Actress Tamannaah Bhatia has been roped in to play the much-loved character Rani. The actress is all set to play the role immortalised by National Award-winning Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, in the movie 'Queen'. Confirming the news, Tammy said, "I've signed the film, but we are still to lock in the dates. As far as I know, this project will start rolling in 2017."
In an interview, the actress said, "Ever since I saw 'Queen', I wanted to be a part of its remake. What makes the film special is that it's one of those rare women-centric films which succeeded in reaching out to everybody, across all sections of the audience." She added, "I felt liberated when I saw 'Queen', and I couldn't wait to start working on the remake. The fact that Revathi ma'am is directing it makes it even more special. I think it's going to be a great combination. More than a remake, this will be treated as an adaptation as a lot of things have to be changed to suit Tamil sensibilities."
Rights for the southern versions of the movie was acquired by Tamil filmmaker Bhagyaraj, who announced respective directors for the Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam remakes. He said, "Anish Kuruvilla for Telugu, Revathi for Tamil and Malayalam and Prakash Raj for Kannada remakes have been signed as directors." He also announced the female leads, saying, "Tamannaah for Tamil, Amala Paul for Malayalam, and Parul Yadav for Kannada versions have been finalised but no actress for the Telugu version has been zeroed in yet."
