Prabhu Deva to remake ‘Ghilli’ for Abishek



After his ‘Wanted’ with Salman Khan, Prabhu Deva is one of the sought-after makers in the Bollywood too. The choreographer-turned-director is all set to start on with his next. While his maiden venture in Hindi was a remake of his own directorial ‘Pokkiri’, the second one is also said to be a remake. The grapevine is abuzz that this upcoming project will be a remake of Vijay's blockbuster hit ‘Ghilli’, which itself was a remake of Mahesh Babu's ‘Okkadu’ from Tollywood.
As 'Wanted' became a trendsetter kinda flick in today’s Hindi industry, there were many other producers who wanted to sign Prabhu Deva. It is said that B-town’s big producers Sajid Nadiadwala and Boney Kapoor were keen to rope in him. But, finally AB Corp, the Bachchans’ company managed to flatter him with their offer.
Sources close to the director said that Prabhu Deva narrated Ghilli’s script to Abhishek almost twenty days back and the actor loved it at once and also immediately agreed to do it. As of now, Prabhu Deva shaping the script to suit the Hindi Junta and is expected to go on floors around June 2010.
On the other hand, Prabhu Deva is in US looking for a heroine. Yup! As we had it before Prabhu Deva will be finishing a Tamil film with ‘Jayam’ Ravi before his Bollywood venture. This untitled flick starring Ravi is said to be produced by Kalpathi Agoram's AGS Entertainment. As Prabhu Deva is coming back to Tamil, long time after his chartbuster ‘Pokkiri’, industry is excited about this one, which is scheduled to go on floors from January 2010 in Paris.

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