Priyamani to play Karnam Malleswari

Close on the heels of Sanjay Leela Bhansali���s biopic on Mary Kom, here���s another film to made on Olympic medal winner Karnam Malleswari. Buzz is that director Suman Dubey is working on the script that revolves around weightlifter Karnam Malleswari - the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal.
Sources say that the Suman has approached Priyamani for the role of Malleswari and also further asked her to put on some weight.It���ll be interesting to see the developments on this project. Meanwhile the dusky actress is wrapping up the shooting of female-centric film Angulika and Thikka besides working on a couple of Malayalam films.