Sathyaraj will play Deepika Padukone’s dad in Shah Rukh Khan flick

Shahrukh Khan is all set to launch his film Chennai Express, which has been in the news for a while now.

To be directed by Rohit Shetty, the movie will have SRK teaming up with his Om Shanthi Om co-star Deepika Padukone.

Rohit has gone on record to say that the film will be a commercial romantic entertainer about a man (Shahrukh) travelling from Mumbai to Rameshwaram by the Chennai Express and the events that take place on the journey.

While SRK will not be playing a south Indian character, the film will feature several characters from the South, the director adds.

Now the buzz is that veteran Sathyaraj, who received critical acclaim for his eccentric role as ‘Virus’ in Shankar’s Nanban, the Tamil remake of 3 Idiots, has been approached to essay Deepika’s dad in the movie.

Sources say that Sathyaraj will be seen as a don in Chennai Express, a portion of which will be shot in Chennai and other places down south.

A close aide to Sathyaraj confirmed to DC that talks are on with the ace actor for the role while the finer details are being worked out. “In all probability, Sathyaraj sir will sign on the dotted line soon,” revealed the source.