Catherine Tresa to romance with Nikhil

Hyderabad, Jan 07: The Tollywood Pretty actress Catherine Tresa, who impressed the audience with a few biggies such as Iddarammayilatho, Sarainodu, Gautham Nanda, Nene Raju Nene Mantri etc. but in all of them, she played the second heroine. Now, Catherine has finally bagged a solo heroine film.

She will play the solo female lead in the Telugu remake of hit Tamil film, "Kanithan", a taut investigative thriller. She was the heroine in the Tamil film as well, and has been retained for the remake, to be directed by T N Santosh, the same director who made the original.

Young hero Nikhil will play the hero. Allu Arjun and Ravi Teja were in discussions to act in the remake at one point, but Nikhil came on board after the duo rejected the film. Interestingly, Nikhil's soon to be released film, 'Kirik Party', is also a remake, of a hit Kannada film.

Starring Nikhil and Catherine in lead roles, the remake of 'Kanithan' will be officially launched on January 19. The makers haven't made any significant changes to the script.