New
Delhi:
Vidya
Balan
starrer
Kahaani
is
getting
a
southern
flavour
with
Endemol
India
and
Moving
Pictures
roping
in
Sekhar
Kammula
to
direct
the
Telugu
and
Tamil
adaptation
of
the
hit
thriller.
Kammula
has
directed
successful
films
like
Dollar
Dreams,
Happy
Days
and
Leader.
The
director
hopes
to
retain
the
soul
of
story
while
reworking
on
other
elements.
Talking
to
PTI
in
Delhi,
director
Sekhar
Kammula
said,
"Unfortunately,
I
did
not
see
Kahaani
in
theatres
because
somebody
gave
away
the
ending.
After
Endemol
got
the
rights,
they
approached
me
to
make
it
in
Telugu
and
Tamil.
I
watched
it
again.
It
is
a
spectacular
film
and
I
want
to
bring
it
to
Telugu
and
Tamil
audiences."
The
Tollywood
filmmakers
is
currently
busy
with
the
writing
of
the
story,
which
is
likely
to
be
set
in
Hyderabad,
Sekhar
Kammula
added,
"We
are
currently
working
on
the
final
elements
of
the
script.
We
hope
to
give
a
good
spin
to
it.
We
are
keeping
the
soul
and
the
quest
intact
but
will
do
changes
with
the
end.
As
far
as
setting
is
concerned,
Hyderabad
would
be
a
great
place
to
set
the
story."
Endemol,
which
has
been
behind
popular
shows
like
Bigg
Boss,
Fear
Factor,
Savdhaan
India,
The
Great
Indian
Laughter,
is
venturing
out
into
movie
production
for
the
first
time
with
the
remake
of
Kahaani.
They
have
teamed
up
with
Moving
Pictures,
the
film
production
arm
of
Select
Media
Holdings
Pvt
Ltd.
Talking
to
PTI,
Deepak
Dhar,
CEO
of
Endemol
India,
said,
"We
missed
the
chance
of
being
a
part
of
the
film
when
it
was
being
made
in
Hindi.
But
there
was
this
opportunity
to
take
the
story
forward
in
other
regional
markets
like
Telugu
and
Tamil.
We
bought
the
rights
of
Kahaani
right
after
its
release."
Deepak
Dhar
said
Sekhar,
who
has
won
several
awards
for
his
coming-of-age
movies,
will
add
new
dimension
to
the
story.
"We
have
been
thinking
about
venturing
into
movie
production
for
sometime
and
Kahaani
presented
the
perfect
chance.
We
will
get
into
Bollywood
also
but
first
we
want
to
explore
the
regional
markets.
These
are
the
first
few
steps," said
Dhar.
However,
renowned
novelist
Yandamoori
Veerendranath
is
co-writing
the
adaptation
with
Kammula
for
the
remake
of
Kahaani.
Vijay
C
Kumar
will
be
the
director
of
photography,
while
Marthand
Venkatesh
handles
the
editing
work
for
the
film.
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updates
on
this
mega
budget
project.