Female director used Mani Ratnam’s heroine!

Nandini Reddy has the habit of giving the names of the actors to her characters, especially the lead roles even. Coming to her present release ‘Kalyana Vaibhogame’, she had been in a fix to give a name to the lead female character.

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She says that she got the inspiration for the female lead from the heroine of Mani Ratnam in ‘Mounaraagam’, the role essayed by senior actress Revathi. Divya is the character name and Malavika Nair’s role will be on similar lines says the director.

The new age love story will have a couple who are commitment phobic like Divya in Mounaraagam. The first meeting of the couple in ‘Pelli Choopulu’ will be totally out of traditional way reveals ths director as they bond over cigarettes.