The Tamil remake of national award winning Malayalam film Maheshinte Prathikaram is all set to go on floors in July. The Fahadh Faasil starrer, directed by Dileesh Pothan, will have producer-director Udayanidhi Stalin reprising the role of Fahadh.

The character of Jimsy, played by Aparna Balamurali in Malaylam, will be essayed by Namitha Pramod in its Tamil version. Meanwhile, the character of Soumya played by Anusree in the original film will be donned by Parvathy Nair.

The remake of the film will not be an exact copy of the original, Priyadarshan, who is directing the movie in Tamil, told Onmanorama. There will be changes in the movie to suit the taste of Tamil audience and the it will be including more humor than the Malayalam film, he said.

M.S. Bhaskar is yet another prominent actor in the Tamil version. The film will be primarily shot in Kambam and Theni. The first schedule of the movie will begin on July 15.

This is the second commercial flick by Priyadarshan in Tamil, after Lesa Lesa in 2003. Sila Samayangalil was the last Tamil film Priyadarshan had directed. The film was critically acclaimed and was nominated for the Golden Globe awards.