Everyone knows a Mani Ratnam film is a special thing. Therefore every film buff is looking forward to his latest film, Guru, to be released next Friday in three languages simultaneously -- Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

However, while there has been plenty of space devoted in the newspapers,tabloids and websites to the Hindi version, much of the press haven't said much about the Tamil version of the film.

Let's change that.

In the Tamil version of the film, leading Tamil actor Surya has done the dubbing for Abhishek Bachchan, while veteran actor Nasser has dubbed for Mithun Chakraborty. Madhavan, who has featured in a number of Mani Ratnam films, including Guru, has dubbed his lines himself, while a top actress has dubbed for Aishwarya Rai.

"Ash has a performance-oriented role, hence we decided to have an actress dub her portions, instead of hiring the services of a dubbing artist," producer G. Srinivasan informs.

The Tamil and Telugu versions will be released with 75-100 prints in South India.