Former Miss Universe Lara Dutta is gearing to daub the greasepaint for her first Tamil film.As the industry grapevine goes, Lara has signed a Tamil film opposite the handsome lad Arjun as her hero. The film, yet-to-be-titled, will be produced by CEE (TV) Ltd. Dr, Murali Manohar, the man who heads CEE, has roped in Maharajan to direct the film.

Lara was recently in Chennai for the publicity stills of the film. And Dr. Manohar used her presence to give the movie buffs a ‘dekko' at the heroine of his next film when he invited her to release the audiocassette of "Majunu", a film made under the same banner .