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''That Is Mahalakshmi'' is an unreleased Indian
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-language comedy drama film directed by
Prasanth Varma Prasanth Varma is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works primarily in Telugu cinema. He is best known for directing ''Awe'' (2018) and '' Zombie Reddy'' (2021). Career 2011–2017: Initial career Varma began his career in 201 ...
, produced by Manu Kumaran, and bankrolled by Taizoon Khorakiwala. The film is a remake of the 2014
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film ''
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''. The film stars
Tamannaah Tamanna Bhatia (born 21 December 1989), known professionally as Tamannaah, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Telugu and Tamil films, along with a few Hindi films. In 2005, she made her acting debut at the age of 15 in the Hindi fi ...
, with
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, Roopa Lakshmi, Samarth Ashok Hegde, Geetanjali and CVL Narasimha Rao in supporting roles.


Cast

*
Tamannaah Tamanna Bhatia (born 21 December 1989), known professionally as Tamannaah, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Telugu and Tamil films, along with a few Hindi films. In 2005, she made her acting debut at the age of 15 in the Hindi fi ...
as Mahalakshmi *
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as Vijaylakshmi *
Siddu Jonnalagadda Siddharth "Siddhu" Jonnalagadda is an Indian actor, screenwriter, playback singer and editor who works in Telugu cinema. He debuted in a lead role with the film '' Life Before Wedding'' (2011). Jonnalagadda went onto to co-write and star in film ...
* Geethanjali * C. V. L. Narasimha Rao * Guillermo Uria Viar * Chinmaya Agrawal * Jeffrey Ho * Nikos Vatikiotis * Geetanjali * Roopa Lakshmi * Clifton Brown * Samarth Ashok Hegde * Aram Arakelyan as Constantin


