Has Nayanthara, the glam girl of Tamil and Telugu cinema, decided to take the offbeat route?

According to sources close to the actress, Nayanthara is impressed by a script narrated by award-winning Malayalam director Shyama Prasad who has the credit of working with top actors like Mammootty, Meera Jasmine and Shobhana in films like Agnisakshi, Ore Kadal Akale and the recent Rithu.

Nayan is likely to be a part of his new film titled Electra in Malayalam, which is an adaptation of a Greek play. Talks are on with Arya to play the hero and producer Vindyan confirms that Nayan is working out her dates to do this film.

Vindyan has earlier done a Malayalam film with Nayanthara and Mammootty and says that the actress will be doing the film without taking any salary!

It’s a heroine-oriented film and Nayan is likely to play the central character Alexandra. The shooting of the film will start in November after Nayan wraps up her Telugu assignments.

-TOI