Rohit Shetty To Remake Soodhu Kavvum With Imran Khan
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oi-Prakash
By Ramchander
Bollywood
director
Rohit
Shetty,
who
recently
made
Chennai
Express
starring
Shahrukh
Khan
and
Deepika
Padukone,
has
acquired
the
remake
rights
of
the
hit
movie
Soodhu
Kavvum.
The
filmmaker
had
seen
the
movie
recently
and
he
was
reportedly
impressed
with
the
content
of
the
Tamil
flick.
He
is
turning
independent
producer
with
the
remake
of
Soodhu
Kavvum.
Rohit
Shetty
is
jointly
producing
the
movie
with
well-known
Kannada
producer
Rockline
Venkatesh.
It
will
be
made
on
Rohit
Shetty
Entertainment
Pvt
Ltd.
The
agreement
on
the
same
was
signed
on
Thursday
(October
10).
UTV
Motion
Pictures,
Fox
Movies
and
Endemol
India
were
also
in
the
race
to
buy
the
rights.
But
it
was
in
the
end,
Rohit
Shetty's
production
house,
which
successfully
won
the
bid
by
quoting
a
huge
price.
Sources
say
that
Rockline
Venkatesh,
who
has
the
remake
rights
of
the
Kannada
version
too,
played
the
key
role
in
convincing
Rohit
Shetty
to
accept
the
offer.
There
are
many
names
doing
rounds
for
the
lead
role.
But
the
makers
of
the
movie
are
tight-lipped
about
the
cast.
It
is
reported
that
Imran
Khan,
the
nephew
of
Bollywood's
perfectionist
Aamir
Khan,
and
Shraddha
Kapoor
are
likely
to
star
in
the
Soodhu
Kavvum
remake.
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Sudeep
Rohit
Shetty
is
reportedly
considering
Kannada
superstar
Sudeep
(Naan
Ee
fame)
to
play
the
lead
role,
which
was
played
by
Vijay
Sethupathi
in
the
original.
Singham
2
The
director
is
changing
the
script
to
suit
the
taste
of
Bollywood
audience.
Currently,
he
is
busy
penning
the
script
of
Singham
2.
Tamil
Singam
2
It
has
to
be
noted
that
Rohit
Shetty
is
not
remaking
the
Tamil
version
of
Singam
2.
The
first
instalment
in
the
Hindi
was
the
remake
of
Singam.
Soodhu
Kaavum
Well,
reports
also
say
that
if
Rohit
Shetty
could
not
helm
the
project,
the
Hindi
version
of
Soodhu
Kaavum
could
be
directed
by
Shimit
Amin
of
Chak
De
India
fame.
Soodhu
Kaavum
Cast
Soodhu
Kavvum
was
directed
by
Nalan
Kumarasamy.
The
black-comedy
starred
Vijay
Sethupathi,
Sanchita
Shetty,
Radha
Ravi,
Ashok
Selvan
and
others
in
the
cast.
Soodhu
Kaavum
The
movie
was
released
on
May
1.
It
has
become
one
of
the
superhits
of
2013.