Though ‘Payanam’ director Radha Mohan denies that the film is about the infamous Kandahar flight hijack incident our sourced tell us that the film is loosely based on the incident. Also there is one multilingual film directed by Major Ravi with Mohanlal is said to be based on the Kandahar hijack incident.

To get out of the situation quickly Radha Mohan has speeded up the work for ‘Payanam’. He is also making a few changes to the script so that it is different from Major Ravi’s film.

In Radha Mohan’s film Nagarjuna is playing a police officer and Prakash Raj a terrorist leader. Nagarjuna will be seen in a direct Tamil film after almost 14 years. He was last seen in 'Ratchagan' opposite Sushmitha Sen in 1997.

The first schedule of shooting for 'Payanam' was completed in Kulu Manali earlier. The second schedule is currently on at the studio of actor Venkatesh in Hyderabad. Third schedule will begin on April 10 at the Ramoji Rao Film City. A huge life like set of Tirupathi Airport is waiting for the ‘Payanam’ team there.