Tulasi replaces Samantha in 'Kadal'

Former actress Radha’s younger daughter Tulasi has replaced Samantha as the heroine in director Mani Ratnam’s ‘Kadal’. Tulasi is the younger sister of ‘Ko’ fame Karathika.

Samantha has suddenly dropped out of the project. She was supposed to play opposite actor Karthik’s son Gautham, a new face, in the lead. With Samantha out, Tulasi will pair up with Gautham.

According to reports, Mani Ratnam had met Tulasi way back in September last year and she and her mother Radha were impressed with the script. But Radha wanted Tulasi to wait till her elder sister Karthika has established herself in the field. Mani Ratnam then cast Samantha for the role.

It is said Samantha was to shoot with Gautham in June and July near Tiruchendur, but the dates she allotted for ‘Kadal’ clashed with her Telugu projects.

Samantha has not started shooting for her portions yet. So, her quitting the project now may not affect the project and others in the cast will rework their dates and co-operate with Mani Ratnam to complete the film on schedule, unit sources say.

While Radha remained non-committal on Tulasi’s debut in ‘Kadal’, Samantha was not available for comment.

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