After
Blue
last
year
Diwali,
you
would
think
that
Akshay
Kumar
would
stay
away
from
Diwali
releases.
In
fact
that
is
what
Vipul
had
presumed
and
was
planning
an
Eid
or
a
post-Diwali
release
for
Action
Replay
starring
Akshay
Kumar
and
Aishwarya
Bachchan.
But
a
call
from
Akshay
from
London
changed
Vipul"s
plans.
Akshay
who
is
a
co-producer
of
Action
Replay
asked
Vipul
to
go
in
for
a
Diwali
release,
although
a
big
franchise
film
Gol
Maal
3
was
already
scheduled.
Says
Vipul,
“You"d
be
surprised
to
know
in
spite
of
Blue
last
Diwali
Akshay
wants
us
to
go
ahead
with
Action
Replay
this
Diwali.
Let"s
not
forget,
Akshay"s
Garam
Masala
had
also
released
on
Diwali
and
was
a
big
hit." Apparently
Akshay
wants
a
Diwali
release
because
he
feels
that
a
fun
frothy
and
goofy
film
like
Action
Replay
has
great
festive
value,
bad
omen
be
damned.
Says
Vipul,
“We"re
hoping
both
Gol
Maal
3
and
Action
Replay
will
do
well.
If
only
one
film
has
to
succeed,
then
may
the
best
one
win.
And
may
we
be
the
best." Vipul
is
also
planning
a
collaboration
with
Tamil
super-director
Gautham
Menon
who
directed
the
original
Tamil
version
of
Kakha
Kakha
starring
Suriya.
Vipul
is
now
remaking
it
with
John
Abraham
and
Nishikant
Kamat
as
director.
Throughout
the
re-scripting
of
the
original
Tamil
into
Hindi
Vipul
kept
Gautham
in
the
loop
about
the
changes.
“We"ve
made
drastic
changes
in
the
script
from
the
original.
Kakha
Kakha
is
a
seven-year
old
film.
The
cop
played
by
John
will
be
completely
different
from
Suriya
in
the
original.
The
police
force
and
the
law
and
order
situation
have
changed.
We"ve
altered
the
screenplay
completely.
While
buying
the
remake
rights
we
had
stipulated
that
the
changes
would
be
made.
So
legally
or
ethically
we
did
not
need
to
keep
Gautham
in
the
loop."
However
Vipul
felt
it
was
only
decent
to
inform
the
original
about
the
changes.
During
these
telephonic
conversations
between
Vipul
Shah
and
Gautham
Menon,Shah
realized
Gautham
was
just
the
kind
of
director
who
could
bring
a
refreshing
new
idea
to
the
commercial
Hindi
cinema.
Says
Vipul,
“I"m
definitely
going
to
work
with
Gautham."