Poonam didn't refer to Nikki's acting

Poonam Bajwa, who had a cameo in Mohanlal's

Peruchazhi

, will next be seen in the Tamil remake of the hit Malayalam film

Vellimoonga

, which is titled Muthina Kathirikai.

The Tollywood beauty reprises the role that was played by Nikki Galrani. Directed by Sundar C, the film has Poonam playing the role of a young girl Maya, whom an elderly man falls in love with.

The actress says she didn't watch Vellimoonga entirely before shooting the Tamil version. 'I watched a few scenes from the original as the remake is tweaked to suit Tamil sensibilities, though the storyline is same. My character Maya cannot be called a pukka traditional or modern girl, but she is a mix of both. She is often a bit confused, but is a very likeable person at the same time,' says Poonam, for whom it's the third film with Sundar C.

Poonam reveals that she will not be shown as a working woman unlike in Vellimoonga where Nikki's character Lisa was a nurse in Delhi. Director Sundar C, Sathish and Kiran Rathod are the other actors playing the major characters in Muthina Kathirikai. Meanwhile, the actress has also completed a Malayalam film Zachariah Pothen Jeevichiruppundu by Ullas Unnikrishnan.