MUMBAI: Satish Kaushik, who helmed the Salman Khan blockbuster Tere Naam, has bought the copyrights of the Tamil film Pithamagan.

Remarked Kaushik. "I had seen Pithamagan way back in 2003 and was moved by the story, especially the character played by Vikram. For this film, I am going to cast two very strong actors. One of them will be an action hero with innocent looks. But I haven’t narrowed down on any names yet."

The story of Pithamagan, a movie directed by Bala, revolves around four characters. Chithan (Vikram), orphaned at a young age and devoid of all human contacts, lives on his animal instincts and ekes out a living as a graveyard caretaker. He seems to exhibit behaviour consistent with autism spectrum disorders.

Gomathy (Sangeetha), a petty ganja seller, pities Chithan‘s condition and gets him a job at the ganja fields of the main villain.

Sakthi (Surya Sivakumar), the conman, cons Manju (Laila), a polytechnic student, but does not get away with it. Sakthi meets Chithan in jail and takes pity on him and befriends with him. It is Sakthi’s affection that melts Chithan’s stony heart. Later, Sakthi gets into trouble with an influential narcotics dealer and the story moves slowly into a gory and fitting finale.

Kaushik wants to either cast actor Saif Ali Khan or Hrithik Roshan for the character Vikram played in the Tamil version. "I have to start working on the project, which is going to take some time. Until such time, I really can’t talk about who I would like to cast in the movie," said Kaushik.