Rajesh Pillai's next movie titled `Gold'

After the smashing hit `Traffic', director Rajesh Pillai has announced his next project, a film titled `Gold.

'It's based on the lives of women athletes and their journey of struggles that often gets unnoticed,' says Rajesh Pillai.

The film has been scripted by Sankar Ramakrishnan, who wrote Urumi. Rajesh will direct the Bollywood version of the film too.

The grapevine has it that the director has finalized a Malayali heroine, who acted in a Tamil hit recently.

It is rumoured that Kunchacko Boban will be doing the main role in `Gold'.