Distributors are not too enthusiastic to take up the dubbed project of 'YUVA' from Tamil's 'Ayitha Ezhuthu', inspite of Maniratnam being one of the popular directors here.

Maniratnam had made just one straight movie in Telugu 'Geetanjali' and has never turned back to Tollywood from then on. Nevertheless his films are dubbed and released simultaneously with the Tamil versions. The latest in the line is 'YUVA' whose original in Tamil is named 'Ayitha Ezhuthu' and 'Yuva' in Hindi.

The distributors seem to be in a confusion whether to pick up the film as they are not sure if the film will be a winner. It is to be noted that out of the five films dubbed films released earlier, only 'Bombay' and 'Sakhi' have proved to be worthy hits.

The distributors agree that the films will surely be worth a watch, however with the current trend moving towards mass stories, Maniratnam's 'YUVA' may not be able to attract the front benchers, just like a Maniratnam film never did or attempted to do.