Sameera Reddy to do an Item Number in Tezz

Posted by admin on Jul 24th, 2011 | 0 comments

It was reported that Priyanka Chopra would do an item number in the Priyadarshan’s thriller Tezz. However, she backed out of it citing date reasons and the voluptuous Sameera Reddy has stepped in. No stranger to item number and a good friend of Priyadarshan, it was the next logical decision for the director to take her on-board.

Not many know that Sameera Reddy is actually a close family friend to the Priyardarshans. She and Priyadarshan’s wife Lizzie are best friends; and whenever she shoots a film in Chennai, Sameera stays with Priyadarshan and his wife. With such bonding, it is natural that Sameera bagged the expensive item number from the talented Sajid-Wajid.

Priyadarshan also defended that the item number strictly belonged to Sameera. “How can anyone else dance to that number? Sameera plays a club dancer in Tezz and the number rightly belongs her.” Sameera had also done an item song in Priyadarshan’s Aakrosh in 2010. The song will be shot in Mumbai this July end.

Priyadarshan who has been made the chairperson of the Kerala Chalachitra Academy, as successor to the legendary Adoor Gopalakrishnan is naturally elated. He said, “My predecessor was Adoor Gopalkrishnan. So I follow in honorable footsteps. Kerala is a very cinema-literate state. Running the academy and organizing the Kerala Film Festival is a big challenge for me. I’m looking forward to it.”

However, he was deeply saddened by the news of Rasika Joshi’s death. Says the director, “She was my female Paresh Rawal. My favourite female actor. She did four films with me. I wish we had worked together in 40 more.”