Gautham Menon's VTV Hindi version to commence from April
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oi-Prakash KL
By Sampurn Wire
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Subsequent
to
a
great
deal
of
conjecture,
it
has
been
divulged
that
the
champion
director
of
South
Indian
films,
Gautham
Vasudev
Menon,
is
geared
up
to
start
the
Hindi
remake
of
his
Tamil
blockbuster
Vinnaithaadi
Varuvaayaa
(VTV)
on
April
4,
2011.
The
Hindi
version
will
be
equally
produced
by
IN
Entertainment,
which
is
an
entity
of
the
Hinduja
Group,
and
Gautham
Menon's
Photon
Kathaas.
AR
Rahman
will
compose
the
music
for
the
Hindi
edition
just
like
he
had
perpetrated
for
VTV.
Prateik
Babbar
as
well
as
Amy
Jackson
will
enact
the
central
characters
in
the
Hindi
version.
Prateik
is
the
son
of
the
North
Indian
politician
and
actor
Raj
Babbar.
The
lyrics
for
the
Hindi
version
of
VTV
as
well
as
the
screenplay
will
be
constructed
by
the
eminent
Javed
Akhtar,
who
has
written
innumerable
wonderful
songs
for
countless
Hindi
films
from
the
1970s.
The
fact
that
he
has
survived
in
the
Hindi
film
society
for
so
long
is
an
indicator
of
his
lyrical
potency.
MS
Prabhu
will
head
the
cinematographic
department
of
the
Hindi
version.
Gautham
has
remarked
that
he
has
glued
himself
to
the
original
version.
The
Hindi
version
will
have
Amy
enacting
the
character
of
Jessy,
who
is
a
Malayali
of
the
Syrian
Christian
community.
Gautham
has
verbalized
that
Rahman
has
already
provided
him
three
songs.
For
the
time
being,
they
are
abiding
by
the
original
Tamil
tunes.
However,
Akhtar
and
Rahman
will
decide,
whether
the
songs
and
melody
for
the
Hindi
audience
have
to
be
dissimilar
from
the
Tamil
version.
VTV"s
Hindi
edition
is
likely
to
penetrate
the
theatres
by
July
2011.
Gautham
has
largely
operated
as
a
director
of
Tamil
films,
some
of
which
have
been
remade
by
him
in
the
Telugu
and
Hindi
languages.
Several
Tamil
movies
of
his
have
been
lauded
critically
such
as
his
action
thrillers,
Kaakha
Kaakha
and
Vettaiyaadu
Vilaiyaadu.
His
immensely
victorious
semi-autobiographical
movie,
Vaaranam
Aayiram,
garnered
the
National
Film
Award
for
the
most
superlative
Tamil
feature
film.
This
motion
picture
also
granted
him
a
nomination
from
Filmfare
for
the
'Best
Tamil
Director" honor.