Sanjay Dutt To Star In Hindi Remake Of The Superhit South Movie Prasthanam?
South film director Deva Katta, who is remaking his superhit 2010 Telugu film Prasthanam in Hindi says actor Sanjay Dutt liked the story a lot and was keen to make the film.
South
film
director
Deva
Katta,
who
is
remaking
his
hit
2010
Telugu
film
"Prasthanam" in
Hindi,
says
actor
Sanjay
Dutt
liked
the
story
a
lot
and
was
keen
to
make
the
film.
Deva
said
it
was
Dutt
and
his
wife
Maanayata,
who
were
following
up
on
bringing
the
film
to
the
Hindi
speaking
audience.
"Sanjay
Dutt
got
interested
in
the
project,
which
was
in
2011-2012
within
one-two
years
of
(its)
release.
In
between
he
went
to
jail
and
then
came
back
and
the
follow
up
(from
their
end)
was
passionate
regarding
the
film.
I
was
interested
because
of
the
intensity
of
interest
from
his
side," Deva
told
PTI.
The
director
credits
Maanayata
for
putting
together
the
film,
who
is
also
producing
it
under
their
banner
Sanjay
Dutt
Productions.
"The
person
who
bought
the
rights
met
Sanju
baba
for
a
different
project
but
he
happened
to
have
the
DVD
of
our
film,
for
which
he
also
had
the
rights.
The
other
Tamil
film
was
not
happening
and
he
put
this
proposal
(Prasthanam
remake)
and
Sanju
baba
said
he
has
seen
the
film
and
Maanayata
is
a
big
fan
of
it
and
he
immediately
showed
interest
in
doing
the
film.
Then
it
was
all
headed
by
her,
she
is
into
every
detail,
nuances
and
nitty
gritties
of
this,
she
has
contributed
a
lot
in
reshaping
the
film,"
he
said.
The
original
film
narrated
the
story
of
a
politician
and
the
complex
relations
prevailing
in
his
family.
It
had
created
a
lot
of
buzz
in
the
Telugu
industry
and
had
also
won
several
awards.
Deva,
who
had
helmed
the
original
film,
said
the
team
has
not
made
any
significant
changes
in
the
Hindi
version.
"Fundamentally
there
are
no
changes
to
the
story
at
all,
except
refining
and
polishing
the
canvas
and
all
that.
It
is
very
relevant.
I
have
rewritten
the
screenplay,
the
dialogues
were
provided
by
Farhad."
The
film
stars
Dutt
in
the
lead
along
side
Manisha
Koirala,
Jackie
Shroff
and
Ali
Fazal.
"Every
character
has
depth
to
their
parts.
The
moment
I
narrated
her
(Manisha)
the
story
she
said
yes.
The
kind
of
respect
and
camaraderie
that
they
(Dutt
and
Manisha)
share
has
added
to
the
film
and
on
screen
it
is
magical
to
see
it."
The
makers
are
planning
to
release
it
in
August
or
September.
However,
nothing
has
been
finalised
yet.
Deva,
best
known
for
films
like
Autonagar
Surya
and
Vennela,
said
he
did
not
have
any
plan
to
enter
Bollywood
as
a
director.
"I
did
not
particularly
set
out
thinking
I
should
make
a
debut
in
Bollywood.
It
happened
with
a
positive
vibe
and
you
don't
want
to
let
go
that
off."
Deva
has
been
roped
in
to
co-direct
Netflix's
Baahubali
prequel
Sivagami.
The
upcoming
show
is
based
on
the
prequel
book
The
Rise
of
Sivagami.