Chennai, Jan. 20 -- After Tanhaji, Ajay Devgn's much awaited film 'Maidaan' bears the extraordinary true story of the Golden years of Indian Football and it is now announced that he will be paired with National Award winning actress PriyaMani. PriyaMani has acted in over 50 films across all South languages and has won numerous awards including three Filmfare awards in her prolific career.

Keerthy Suresh who was earlier part of the film has been replaced by PriyaMani. Keerthy shot for the film for a day. After the shoot the makers and Keerthy both felt that she looked too young as she had lost a lot of weight since being signed for the film, to authentically portray the role of a mother as has been written in the script.

The makers have ...