Well this is for the Tamil version. Veteran actress Gautami featured opposite Universal Hero Kamal Haasan in the first part of ‘Papanasam’ (Drishyam remake) and post this film, they parted ways. Currently Kamal and Gautami are not in talking terms and so Gautami has not been picked for second instalment.
Accordingly the makers of Tamil ‘Papanasam 2’ zeroed up on Meena Sagar who looked like the idle choice. In fact Meena was part of the Malayalam version and she is also doing the Telugu version opposite Venkatesh. The second part of the Telugu version too was wrapped up and release is due.
And for the Tamil version Kamal and Meena would be sharing the screen space and it’s been 25 years that the duo paired together for a film. Meena is yet to sign the dotted line but it is almost confirmed and buzz is that an official confirmation would arrive soon.