Anamika Is Different From The Original: Sekhar Kammula
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oi-IANS
By Ians English
Filmmaker
Sekhar
Kammula,
who
is
remaking
Hindi
Blockbuster
Kahaani
in
Telugu
as
Anamika,
says
it
is
always
challenging
to
remake
a
hit
film
in
any
language
as
it
requires
adapting
to
local
sensibilities.
"When
you're
doing
a
frame-to-frame
copy
then
a
remake
might
be
easy
to
execute
but
adapting
a
remake
to
local
sensibilities
is
always
a
challenge,
irrespective
of
the
language
it
is
being
made
in.
Anaamika
is
not
a
frame-to-frame
copy
of
the
original,
it
has
been
adapted
to
suit
the
local
flavour," Kammula
told
IANS.
Nayantara
reprises
the
role
of
Vidya
Balan
in
Anamika,
which
is
shot
in
Hyderabad.
"The
film
is
made
in
such
a
way
that
for
all
those
who
haven't
watched
the
original,
it
will
appear
as
a
different
film.
All
those
who
have
watched
Kahaani
will
also
connect
with
Anamika
as
it
is
made
keeping
in
mind
the
local
sensibilities,"
he
said.
"I
have
made
changes
to
ensure
the
audiences
feel
that
the
film
is
different
from
the
original
in
many
ways,"
he
added.
While
Vidya
Balan
played
a
pregnant
woman
in
search
of
her
missing
husband
in
the
original,
Nayantara
will
not
be
playing
a
pregnant
character
in
Anamika.
"The
film's
premise
is
about
the
protagonist's
search
for
her
missing
husband.
I
didn't
find
the
need
to
retain
the
pregnant
part
because
my
film
is
not
a
frame-to-frame
copy.
Nayantara
still
had
to
work
hard
in
her
role
because
she
doesn't
get
to
earn
any
sympathy
for
being
pregnant,"
added
Kammula.
The
film,
produced
by
Endemol
India,
also
features
Harshvardhan
Rane,
Vaibhav
Reddy
and
Pasupathy
in
important
roles.
Anaamika
will
be
dubbed
in
Tamil
and
it
is
titled
Nee
Enge
En
Anbe.