It's tough to find Jagathy Sreekumar's replacement: Lenin

With the recent road accident that put veteran actor Jagathy Sreekumar out of action, filmmakers are now in a fix to find a replacement for him in all the films that he was a part of.
Director Lenin Rajendran joins the list of filmmakers who are now in a quandary over who to cast in place of Jagathy. In Lenin’s Idavapathy, the veteran was set to play a double role.“Jagathy is probably the most expressive and talented actor in Indian cinema and that is precisely the reason why he was chosen for the role,” says the director, who has been in constant touch with the actor’s doctors.
On March 10, 2012, the actor was severely injured when his car rammed into a median on the road in Kozhikode (Calicut) while he was en route to the location of the film in Coorg, Karnataka.
Incidentally, March 10 was supposed to be Jagathy’s first day on Lenin’s sets. “We have already invested around Rs 50 lakh on this film. So it is important for us to find a replacement. But the tough part is finding a replacement for an actor of Jagathy’s caliber.” Idavapathy, which deals with story of exiled Tibetan monks, also stars Siddharth Lama of Yodha fame, Manisha Koirala and actress Urmila Unni’s daughter Uthara.