National award winning filmmaker Girish Kasaravalli's next project is 'Nayi Neralu',which is an adaptation of Dr S.L. Bairappa's novel with the same name.The film tells the story of a young widow who finds her husband in a young man whom she believes is the punarjanma of her late husband. Basanthkumar Patil will produce the film.

In this film Pavitra Lokesh plays the lead role and Ashwin, a youngster makes his entry to Kannada films. Kasaravalli's daughter Ananya plays another key role apart from being the costume designer for this film. S. Ramachandra is behind the camera.

The director is said to have made some changes to the story to make it more interesting. The movie will hit the theaters soon.