This is a piping hot news item. Queen of controversy and the woman with the heart of a lioness, Veena Malik, is going to play the lead role in the Tamil version of The Dirty Picture.

Mind you, the part that she is to play in the film was originally played by Vidya Balan who is now an icon of sorts in India. These days Veena M is in Fiji for another assignment and showbiz websites and newspapers are abuzz with the news that she is itching to return to India to start working on the venture.

Whatever the box office result of the film, no one can deny the girl’s audacity to push the boundaries—geographical as well as psychological.

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