The shooting of 'Thala 59' aka 'AK59' directed by H. Vinod has started with scenes involving Shraddha Srinath, Abhirami Venkatachalam, Andrea Tarang, Adhik Ravichandran, Aswin Rao, Arjun Chidambaram and Sujith Shankar.  Thala Ajith will be joining the sets in the first week of February along with Vidya Balan who plays his pair.

'Thala 59' is the remake of the Bollywood super hit 'Pink' with Ajith and Shraddha Srinath playing the roles of Amitabh Bachan and Tapsee Pannu in the original.  Initially, Nazriya Nazim was penciled in for the role and she had announced on December 14th on her social media "Something never expected finally in #Thala59 #Ak59 ".

There are two versions as to why Nazriya a diehard Thala Ajith fan let go of the opportunity to star alongside him.  One is that since the role was ultra modern and involved intimate scenes with the male cast Nazriya opted out and the other report is that the deal did not come through due to her remuneration factor.  Anyways the Tamil fans of Nazriya have to wait longer to catch her on screen here.