Bhavana returns to her second love, acting

It is commonly believed that female artistes careers end after marriage, as heroines anyway. But Bhavana proves this a myth. Newly wedded to producer and actor Naveen, after a short break, the actor will be back to doing what she likes the best - acting.

And our source says, Bhavana’s first project after marriage will be a Kannada film. She will play the female lead in Inspector Vikram. The film, made under Vikyath Production, is directed by Narasimha and has her paired opposite Prajwal Devaraj for the first time.

While the team is to start the first schedule of the film today, Bhavana will be joining the sets from the next schedule, which is to start on February 9. After considering many actors, the makers decided to rope her in after watching her performance in one of her recent Malayalam films.

“While the film has Prajwal playing a cop, the female lead will have two shades to her character and the actor playing it needs to have beauty and talent. The filmmakers found both in Bhavana and that is why she was chosen,” our source tells us.

Bhavana has made a name for herself in south Indian cinema -- be it in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada or Telugu -- and also in Bollywood, too. The 23 Malayalam films of the 75-films-old actor have celebrated their silver jubilee. Meanwhile, her Kannada films including Jackie, Vishnuvardhana, Romeo, Mythri and Chowka have also done well at the box office.

While Bhavana looks forward to the release of Tagaru, which will be her first Kannada film, she will soon start shooting for Inspector Vikram. An official announcement will soon be made by the film's makers at which time more details about the film and the leads' roles are expected.