Ananth Mahadevan after the success of Aksar is working on an adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s classic novel ‘Rebecca’. But he won’t be making a period drama. He will change the setting to the modern scenario.

Mahadevan is reportedly considering Emraan Hashmi, Dino Morea, Ayesha Takia and Celina Jaitley for the cast.

The novel revolves around an inexperienced young woman who marries a widower Maxim de Winter and settles into his ancestral mansion, Manderly. She later realises that the memories of her husband’s deceased first wife Rebecca continue to overpower their lives.