Suhasini Maniratnam dropped me from movie: Kota

South Indian actor Kota Srinivasa Rao said his first movie in Tamil was Saamy in which Vikram and Trisha had played lead roles. Kota said Saamy became a huge success in 2003 and gave credit to director Hari for casting him as a villain. The actor stated that he got a Tamil movie offer ten years before the release of Saamy. He revealed Suhasini Maniratnam, who was making debut as a director, had removed him from the movie after shooting for 3 days.