Chennai: Tamil Thalaiva Rajinikanth has decided his next film after 2.0. He will act in the role played by Mollywood superstar Mammootty in the movie Baskar the Rascal directed by Siddique.

Siddique is an Indian director who works predominantly in Tamil and Malayalam movie industry. He is known for movies like Friends, Saadhu Mirandaal and Kavalan. Recently he tasted success with ‘Baskar The Rascal’ featuring legendary actor Mammootty and actress Nayanthara.

Director Siddique has now spilled beans that Kollywood superstar Rajinikanth will act in the role played by Mollywood superstar Mammootty. He said he spoke with Rajini regarding the remake and he was so much interested to do it.

S.S. Durairaj has got the remake rights for Tamil version. It is anticipated that Nayanthara will play the lead role in Tamil also. Currently, Rajini is acting under Shankar for ‘2.O’. The shooting will get wrapped up only by 2017. Recently he completed shooting of ‘Kabali’.

After the release of both the movies Rajini will act in the remake of Baskar The Rascal. An official confirmation will be made once the producer gets confirmed for this project. It is more likely expected that LYCA will take up the production once again.