Rajnikanth in Venkatesh’s Nagavalli!

Venkatesh’s Nagavalli which is touted to be the sequel to Rajnikanth’s film ‘Chandramukhi’ is all set to release on Dec 16th. This is a remake of Kannada hit Aptha Rakshaka in which Vishnuvardhan played the lead role. He did the same role in Aptha Rakshaka’s prequel Aptha Mitra too. The latter was later remade into Telugu and Tamil as Chandramukhi.

Therefore, Nagavalli too should have been remade into Telugu and Tamil with Rajnikanth in the lead. However, the super star wasn’t keen on doing the film and then Venkatesh stepped into Nagavalli. Venkatesh, who is well aware of Chandramukhi and Rajnikanth factor did mention Rajni’s name in Nagavalli too.

Venkatesh says there will be a reference of Rajnikanth in Nagavalli. “There is a Rajini connection to `Nagavalli' in the sense that people at that home say either Rajini or Venky has to come to solve the problem. So I tell Rajini, thank you for giving me a chance to investigate this case. We have treated it like this as if Rajini's character is my guru,” Venkatesh revealed.

“I am conscious of the fact that comparisions will be made to `Chandramukhi' and of course, Rajini. But don't look out for Rajinisms from Venkatesh. I have done the role in my style,” he added.