughter —Arun and Keerthi Pandian — are coming together for a movie.
The blockbuster Malayalam film Helen is being remade in Tamil by actor/producer Arun Pandian and he is bringing on board his daughter Keerthi Pandian to essay the lead role in the female-centric survival drama.
While Arun will reprise the character played by Lal, Keerthi will be in Anna Ben’s shoes.
Helen is the story of a young girl who gets stuck in a room under freezing conditions. Directed by Mathukutty Xavier and produced by actor/director Vineeth Sreenivasan, the movie garnered critical acclaim besides having a good run.
Gokul, who madefilms like Idharkku Thaan Aasai Pattaya and Junga with Vijay Sethupathi, directs the Tamil remake. The movie was officially launched with a formal pooja on Friday.
Keerthi made her debut with the fantasy adventure movie Thumbaa and is choosy about her scripts. The dusky actress had earlier said, “instead of adding numbers to my kitty, I wanted to establishmyself as a performer. I turned down a few projects that came my way, as I didn’t find anything fascinating with the female lead roles there.”
Produced by Arun Pandian’s home banner A&P Groups, more details about the film will be revealed soon.
