Samuthirakani signs Jayam Ravi

The director-actor will also be remaking his Poraali in Kannada
He made Sasikumar ride two horses literally in his film Poraali but it looks like director-actor Samuthirakani will be pulling off a similar stunt in real life, as a director. He has signed up two films as a director ��� one with Jayam Ravi in Tamil and the other, a Kannada remake of Poraali with Puneeth Rajkumar ��� and is likely to shoot both the films simultaneously in the coming months.Jayam Ravi���s long-in-the-making Aadhi Bhagavan is yet to be completed, but that hasn���t deterred Samuthirakani from signing the actor, who will be seen in a different avatar in the film, which will be produced by the production house behind Naan Kadavul and Boss Engira Baskaran.
Says a source close to the development, ���The film will be a major landmark in both Ravi���s and Samuthirakani���s career. The director is associated with films that call for social change and this one too will be about a social revolution. The plot revolves around a social issue, which angered the director. Audiences will get to see a very different Ravi in this film.���
Meanwhile, the director, who finished shooting for Saattai, in which he plays the lead, is busy selecting artistes for his Kannada remake of Poraali. Adds the source, ���Puneeth had earlier acted in the Kannada remake of Nadodigal. The film���s dialogues are being written now. The director is planning to shoot the film for 75 days and will start the project very soon. He is hoping to begin Ravi���s project midway through this film���s shoot.���