one of the hottest topics of discussion in the southern film industry is which actor will take on the role of the late vellupillai prabhakaran and which director will get behind the camera to film a biopic on the chief of the exterminated lttelast month prakash rai set the ball rolling at an interactive session organised by the karnataka film journalists association in bangalore he said he was offered the role of prabhakaran by a famous director and was toying with the idea of doing it the actor was quoted as saying id like to perform the role according to the demands of the script and wont do any homework or preparation as i want it to be very spontaneous but once he was back in chennai he said he had no desire to play the role of the ltte chief sources close to malayalam actor mohanlal say he isnt averse to doing the role but will work only with a director he trusts like mani ratnam or rgv the only person who is firm about his commitment to making a film on the ltte chief is amr ramesh the kannada filmmaker who made the critically acclaimed cyanide says ramesh ive been doing research on prabhakaran and the ltte that may take over a year as the film has to be authentic for which more research and visits to sri lanka are a must the director has already found a producer to make the film in english and tamilramesh claims that the ltte political wings chief tamilselvan who died a few months ago in a sri lanka army air raid called him after watching cyanide and congratulated him on making a brilliant film he also agreed to arrange a meeting between ramesh and prabhakaran to help the former know more about the ltte chief i can make an objective film on prabhakaran without making him look like a martyr or a terrorist both the ltte and karthikeyan the investigation officer in the rajiv gandhi assassination case were all praise for cyanide as it did not glorify terrorism says ramesh