Sasikumar to star in Nel Jayaraman's biopic

Nel Jayaraman

, a farmer and consumer activist, who passed away in December last year has been an inspiration to many to take up farming. Known for preserving traditional varieties of paddy, he had inspired even film personalities like Sivakarthikeyan and Karthi.

In fact, Sivakarthikeyan had taken care of the medical expenses of Jayaraman who hailed from Adirangam. As a tribute to the farmer, he will be featured in the Class 12 Botany textbook of Tamil Nadu state board syllabus. The news of his works being featured in the textbook was revealed by director Era Saravanan, on Twitter, who had directed Kathukutty starring Naren, a film based on agriculture.



Now, actor and director

Sasikumar

has tweeted that Nel Jayaraman’s life will become a film. He mentioned that while Era Saravanan will direct the movie, he himself will play Nel Jayaraman. It’s expected that the work on the movie will start soon.