Sources have previously reported that the Telugu and Tamil remake of Bollywood blockbuster film 'Queen' was shelved. Senior actor and filmmaker Thyagarajan, who was planning to remake Queen with Tamannah in lead role, has now reportedly revealed that her exorbitant demands for remuneration forced him to shelve the project.
It was stated that Thyagarajan had acquired the Southern remake rights of Queen some two years ago. Ever since he has approached several actresses right from Nayanthara, Anushka, Trisha to Samantha but he somehow decided to make the film with Tamannah.
Thyagarajan even made a formal
announcement regarding the same and just the other day, news broke out that the
Queen remake was shelved. Thyagarajan has now cited that he couldn't meet the
staggering remuneration demands of Tamannah. In fact, he has already invested
good sum for remake rights and since it is a heroine oriented subject, its box
office prospects are also not too bright.
He must have felt that he couldn't make the film within budget if he splurges money on Tamannah herself and could have gone for the likes of Nitya Menon but then he needed a star heroine to pull crowds.
