Director
Abhishek
Chaubey
confirmed
that
he
will
be
doing
the
Hindi
remake
of
Tamil
movie,
Jigarthanda.
The
director
is
famed
for
films
like
Ishqiya,
Udta
Punjab
and
Sonchiriya.
He
also
revealed
that
the
Hindi
version
will
be
produced
by
Sajid
Nadiadwala.
In
an
interview
with
the
Indian
Express,
Abhishek
also
stated
that
he
is
yet
to
finish
the
first
draft
of
the
script.
He
said
that
they
are
working
on
the
script
and
once
it
gets
ready,
they
will
be
making
the
announcement.
"I
am
doing
a
film
with
Sajid
Bhai.
I
am
writing
this
film
for
Sajid
bhai
and
I
am
yet
to
finish
the
first
draft.
The
film
will
release
next
year,"
the
director
said.
Abhishek
Chaubey
also
spoke
about
the
failure
of
Sonchiriya,
which
he
directed
along
with
Sudip
Sharma.
The
film
released
earlier
this
year
and
starred
Sushant
Singh
Rajput,
Manoj
Bajpayee,
Bhumi
Pednekar
and
Ranvir
Shorey
in
the
lead
roles.
It
is
to
be
noted
that
though
Sonchiriya
was
hailed
by
critics,
it
failed
to
attract
the
audience
to
the
theatres.
About
Sonchiriya,
Abhishek
Chaubey
said,
"As
a
filmmaker,
you
expect
people
in
large
numbers
and
if
it
doesn't
happen,
you
feel
bad
about
it.
But
at
the
same
time,
I
appreciate
the
fact
that
those
who
managed
to
watch
the
film,
have
mostly
good
things
to
say
about
it."
The
Tamil
version
of
'Jigarthanda'
was
directed
by
well-acclaimed
filmmaker
Karthik
Subbaraj
in
2014.
The
film
had
Siddharth,
Bobby
Simha
and
Lakshmi
Menon
in
the
lead
roles.
The
movie
narrates
the
roller
coaster
journey
of
an
aspiring
filmmaker,
who
enters
the
world
of
gangsters
in
order
to
make
a
gangster
film,
and
how
he
turns
into
a
gangster
himself
in
the
process
of
making
his
maiden
film.
While
Siddharth
played
the
aspiring
filmmaker,
Bobby
Simha
was
seen
as
the
gangster.
The
movie
was
most
recently
made
in
Telugu
as
Gaddalakonda
Ganesh
and
is
doing
well
at
the
ticket
window.