Charlie remake will take time: Vijay

Chennai May 1 (IANS) Director Vijay says his plans to remake Malayalam hit film Charlie in Tamil with R. Madhavan in the lead has been delayed and it won t happen anytime soon.

Right now my focus is on my next project Karu . Charlie remake will take time and it s not happening soon. Sai Pallavi is part of the project and it will be her Tamil film debut Vijay told IANS.

Karu was officially launched On Sunday. The project will be bankrolled by Lyca Productions.

While Nirav Shah will crank the camera Anthony will take care of editing.

Vijay also confirmed that the shoot of Karu will commence after the release of his Vanamagan.

We are busy with the release of Vanamagan which will hit the screens on May 19. Principal shooting of Karu will start from May end or early next month he said.

Vanamagan stars Jayam Ravi and Sayyeshaa in the lead.

--IANS
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