Dhanush, who made his Bollywood debut in Aanand L Rai's 2013 romantic drama, Raanjhanaa, also featuring Sonam Kapoor and Abhay Deol, is collaborating with the filmmaker again, but this time as a co-producer. The 32-year-old actor will be remaking the Swara Bhaskar-Ratna Pathak Shah woman-centric social drama, Nil Battey Sannata, in Tamil.

“It's a beautiful story of a mother and a daughter so there was no scope for Dhanush to act in it,“ points out Rai. “Dhanush had come down in September and wanted to know what I was working on. I showed him the film and he loved it. He is an instinctive filmmaker. Both of us are excited to collaborate on the project.“

Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, who directed the Hindi original, is helming it in Tamil. Since she is a Tamilian herself there won't be too many changes in the plot. “The only change is that the original was set in Agra so a pan-India audience could relate to it. This one is based in Chennai,“ informs Rai, who has roped in Amala Paul and Revathi to play the leads. The film will roll in January and will release along with the Hindi one which won an award at the Silk Road International Film Festival in China recently.