It
is
now
well-known
that
AR
Murugadoss
will
be
remaking
his
upcoming
Thuppakki
with
Akshay
Kumar
in
the
lead
role.
But
little
less
we
knew
about
filmmaker
refusing
to
remake
his
earlier
movie
Ramanna
with
the
same
actor.
Yes,
AR
Murugadoss
was
offered
to
remake
his
Ramanna
by
Akshay
Kumar
himself.
But
the
filmmaker
was
not
interested
in
the
project.
The
reason
is
that
he
made
Ramanna
long
before
Surya's
Ghajini,
which
was
remade
in
Bollywood
with
Aamir
Khan
stepping
into
the
shoes
of
Surya.
"I
didn't
want
to
reverse
my
clock
back,
and
I
declined
to
do
it," The
Deccan
Chronicle
quotes
the
director
as
saying.
However,
now
Jayam
Raja
will
helm
the
project
which
also
features
Tamanna
Bhatia
in
the
female
lead
role.
Meanwhile,
AR
Murugadoss
has
said
that
he
will
be
starting
the
Hindi
version
of
Thuppakki
after
Diwali
festival.
While
Akshay
Kumar
will
play
the
lead
role
played
by
Vijay
in
the
original
version,
the
hunt
for
the
heroine
is
on
and
the
makers
of
the
film
are
planning
to
rope
in
a
Bollywood
actress.
Thuppakki,
which
stars
Vijay
and
Kajal
Aggarwal,
will
hit
the
screens
for
Diwali.
However,
the
movie
has
been
bogged
down
by
the
title
issue,
which
has
delayed
the
promotional
activities
of
the
film.