Venkat Prabhu keen to cast Diana Penty in 'Biriyani'

Director Venkat Prabhu’s upcoming film is titled ‘Biriyani’ starring Karthi. It is a two-heroine story. Richa Gangopadhyaya will play one of the heroines and this has been finalized.

According to unit sources, Venkat Prabhu is looking to cast a relatively new face as the other heroine. ‘Cocktail’ girl Diana Penty ’tops the list of several names being considered. The performance of the model-turned actress in the Bollywood film has been much acclaimed and she has become popular. This is one of the factors that weighed with the unit to have her in ‘Biriyani’, which is touted as a suspense thriller.

Venkat Prabhu had in mind Parineeti Chopra, Ileana or Samantha, but he finds Diana Penty more apt for the role. The sources say he is still to decide on the cast and no agreement has been signed with any actor.

The project was officially launched recently, but the shooting will commence only next month by which time the entire cast and crew would have been finalized.

Venkat is now giving the script once over. Yuvan Shankar Raja has started working on the tunes, the sources say.

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