Production

In June 2014,
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, the producers of the Hindi film ''
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'' (2014), made an official announcement that they hold sold the remake rights for the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada versions of their film to
Thiagarajan Thiagarajan Sivanandam (born 21 June 1946) is an Indian actor, director and producer in Tamil cinema. Beside Tamil, he has also acted in several Malayalam and Kannada films and a few Telugu films. He is the father of Tamil actor Prashanth and ...
, who would make the films through his production studio, Staar Movies. Viacom put a caveat in the agreement that the principal photography of any of the films must start by 8 June 2017, else the rights would revert to Viacom. Soon after the announcement in June 2014, several Indian directors and actresses expressed their desire to do the film, but Thiagarajan maintained that no one had been finalised and that he was still considering his options. Thiagarajan announced his potential plans of casting
Lisa Haydon Elisabeth Marie Haydon is an Indian actress, TV presenter and model, who mainly appears in Hindi films. Haydon made her acting debut with the ensemble romantic comedy-drama ''Aisha'' (2010) and received critical praise for her performance in the ...
to reprise her supporting role and for his son
Prashanth Prashanth Thiagarajan (born 6 April 1973), known professionally as Prashanth, is an Indian actor and businessman, known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil films, he has also appeared in few Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam f ...
to act in the film, but remarked that he was unsure if Prashanth would accept to play a character with "grey shades".
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held discussions about portraying the film's lead role during July 2014, but turned the film down after being unconvinced about the way the original script was set to be adapted into the South Indian languages. After a period of inactivity and further media reports about the casting of the lead actress, Thiagarajan revealed in February 2016 that he had signed on
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to direct the Tamil version of the film, while
Suhasini Suhasini Maniratnam (born 15 August 1961) known mononymously as Suhasini, is an Indian actress, director, producer and writer in the Tamil film industry. She has worked as an actress in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She made her ...
would work as the dialogue writer. Soon after,
Nayanthara Diana Mariam Kurian, known professionally as Nayanthara, is an Indian actress and film producer who is known for her work in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. She was in the ''Forbes India'' "Celebrity 100" 2018 list, with her total annual ...
turned down the opportunity to work on the film citing scheduling issues during early 2016. In mid-2016,
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was also approached to play the lead role but conflicting schedules meant that she could not sign on to appear in the film. The media also linked actresses Parvathy and
Nithya Menen Nithya Menen (born 8 April 1988) is an Indian actress and singer who has acted in more than 50 feature films and in six different languages: Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, English, and Telugu.In her acting career, Nithya has won three Fi ...
to the lead role, but neither were signed on. During an interaction with the media in November 2016, Thiagarajan revealed that he had finalised Revathi to direct the Tamil and Malayalam versions of the film, while Anish Kuruvilla and
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would make the Telugu and Kannada versions respectively. He added that
Tamannaah Tamanna Bhatia (born 21 December 1989), known professionally as Tamannaah, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Telugu and Tamil films, along with a few Hindi films. In 2005, she made her acting debut at the age of 15 in the Hindi fi ...
would feature in the lead role of the Tamil version, while
Amala Paul Amala Paul (born 26 October 1991) is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. She made her acting debut by appearing in a supporting role in the Malayalam-language film '' Neelathamara'', and she later became n ...
and
Parul Yadav Parul Yadav is an Indian actress and producer who works primarily in Kannada films along with a few Malayalam and Tamil films. She made her acting debut with the Tamil film ''Dreams'', starring Dhanush and Diya. Early life and career She made ...
would reprise the role in the Malayalam and Kannada versions respectively. He also stated that
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was signed on to feature in all four versions of the film in the role originally portrayed by Lisa Haydon. In April 2017, Tamannaah stated that the film was shelved, though Thiagarajan refuted her claim and stated that production would begin in May 2017. He revealed that talks with the actress to play the lead role had fallen through after a dispute over her remuneration for the lead role. In June 2017, further confusion about the remake arose after two separate production houses apart from Thiagarajan's Staar Movies had claimed rights to the film. As per a contract signed on 30 July 2016, Staar Movies agreed to enter into a co-production agreement with Mediente International Films Ltd and Liger Commercial Brokers for the making of the films. However a mutual cancellation form was then signed between the parties on 5 April 2017 after Mediente allegedly failed to pay the consideration provided under the agreement. Then, as per a contract signed on 21 April 2017, Staar Movies agreed to assign the rights of all four South Indian versions of ''Queen'' to Golden Crab Film Production Ltd. In order to avoid the reversion of rights back to Viacom due to three years of inactivity, Staar Movies and Golden Crab swiftly began shooting the film on 17 May 2017 with a series of supporting actors including Nassar under the title of ''Vaanil Thedi Nindren''. However, on 3 June 2017, Staar Movies again assigned and transferred the remake rights of the film to Mediente and Liger, with the Kannada version of the film titled ''
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'' featuring Parul Yadav, starting immediately with
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taking over as director. Staar Movies then produced a declaration affidavit on 14 June 2017 that any agreement with Golden Crab Films was false.
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revealed in August 2017 that she had agreed terms to play the lead role in the Tamil version of the film, which would also be directed by Ramesh Aravind and produced by Mediente, and that the film's shoot would begin in September 2017. In September 2017, it was revealed that
Tamannaah Tamanna Bhatia (born 21 December 1989), known professionally as Tamannaah, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Telugu and Tamil films, along with a few Hindi films. In 2005, she made her acting debut at the age of 15 in the Hindi fi ...
would work on the Telugu version of the film which would be directed by Neelakanta. Amala Paul also opted out of the Malayalam version citing date issues and was later replaced by
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.
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was initially in talks to play the role Lisa Haydon played in ''Queen'' however opted out due to unavailability of dates and creative differences. Filming began on 2 November 2017. Two months later, Neelakanta left the film, and was replaced by Prashanth Varma. However, Neelakanta soon decided to direct the Malayalam remake titled '' Zam Zam''.


Soundtrack

The music of the film is composed by Amit Trivedi and lyrics are by Krishna Kanth. The songs were released under
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on 1 September 2020.


See also

* Paris Paris *
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* Zam Zam


References


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