John Abraham Acquires Prabhas' Mirchi Remake Rights
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Bollywood
actor-turned-producer
John
Abraham
will
act
in
the
Hindi
remake
of
hit
Telugu
film
Mirchi.
Directed
by
debutant
Koratala
Siva,
Mirchi
starred
Prabhas,
Anushka
Shetty
and
Richa
Gangopadhyay
in
the
lead
roles.
Released
in
February
this
year,
the
film
went
on
to
become
a
Blockbuster
at
the
AP
Box
Office.
Now,
the
hottest
hunk
of
B-Town
has
acquired
the
rights
of
Hindi
remake
from
the
makers.
In
a
statement
to
PTI,
John
Abraham,
who
is
busy
with
a
couple
of
projects,
has
confirmed
that
he
has
bought
the
remake
rights
of
Mirchi
and
he
would
act
in
it.
"I
saw
the
film
and
loved
it
a
lot.
We
have
bought
the
rights
of
the
film
and
are
quite
excited
to
remake
it
here
in
Hindi.
I
would
be
acting
in
the
film
too," John
told
PTI.
The
actor
adds
that
he
is
yet
to
finalise
the
details
of
other
cast
and
crew
for
the
Bollywood
remake
of
Mirchi.
John
Abraham
is
currently
busy
shooting
for
his
much-anticipated
movies
like
Madras
Cafe
and
Hamara
Bajaj,
which
are
produced
by
himself.
Apart
from
this,
he
is
also
acting
in
other
projects
like
Welcome
Back
and
Dostana
2.
We
bring
you
the
details
for
John
Abraham's
remake
movies.
See
them
in
the
slideshow.
John
Abraham's
Acting
Career
John
Abraham,
who
started
his
acting
career
with
Hindi
movie
Jism
in
2003,
has
starred
in
more
than
30
movies
in
10
years
and
most
of
them
are
original
movies.
The
hot
hunk
has
always
restrained
himself
from
signing
remake
films.
John's
Remake
Movies
Some
of
John's
movies
have
been
unofficial
remakes
of
Hollywood
films.
His
flicks
like
Salaam-e-Ishq,
Taxi
No.
9211
and
Zinda
have
been
described
as
unauthorised
remakes
of
British
film
Love
Actually,
Hollywood
film
Changing
Lanes
and
Korean
film
Oldboy
respectively.
John
In
Remake
Of
Priyan's
Boeing
Boeing
Director
Priyadarshan
was
the
first
person,
who
made
John
to
sign
remake.
The
actor
played
a
lead
role
alongside
Akshay
Kumar
in
a
partial
remake
of
his
1985
Superhit
malayalam
movie
Boeing
Boeing.
Titled
Garam
Masala,
the
movie
hit
the
screens
in
2005
and
became
superhit
at
the
B-Town
Box
Office
too.
John
In
Kaakha
Kaakha
Remake
With
Bollywood
superstars
like
Salman
Khan
and
Ajay
Devgn
scoring
big
success
with
remakes
of
South
Indian
films,
John
Abraham
convinced
about
the
importance
of
the
remakes.
So
he
signed
to
star
in
the
Hindi
remake
of
Gautham
Menon's
2003
Tamil
film
Kaakha
Kaakha.
Titled
Force,
the
movie
went
to
become
a
Blockbuster
at
the
Bollywood
Box
Office
in
2011.
John
To
Star
In
Mrich
Remake
Now,
John
Abraham
has
shown
interest
in
remaking
Telugu
film
Mirchi
in
Hindi.
The
actor,
who
has
watched
the
movie
a
couple
of
times,
feels
that
the
role
of
Prabhas
is
a
tailor-made
role
for
him.
He
feels
that
this
movie
will
give
him
a
new
image
in
the
industry.
John
Abraham's
Dream
Experts
from
Tollywood
also
feel
that
Mirchi
is
a
perfect
movie
of
John
Abraham,
who
is
sure
to
rock
the
audience
with
Prabhas'
role.
It
should
be
seen
whether
actor
would
be
able
to
get
what
he
dreamt
about
it.