Akshay
Kumar"s
next
release
Kambakkht
Ishq
is
a
remake
of
Tamil
film
Pammal
K.
Sambandam
(2002)
starring
Kamal
Hassan
titled.
The
Tamil
film
was
a
big
hit
down
South.
In
that
film,
Kamal
Hassan
had
played
the
title
role
and
it
also
starred
Simran,
Abbas
and
Sneha.
Their
roles
have
been
substituted
with
Akshay
Kumar,
Kareena
Kapoor,
Aftab
Shivdasani
and
Sneha
respectively.
It
was
directed
by
Mouli.
In
the
Tamil
original,
Kamal
enacted
the
role
of
a
film
stuntman
while
Simran
was
a
doctor
in
the
making.
In
the
Hindi
version,
Akshay
Kumar
is
a
renowned
stunt
artiste
while
Kareena
Kapoor
plays
a
super
model
and
a
doctor.
Pammal
K.
Sambandam
is
been
remade
in
Hindi
by
Anees
Bazmee
for
South
producer
GV
Films
which
had
acquired
the
remake
rights
for
Rs.5
lakh.
However,
Sajid
paid
Rs.75
lakh
for
the
same
remake
rights.
Reportedly,
Sajid
Nadiadwala
has
spared
neither
efforts
nor
money
in
remaking
the
South
hit.
All
though
it
is
directed
by
a
new
name
(Saabir
Khan),
it
is
said
to
have
cost
over
Rs.60
crore.
Incidentally,
the
film"s
release
has
been
postponed,
thanks
to
the
face-off
between
multiplexes
and
producers/distributors.
Instead
of
29th
May,
it
may
now
be
released
in
August
or
July.