Cocote Group: NANBAN VIJAI NEW SHANKAR FILM

Ileana has become as the highest paid actress in South India. No other South Indian actress has been paid Rs 1.5 Crores for a Telugu or Tamil film. Although Aishwarya Rai took Rs 6 Crores for Robot , she is not considered as South Indian actress but Bollywood heroine

If reports are to be believed, Ileana will don the greasepaint for the remake 3 Idiots. The actress is expected to play the role both in Tamil and Telugu versions. While Vijay, Jiiva and Siddharth are said to be roped in for the Tamil version, we hear that Mahesh Babu will play Vijay’s role in Telugu.The film is being planned for a summer release and the shooting will probably begin in the month of November when Shankar, who will direct the film, returns from his trip abroad.