Isha Koppikar is back with the cop act. The Bollywood heroine, who is also an established face in Telugu and Tamil cinema was last seen playing ACP Nisha for Kannada film Loot released early this year,and now she will again play a cop in Sandalwood’s remake of Oppam.
The actress will be sharing screen space with Shivarajkumar, who for the first time will play a visually impaired person. The crime thriller made under Hayagreeva Kala Chitra has GVR Vasu marking his directorial debut.
Isha, no stranger to Sandalwood, made her Kannada debut with Hoo Anthiya Uhoo Anthiya and later did films such as O Nanna Nale with Ravichandran and Surya Vamsha in which she was paired opposite Vishnuvardhan.
The Oppam remake team is scouting for another heroine and will finalise a name soon. Meanwhile, they have roped in Vasishta Simha, to play the villain, who is sharing screen space with Shivarajkumar third time in row after Mufti and Tagaru. A Sampath Kumar, who is producing the film along with MVV Sathyanarayana, has already roped in Malayalam child artiste Baby Meenakshi for the Kannada version too. On technical front, Arjun Janya will be scoring the music and cinematography by Rahul.
The plan is to start shoot a day after its muhurath on November 23. Shivarajkumar, who is done shooting for Suri’s Tagaru, is waiting for The Villain team to sort out the schedule, and will shuttle between the two sets.