/> Rituparno Ghosh's Hindi-Bengali bi-lingual Sunglass which went on the floors this month has a surprise last-minute leading-man.

Madhavan who is wrapping up his work in Mani Rathnam's Guru, is all set to step into the leading man's role in the Hindi version.

Maddy who was asked to step in at the last minute is over-the-moon. "Shooting with Ritu is such a joy! My God! What a director. He's so gentle and yet so definite about what he wants. It's just my luck that I had these dates because another project of mine got cancelled.

God's ways, I guess. There're four filmmakers I've been dying to work with Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Karan Johar, Aditya Chopra and Rituparno Ghosh.

Though I don't follow Bengali I saw Ritu's Chokher Bali and flipped for Ash. If only he'd make me look half as good, ha ha."

Ritu had earlier signed Sanjay Suri for the bi-lingual. Explains the director, "Earlier I had Tota Raichaudhary for the lead in Bengali and Sanjay Suri in Hindi. But when Sanjay read the first draft of the script he had certain reservations about the character.

We thought it was best to part at that point and work together again on another project. As the script grew I needed a man with a mischievous smile, a naughty flint in the eye and a devilish demeanour.

A married man caught with his hands in the cookie jar. Someone who wants to get seriously naughty after five years of marriage. The role seemed tailormade for Maddy.

I approached him with much trepidation, since there was no time. To my luck he agreed. Maddy is a wonderful boy and a terrific actor with great comic timing. We're having a ball shooting."

Adds Maddy, "It's not just the temptation of working with Ritu. It's the entire team. I've never worked with Mr Naseeruddin Shah, Jayaji and Konkona. I saw Konkona in Omkara, and fell in love...with my wife's persmission.

I think she's amazing. Just having her stand in front of me on camera is inspiring. And we make a great pair. And I've never done a bi-lingual before."