After Mirror reported (July 22) that Bejoy Nambiar's next would feature Dhanush and Harshavardhan Rane as the leads, we have now learnt that the film has been put on hold. A remake of Mani Ratnam's Tamil action drama, Agni Natchathiram, the film narrates the story of two stepbrothers at loggerheads over who's the rightful heir to their father. It was to be shot from August to October.

A source associated with the project reveals, “Dhanush's look didn't work out as planned and his dates were clashing with previous commitments down South. The film has been put on the backburner till these issues are resolved. Bejoy has already moved on to another project, a Malayalam-Tamil bilingual. He is busy with the casting; this film should take off by October.“ After this film, the writer-director will start work on another project for which he is in talks with Farhan Akhtar. Bejoy remained unavailable for comment.