Madhoo, has been roped in upcoming Tamil movie Agni Dev to play the role of villain, in the direction of Chennaiyil Oru Naal 2 fame John Paul Raj and Sham Surya, in which Bobby Simha is playing the lead role. Her reason for choosing the evil character over the good ones is that in the Southern film industry, those roles are liked by the audience.
Madhoo aka Madhubala, is who was seen in Young Tiger Jr NTR and Mohanlal starerr Janatha Gagage, is going to play an important role in upcoming drama, based on Rajesh Kumar novel, which is titled as Agni Dev. It is helmed by Chennaiyil Oru Naal 2 fame John Paul Raj and Sham Surya and produced by Seantoa Studio in association with Jai Film Productions. The regular shoot of the film has been started in Coimbatore. Madhoo has played a prominent role in Mani Ratnam’ directorial venture s Roja and Shankar’s Gentlemen. This is the first time, Madhoo is going to make her screen presence in villain avatar. This news is confirmed by Madhoo herself as she shared the poster on her Twitter.
In an official statement, the team said, “We take immense pleasure in welcoming actress Madhubala/Madhoo . Our entire Agni Dev crew is happy on working with her. As she plays a vital antagonist role in the movie. Await for the action.”
Madhoo he has worked in a few Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada language films. Madhoo is popular for Kuku Kohli’s Hindi hit Phool Aur Kaante, Mani Ratnam’s Tamil hit Roja, for which she won the National Film Award for Best Film on National Integration, nomination for Best Film at the 18th Moscow International Film Festival, Mohan Krishna Indrganti’s Anthaku Mundhu Aa Tharuvatha, K. Raghavendra Rao’s Telugu hit Allari Priyudu, Karthik Ghattamaneni’s Suryva Vs Surya, Sangeeth Sivan’s Malayalam hit Yodha, and S. Shankar’s Tamil hit Gentleman.
It will be very interesting to see her share screen space with Bobby Simha.