Joining the long list of Malayalam actresses making a beeline to Tamil cinema is Nithya. She has been chosen by ad filmmaker turned director Jayendra for '180', a movie he is making with Siddharth playing the protagonist.

The film is being produced by Sathyam Cinemas. Nithya Menon had earlier acted in Malayalam films like 'Akasha Gopuram’, ‘Vellathooval’, Angel John' and 'Kerala Cafe'.

Interestingly, the actress was to do the second lead in Vijay’s 'Kaavalkaran', but reportedly backed out at the last minute due to some unavoidable reasons. Now Nithya will get a launch as Siddharth’s heroine.

Meanwhile, the movie's title has been cleared by the Tamil Film Producers Council (TFPC). It is to be noted that TFPC is insisting on pure Tamil titles as per government rules to get entertainment tax concession.