Gautham Vasudev Menon, known for his stylish filmmaking, has surprisingly roped in  Ilaiyaraja for his next trilingual — the Tamil version is titled "Neethane En Ponvasantham".

"Neethane En Ponvasantham", a romantic musical, was touted to have hotshot composer A.R. Rahman on board, but he could not accommodate the dates due to his prior commitments.

Very few know that Gautham is an ardent fan of Ilaiyaraja and when he started his production Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai, he said that ‘it was the Ilaiyaraja factor that was a compelling point to produce the film’.

The title "Neethane" takes its name from the first line of one of Raja's popular songs from "Ninaivellam Nithya".

To be made in Telugu and Hindi as well, the tamil version has Jiiva playing the lead, Nani in Tollywood and Aditya Roy Kapoor "Assi Nabey Poore Sau" in Bollywood with the filmmaker’s latest muse Samantha playing the female lead in all three languages.

Interestingly, Gautham revealed his Telugu title recently, which is also a hit number’s first line — "Yeto Velli Poyinidhi Manasu" from the Nagarjuna starrer "Ninne Pelladutha".

Though Gautham has not officially made an announcement about maestro Ilaiyaraja’s addition to the romantic trilingual, Jiiva recently confirmed.