'Band Baaja Baaraat' south bound
- IndiaGlitz, [Friday,March 16 2012]
While itÂs common to see many south blockbusters entering B-town as remakes, gradually Hindi movies are also going for south versions. Recently Salman Khan starrer, Bollywood hit ÂDabangg has been transformed into ÂOsthi and ÂGabbar Singh for Tamil and Telugu audience respectively. Now latest buzz is that B-townÂs premium production banner Yash Raj Films is going to remake its most loved film ÂBand Baaja Baaraat into south languages.
One of the high grosser film of 2010, ÂBand Baaja Baaraat (BBB) stars Ranveer Singh and Anushka Sharma. The film was well acclaimed and its fresh, lead pair had become favourites among youngsters. According to sources, YRF is quite keen to remake the film but as of now have not sealed any plans.
If sources are to be believed, BBBÂs remake - Tamil, Telugu and Kannada - will soon go on floors and the project will have new faces.
Although there are several south filmmakers are lined up for the filmÂs remake, YRF has not confirmed about selling its rights to anyone.
Not only BBB, the banner is also considering to remake its other popular films ÂBunty aur Babli (Abhishek Bachchan-Rani Mukherji) and ÂDil To Pagal Hai (Shah Rukh Khan-Madhuri Dixit-Karisma Kapoor) in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.
Producer Aditya Chopra apparently realised the potential in south cine market and recently launched a south division of the banner, YRF Deccan.