Karthik Sivakumar
, who made his debut in “
Oopiri
” with
Akkineni Nagarjuna
and
Tamannaah Bhatia
, is gearing up for his next in Telugu. He will be seen next in “
Duet
,” directed by
Mani Ratnam
. This is a dubbed version of Tamil film,
Kaatru Veliyidai
.
Dil Raju
, who had released Mani Ratnam’s “
O Kadhal Kanmani
” in Telugu as “
Ok Bangaram
,” will be releasing Karthi starrer. The film has Bollywood actress,
Aditi Rao Hydari
in the lead role. The latest poster of the film shows Karthi in a clean shaven look. The film is expected to hit the screens in March. Already, a Tamil dubbed film of the same name was released in 1994. The film directed by “K. Balachander” had “
Prabhu
,”
Prakash Raj
,
Meenakshi Seshadri
and
Ramesh Aravind
. The film also had the music composition by “A R Rahman.” Earlier, Mani Ratnam had booked
Sai Pallavi
in the lead role. Later, he replaced her with Aditi. Now, Sai is working in Telugu in “
Fida
” with
Varun Tej
under the direction of Shekhar Kammula.