One doesn’t know what is it with remakes and Mohan Babu’s family. They set much store by them. And mostly they work as Mohan Babu has a strong and intuitive feel for scripts and stories.

Now in a strong bid to help his son Manoj’s career take off, Mohan Babu’s Lakshmi Prasanna films is remaking the Tamil hit Chithiram Pesuthadi.

The Tamil original was a gangster movie with a romantic core. It was a smart mix.

Now, Mohan Babu wants to recapture this in Telugu. The Telugu remake is titled Raju Bhai and will have Manoj taking another attempt at stardom.

Manoj’s previous movies like Sree and Donga Dongadi were since attempts. But somehow didn’t get him the desired breaks. But Raju Bhai will hopefully make a difference.

Suriya Kiran will direct the flick. While Sheela will play the heroine.

An item song gave the Tamil original a big pull. The song, in earthy local dialect also helped matters. So it is with interest that one looks at Raju Bhai and how this song will be canned.

Rahasiya is tipped to dance for this number.