The Nandi awards for the year 2008 have been announced.

Best Actress:  Swathi (Ashta Chamma)

The film, tentatively titled Khatta Meeta, will be directed by Priyadarshan. Akshay will produce the film under his home banner in association with a major production house. Sources close to Akshay say Trisha was the personal choice of the actor, who saw a DVD of her Tamil film Abhiyum Naanum, before confirming her as his heroine.

Later, Trisha flew to Mumbai and met Akki, who was impressed by her and asked her to coordinate with Priyan.
Talking to BT, Priyadarshan said, “Yes, Trisha is playing the heroine opposite Akshay Kumar in the film. Akshay was keen on doing the film with a new face, and after seeing Trisha’s performance in a few south movies, he thought that she’d be the right choice.”

Priyan refused to reveal the role that Trisha will be playing in the film. “It’s a breezy romantic comedy with all the ingredients that you’d find in an Akshay Kumar film,” is all he will say.

Says Trisha, “I always knew that if I ever had to do a Hindi film, then I’d wait for the right one to come along. Priyan introduced me to films. Even after I completed Lesa Lesa, I wanted to go back to studies as I believed acting was not my cup of tea. He encouraged me to continue acting.”

Does she intend to do more Hindi films? “I’m not very ambitious as I have no major targets. I’m glad Priyan gave me this opportunity. I will do my best. I leave the rest to destiny,” she says.

The shoot of the film is scheduled for October or November in Panchgani, and will be over in a single schedule. Pritam will compose the music for the film, which is likely to have six songs. The rest of the cast is being finalised.

source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/