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Actor Pooja Umashankar best know for her excellent portrayal of a blind beggar in Bala's 'Naan Kadavul' secured her some major awards including the South Filmfare and the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.

The talented actor was recently in the news for having been roped in for the director Bala’s next film Paradesi. But now the news is that the actress has backed off from the project.

Dhansika, who proved her acting skills in Vasanthabalan’s Aravaan, has replaced Pooja.

On her sudden pull out, Pooja reasoned that, she could not take up the project due to call-sheet problems. She also added that she is en route to Australia for the shoot of her next film.

Director Bala is planning to rope in his Naan Kadavul heroine Pooja for Eriyum Thanal.

The director is to conduct a test shoot on Pooja and is expected to officially announce her as the heroine in the film.

The film also star Vedhika as a female lead with Atharva as the hero.

Music for Eriyum Thanal is being scored by GV Prakash. The film is based on a Malayalam novel, say sources.

After a powerful performance in Naan Kadavul, actress Pooja went missing from the Tamil screen making way for reports that she had taken up a regular job at a big multinational organization in Bangalore.

It is now reported that Pooja will be seen in a Sri Lankan film called Kusa Paba directed by Sunil Ariyaratne.

Kusa Paba is a beautiful script derived from the Jataka tales about Prince Siddhartha's former birth as a deformed noble Prince who falls in love with the most beautiful Princess in the land.

Pooja is playing the haughty Princess who rejects the Prince (Jackson Antony) at first but is later won over by his goodness and talent.