Tamil star Priyamani grew up in Bangalore but has only now got around to signing her first Kannada film “Raam”. A remake of Telugu superhit “Ready”, she will be starring opposite Puneet Raj Kumar.

Priyamani, who won the National Award for her performance in Tamil film “Paruthiveeran”, has been offered Kannada films earlier, but either the dates didn’t match or there were problems over fees. It was Kannada film producer Adithya Babu who finally managed to make the actress sign up for “Raam”.