“
Shivalinga
” is the super hit film directed by “P. Vasu” in Kannada. Recently, the film crossed 100 days run in theaters and the team celebrated the success as a grand party.
Shiva Rajkumar
, “Vedhicka” and
Shakthi Vasudevan
played prominent roles in the film. Now, Vasu is remaking the film in Tamil with
Raghava Lawrence
as the lead. Vasu says that he wanted the female lead to be done by a girl who had never done similar type. Moreover, it is a performance oriented role. When he watched
Irudhi Suttru
, Ritika seemed to be an experienced artist and not a newcomer. So, he decided to book her to do the challenging role. Ritika’s role will be equal to that of Lawrence’s. After finalizing Ritika in the screen test, Vasu revealed the heroine. Vasu asked Ritika to concentrate on dance as Lawrence is a star dancer. Shakti reprises the same role and Vasu decided to retain the same title in Tamil too. The shooting of the film will commence on 14th July in Bangalore.