, ▁and ▁Vik ram ▁was ▁ske pt ical ▁about ▁rem aking ▁Ch anth up ott u . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁first ▁post pon ed ▁but ▁later ▁sh el ved . ▁The ▁producer ▁of ▁the ▁film , ▁A . ▁M . ▁R ath nam , ▁approached ▁director ▁L ing us amy ▁to ▁come ▁up ▁with ▁a ▁new ▁script . ▁ ▁After ▁Ji , ▁L ing us amy ▁announced ▁his ▁next ▁project , ▁B he ema a , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁Vik ram ▁trained ▁his ▁body ▁for ▁three ▁months ▁with ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁former ▁Mr . ▁T amil ▁N adu ▁body building ▁champion ▁Raj end ran ▁for ▁the ▁part ▁of ▁Se kar ▁so ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁look ▁more ▁like ▁the ▁phys ically ▁strong ▁character ▁of ▁B he ema a . ▁Vik ram ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁approached ▁the ▁film ▁like ▁an ▁actor ▁even ▁though ▁the ▁film ' s ▁script ▁was ▁written ▁" for ▁a ▁star " ▁and ▁further more ▁he ▁said ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁powerful ▁roles . ▁ ▁Cast ing ▁ ▁K atr ina ▁Ka if , ▁and ▁ ▁Deep ika ▁Pad uk one ▁ ▁were ▁considered ▁to ▁play ▁hero ine ▁but ▁replaced ▁by ▁Tr ish a . ▁▁ ▁Sim ran ▁ ▁was ▁considered ▁for ▁the ▁second ▁lead ▁opposite ▁to ▁P rak ash ▁Raj . ▁▁▁ ▁There ▁were ▁rum ours ▁that ▁M amm oot ty ▁would ▁act ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁but ▁reports ▁proved ▁un true . ▁N ana ▁P ate kar ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁P rak ash ▁Raj