Arjun, Divya Matrum Karthik also known as
ADMK is an upcoming Tamil
comedy dramafilm directed by
Bhaskar. The film is aremake of the 2014
Malayalam film
BangaloreDays written and directed by
AnjaliMenon. The film will feature an ensemble castincluding
Arya,
Sridivya and
Bobby Simha in the title roles and
Rana Daggubati,
Parvathy,
Samantha Ruth Prabhu, and
Raai Laxmi in other major roles. Produced by
Prasad V Potluri under his banner
PVP cinema the film is expected to be released in late 2015.
Cast
Production
Casting
The success of
Anjali Menon's 2014 romantic drama film
Bangalore Days, prompted producers
Dil Raju and
Prasad V Potluri to acquire the Tamil and Telugu remake rights for the film in June 2014.
Bhaskar
was signed on to direct the film, while the producers sought to cast
the seven lead roles from actors who were renowned in both the Tamil and
Telugu film industries.
[1] Initial reports suggested that the main lead role portrayed by
Dulquer Salman would be played by
Arya and roles of the trio of cousins, originally ,
Nivin Pauly and
Nazriya Nazim, would be played by
Naga Chaitanya and
Samantha.
[2] Siddharth was also noted to portraying the supporting role played by
Fahadh Faasil, while
Prasanna and
Bharath have also been linked to roles in the film.
[3][4] Similarly reports suggested that
Nani and
Sharwanand were being considered to portray two of the lead roles instead.
Jr NTR had also revealed that doing the role of
Dulquer Salman in Telugu version and
Arya in tamil version. However a delay in casting led to the film being delayed till the following year.
[5]
In January 2015, the official cast of the film was announced with Arya, Siddharth and Samantha selected as initially expected.
Nithya Menen was also added to the cast to play a different character instead of her role from the original.
[6] Meanwhile
Bobby Simha and
Sunil were also signed on to play the same role, with Simha in the Tamil film and Sunil in the Telugu version.
[7]
However by the end of the month, Siddharth and Samantha exited
speculation that the pair were uncomfortable to feature opposite each
other, after a recent break-up.
[8] Subsequently
Rana Daggubati and
Sridivya were bought into replace the pair, while
Parvathy opted to reprise her role from the original ahead of Nithya.
Raai Laxmi was signed on to portray the role played by Isha Talwar, while it was reported that
Nayantara was in talks to portray a guest appearance in the film.
[9][10] Despite indications that
Santhosh Narayanan would be selected to compose the film's music,
Gopi Sunder was retained from the original.
[11] According to Times of India,
Samantha re-signed the film after walking out of the project in January; she will be playing Nithya Menon's role in the original.
[12] Saranya Ponvannan informed that she played an "interesting role" in the film.
[13]