Director Nagaraj Somayaji reveals he has approached Malayalam star Manju Warrier to play a strong role in Loss Mada Yogesh's ‘Akatakata’

Actress Manju Warrier, who has acted in Malayalam and Tamil language films, may make her debut in the Kannada film industry with the movie ‘Akatakata’ starring Loss Mada Yogesh in the lead role as per reports. This movie is directed by Nagaraj Somayaji, and the first look of the film was released on Yogesh's birthday. Yogi reportedly agreed to work for the movie as soon as the director narrated the story to him.The first look of the movie too has got huge attention from the audience. And now, the director has revealed that he is planning to bring Malayalam actress Manju Warrier aboard to make the movie more interesting.
Director Nagaraj Somayaji revealed in a recent interview with an online portal that Yogi’s mother’s character in the film will be a ‘sakhat powerful’ one and that the team has contacted Manju Warrier since she would be perfect for the character. The director further informed the portal that Manju asked him to tell her the story and that he plans to visit Kerala next week to narrate the story to the actress. He elaborated that he couldn’t go this week due to the lockdown.

The director also believes this will be a complete commercial entertainer with different and unique aspects, and that Yogi has never played such a character in his career.
In addition, Yogi has also acted in movies like ‘Kitna’, ‘Ombattane Dikku’, and ‘Parimala Lodge’ and all of them are much anticipated ones.