Mangalore: No, it is a mistake. Actually, a rising film star Rohith Kumar from Kateel is  acting as a police inspector, in a comedy film called ‘Breaking News’ when he is only an international athlete, they say.

We know Malathi Holla and Ashwini Nachappa as heroines in films, apart from boxer Dara Singh and Randhawa, but Rohith? Ask Raymond D’Souza, the pahelwan or body-builder.

No, the Kannada writer-producer-director Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar may guide you, because he is directing ‘Breaking News’ with Rohith as a tip-top police officer, like Seemanth K. Singh in Mangalore.

The film shooting has begun around Udupi in October 10, with 3 more schedules of shooting for Rohith to go through.

It is only his second film, but the first film “Bannada Kode” (colourful umbrella), in which Rohith acted as the hero, is having only an audio cassette now and that film may hit the screen in early 2012, if not earlier, in December 2011.

The fact that Rohith managed to attract attention to appear in his second film even before the first film could be released, speaks amply about the elegant personality of Rohith who may soon be grabbed by as many Telugu and Tamil producers.