Prakash Raj ventures as director to Bollywood
Article posted on 05 April 2016The versatile actor Prakash Raj is known for directing and producing good remake movies so far only in the South Indian languages. Now he has decided to venture into Bollywood with one of his masterpiece, Un Samayal Arayil. The movie is an official remake of the Malayalam drama Salt N’ Pepper and he had directed as well as funded for the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada versions.
The same movie is going to be made in Hindi by him that will feature Nana Patekar and Shriya Saran in the lead roles. In the other three versions, Prakash Raj himself acted in the lead role along with Sneha as they both have pan South Indian appeal.
Nana Patekar is equally talented person who is a Padma Shri awardee and will reprise Prakash Raj’s role. Tapsee is also expected to share the screen space in a supporting role along with Shriya. Titled as Thadka, Prakash Raj will direct and jointly bankroll this flick under his Duet Movies production house and Zee Studios.
Maestro was the music composer in the three South Indian languages but we do not know yet if he will be working in Bollywood too. The shooting is likely to roll out from May and will get finished in a short span by the end of June.
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