Ishtam is an upcoming Tamil romance film directed by Prem Nizar, starring Vimal

Vimal

Vimal is an Indian film actor, who appears in Tamil films. Following cameo appearances in the Vijay-starrer Ghilli and Kuruvi and Ajith Kumar's Kireedam, he played the lead role in Pandiraj's critically acclaimed Pasanga...

 and Nisha Aggarwal

Nisha Aggarwal

Nisha Aggarwal is an Indian film actress. She was born in Mumbai, India to Suman Agarwal and Vinay Agarwal, who has appeared in Telugu language films. Nisha is the younger sister of prominent Indian actress, Kajal Aggarwal. She is best known for featuring alongside Varun Sandesh in Emaindi Ee...

. A remake of the Telugu film Yemaindi Ee Vela (2010), it is currently in its production stage.

Cast

• Vimal
  Vimal
  Vimal is an Indian film actor, who appears in Tamil films. Following cameo appearances in the Vijay-starrer Ghilli and Kuruvi and Ajith Kumar's Kireedam, he played the lead role in Pandiraj's critically acclaimed Pasanga...
  
  
• Nisha Aggarwal
  Nisha Aggarwal
  Nisha Aggarwal is an Indian film actress. She was born in Mumbai, India to Suman Agarwal and Vinay Agarwal, who has appeared in Telugu language films. Nisha is the younger sister of prominent Indian actress, Kajal Aggarwal. She is best known for featuring alongside Varun Sandesh in Emaindi Ee...
  
  
• Anoop Kumar
• Parvathi Nifran
• Santhanam
• Pragathi
• Yuvarani

Production

Yemaindi Ee Velas remake rights were bought by Balaji Real Media and newcomer Prem Nizar, an erstwhile assistant of director Chakri Toleti

Chakri Toleti

Chakri Toleti is an Indian actor and film director based in the United States who recently made his directorial debut with the bilingual films Unnaipol Oruvan and Eeenadu . The film was a remake of Neeraj Pandey's 2008 Hindi film A Wednesday...

 was chosen as the director. Ishtam marks an makeover for Vimal

Vimal

Vimal is an Indian film actor, who appears in Tamil films. Following cameo appearances in the Vijay-starrer Ghilli and Kuruvi and Ajith Kumar's Kireedam, he played the lead role in Pandiraj's critically acclaimed Pasanga...

, who hitherto played a rural youngster in films like Pasanga

Pasanga

Pasanga is a 2009 Tamil film directed by debutant Pandiraj, who worked as an erstwhile assistant to Cheran. It stars numerous debutant child artists in the lead roles along with newcomer Vimal and Saroja fame Vega Tamotia in supporting roles...

, Kalavani

Kalavani

Kalavani , is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by newcomer A. Sargunam. It stars Vimal of Pasanga fame in the lead role along with debutante Oviya, Saranya Ponvannan, Ganja Karuppu and Ilavarasu, who enact pivotal roles...

 and Eththan

Eththan

Ethan is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by L. K. Suresh starring Vimal, Sanusha in the lead roles, with Jayaprakash, Singampuli, Mayilsamy and Manobala in supporting roles, while featuring music composed by Taj Noor...

, featuring him as a "modern, city-based man". Kajal Aggarwal

Kajal Aggarwal

Kajal Aggarwal is an Indian film actress, who predominantly appears in Telugu films. She has also appeared in Tamil and Hindi films.Kajal made her film debut in the 2004 Hindi film Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na and entered the Telugu film industry through the film Lakshmi Kalyanam...

's sister Nisha Aggarwal

Nisha Aggarwal

Nisha Aggarwal is an Indian film actress. She was born in Mumbai, India to Suman Agarwal and Vinay Agarwal, who has appeared in Telugu language films. Nisha is the younger sister of prominent Indian actress, Kajal Aggarwal. She is best known for featuring alongside Varun Sandesh in Emaindi Ee...

, who played the female lead in the original, was signed to reprise her role, making her debut in Tamil cinema. The film was launched by mid-August 2011, and filming was completed by late September 2011 in a single schedule.