Director Nishikant hogged all limelight when his maiden Marathi film Dombivili Fast won rave reviews while bagging several awards and honors. Now the youngster has remade the film in Tamil titled Evano Oruvan. The movie has Madhavan and Sangeetha in lead roles.

Nishikanth says, "The movie can be identified by the youngsters. It is about an average Indian youth, who is expressionless, perennially fatigued, weighed down with woes... till a dormant volcano inside the head erupts without warning, and life is not the same again".

"Madhavan and Sangeetha have given a restrained performance and G V Prakash has come up with a scintillating musical score", he adds.

"Since my childhood, I watched a lot of Tamil cinemas. I was greatly influenced by director Mani Ratnam. Dombivili Fast was based on a regional and cultural background. Tamilnadu has rich cultural values. I felt it would be appropriate to do the movie in Tamil. Thankfully my producers (Abbas and Mastan) agreed", he says.

On his experiences working with Madhavan, he says, "He is a talented actor and he emotes well. He had been part of half-a-dozen Mani Ratnam movies. He was my obvious choice".

The movie has musical score by G V Prakash.

Madhavan is thrilled to be part of a movie which has a good storyline and a strong message to be conveyed to the masses.

"After Thambi, it was my role in Evano Oruvan which attracted me a lot", he said.

Sangeetha, who proved her acting credentials in director Bala's Pithamagan, plays a pivotal role in the movie.

With all shooting over, Evano Oruvan is fast nearing its release.

Hopefully this summer Madhavan will be out in theatres thanks to Evano Oruvan.