Abhirami, who is making a comeback to silver screen with the
upcoming movie Apothecary, is all set to play a police officer in her next
film, Driver On Duty. The actress will play Sub Inspector Arundathi Varma, the
incharge of a women police station. Her character is inspired from the real
life character Kuttiyamma, one of the first women police officers of Kerala.
Abhirami, who is settled in US post marriage, decided to
make a comeback upon the insistence of her Virumandi co-star, actor Kamalhassan
during the dubbing works of his movie Vishwaroopam. She turned a dubbing
artist, by lending voice to heroine Pooja Kumar in Vishwaroopam.
The actress will play the female lead opposite Suresh Gopi
in Apothecary. She has already shared screenspace with Suresh Gopi in the
movies Pathram and Megasandesham. Apothecary is a medical thriller film
directed by Melvilasam fame Madhav Ramadasan. Suresh Gopi, Jayasurya and Asif
Ali plays the male leads in the film. Abhirami and Meera Nandan play the female
leads.
Driver On Duty is a comic movie, directed by debutant Manoj
Paloden. The movie narrates the story of a Police driver Ramakrishnan, who gets
appointed in a women police station. Asif Ali will play Ramakrishnan. Earlier,
Ramya Krishnan was roped in for the role Arundathi Varma; but later she backed
out from the project citing date issues. Janani Iyer, Lena and Rachana
Narayanankutty will play the other key roles in the film.