Action hero Arun Vijay had a release last month, with Thadam, which marked his second collaboration with director Magizh Thirumeni after the acclaimed Thadaiyara Thaakka, and the movie also starred Vidya Pradeep, Tanya Hope, Smruthi Venkat and Yogi Babu in important roles.

Revolving around identical characters Ezhil and Kavin played by Arun Vijay, Thadam was all about resolving a murder case finding who among the two is the real killer, and the movie has emerged one of the most profitable Tamil movies of the year.

After reports of the Telugu remake of Thadam set to feature Ram Pothineni, the latest update is that the Bollywood remake rights of Thadam have been acquired by producers Murad Ketani and Ashwin Warde who are producing Kabir Singh, the Hindi remake of Arjun Reddy with Shahid Kapoor. It has been said that Thadam Hindi remake might also have Shahid Kapoor in lead roles.