Samantha, Gautham's new muse

After earning some critical appreciation for her performance opposite Nag in 'Ye Maya Chesavae',

Samantha Ruth has come a long way. She entered the industry through Gautham's Menon. The actor's

always maintained that she really owed her debut film's director a lot. Samantha even essayed a cameo in the director's next. Now, she's ended up bagging the best deal from Gautham as she's cast in all three versions of his next project.

The source further adds, 'The film is going to be made simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. While Jiiva will play the lead in the Tamil version, the Telugu and Hindi versions will have Ram and Aditya Roy Kapoor respectively. This is a first of its kind deal for a heroine from the south.

And we also hear that the director did not really think twice about casting Samantha as opposed to

his other favourite, actor Sameera Reddy, with whom he's worked in multiple projects. And we hear

Sameera's name wasn't considered seriously during the discussions either.

So, does this imply anything? It's too early to speculate I suppose!