When Gautham Vasudev Menon made ‘Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaayaa’ in Tamil with Simbu and Trisha, he simultaneously shot it in Telugu as ‘Ye Maya Chesave’, with Naga Chaitanya and Samantha. Now the director is repeating the act.

The master of romantic stories, who has started the shoot of his new Tamil film ‘Neethane En Ponvasantham’ with Jiiva and Samantha as the lead pair, will make it in Telugu too with Ram replacing Jiiva. Samantha will be the heroine in both the versions.

The yet to be titled Telugu film will have Ram as a 21 year old engineering student who falls for a psychology student Nithya played by Samantha. It will be a love story set in a metro and is targeted at the multiplex audiences.

The film will be shot by cinematographer Manoj Parahamsa, with music by AR Rahman. The Tamil version is produced by Gautham’s Photon Kathaas and presented by RS Infotainment, while it is expected that a popular Tollywood company will join hands with Gautham for the Telugu version.