Yes Boss in Tamil with Madhavan
Another Hindi film to take a Tamil avatar is Guru En Aalu. Yes Boss, the original, had Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla in the lead with Aditya Pancholi in a supporting role. The Tamil version will star R Madhavan and Mamta Mohandas, with Abbas sharing screen space. Guru En Aalu will be KRG Movies International’s 49th production. The producer returns to filmmaking after a five-year hiatus. Director Selvah who struck gold with Naan Avan Illai and the recent Thotta has completed the film at one go. Says Selvah, “It’s a light-hearted comedy. Guru (Madhavan) is a young, ambitious man who will do anything to keep his boss Krishna (Abbas), happy. Guru aspires to start his own advertising agency as promised by his boss and everything goes awry till he meets and falls in love with a beautiful girl. His boss also has his eyes on the same girl, a model named Seema (Mamtha) and desires to add her to his list of mistresses. Seema, a middle-class hostelite, has dreams of making it to the top of the glamorous world of fashion. While Guru begins to love Seema, she naively gets taken in by Krishna’s smooth talk and is drawn towards him. Guru’s dilemma is that he has to keep his boss happy to fulfill his ambition and yet he is aware that his beloved is being conned into a false relationship.”
Vivek, M S Baskar, Manobala, Mayilsamy are also in the cast. Music is by Srikanth Deva while cinematography is by U K Senthil Kumar. The other credits are Siva Yadav (art), Thalapathy Dinesh (stunts) and V T Vijayan (editing).