Lakshmi V (BOMBAY TIMES; January 21, 2020)

The year 2020 looks packed for Priyamani. The actress, who’s shooting for a handful of films, including the Telugu remake of Asuran with Venkatesh, has just signed a new film, Maidaan, with Ajay Devgn. Interestingly, Priyamani replaces Keerthy Suresh in the Amit Ravindernath Sharma (of Badhaai Ho fame) directorial.

Priyamani tells us, “Boney Kapoor sir approached me for the film in December. I met director Amit at Boney ji’s office. He told me the gist of the story and gave me a brief about my role. The way Amit narrated the character, drew me in and I just couldn’t say no. I’ll start shooting for my portions by the end of January.”

Maidaan will trace the story of the golden years of Indian football and has Ajay Devgn playing football coach Syed Abdul Rahim. The actress will be playing Ajay’s wife in the film. “It feels good to play a real-life character. I’m looking forward to working with Ajay sir and Amit, and, of course, Boney sir,” she says.