Posted on 20 February 2010 by admin
While everyone and their brother has been speculating that Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Raju Hirani met Ranbir Kapoor in Los Angeles and the new Munnabhai film will star the Kapoor lad, the fact is that though Chopra did indeed met Ranbir in LA, Raju hadn’t even gone to LA after the release of 3 Idiots.
But he had gone underground… to a yoga and meditation centre in Mulshi near Pune where the lack of connectivity allowed him to disconnect from the brouhaha surrounding the Khan film and the entire attendant collection comparison chaos between his film and the other.
Now that Raju has surfaced he completely scotches the Ranbir rumour saying quite categorically, “Whenever the next Munnabhai film will be made, it will be made with Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi.”
He clarifies though that Munnabhai will not travel to Amrika because in the original story he was supposed to meet the President of the United States of America and obviously now, that is not an option. Raju has an idea which will take the character to another level but hasn’t started work on it yet as he is still not completely out of 3 Idiots what with the DVD and The making of the film still to be done. He also has another idea for his next film other than the Munnabhai film but isn’t sure which he will work on first.
Talking about his six days away from civilization, as most of us understand it, Raju says with a smile, “The first day I was worried about messages and calls. But from the next day on, it was sheer happiness to not have a phone.”
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Posted on 25 January 2010 by admin
We already know Gemini Film Circuit has bagged the remake rights of the bollywood’s recent blockbuster ‘3 Idiots’ for a whopping Rs 10 crore for all south Indian languages.
Jayanth C Paranji who directed earlier ‘Shankardada MBBS’ which is also remake of ‘Munnabhai MBBS’, which is bought by the same banner, is now going to direct the Telugu version of ‘3 Idiots’. Vijaya Bhaskar, who directed films like ‘Manmadhudu’ and ‘‘Jai Chiranjeeva’ also considered for this film, but most of the chances are for Jayanth only, we have to wait and see weather is there any last minute changes or not.
There is a lot of buzz that Pawan Kalyan is doing the main lead, but there is no official announcement came from the producer.
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Posted on 08 January 2010 by admin
Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots, starring Aamir Khan, Madhavan, Sharman Joshi and Kareena Kapoor, is turning out to be a mega blockbuster.
Sources in the industry claim that the film has already grossed about Rs 240 crore in just 10 days and the final figures may touch the staggering Rs 300-crore mark.
Latest buzz is that two leading production houses in the south are trying to get remake rights for the Telugu and Tamil versions of the film. The grapevine has it that one of the houses is holding negotiations with the makers of the film and that it is ready to offer a whopping Rs 10 crore to remake the film in all south Indian languages. The same house had remade Munnabhai MBBS into Shankar Dada MBBS in Telugu and Vasool Raja MBBS in Tamil. Mano Akkineni from the house confirms, “Yes, we are negotiating with Vinod and Raju for the remake rights of 3 Idiots. But we haven’t thought about the star cast.”
Meanwhile, rumors are afloat that most top heroes here are interested in being a part of the remake, albeit on their own terms. Madhavan has made it clear that he is open to the idea of repeating his role in Tamil as well. The front-runner for Aamir Khan’s role in the film is Surya, though sources close to him say he will not do the role as he has no immediate dates to offer. There are also unconfirmed reports that Vijay likes the film and is thinking of doing a film that is different from his usual style. When contacted, Surya told NSC, “I loved 3 Idiots. But the movie will require a very good director if it is to be remade in Tamil.” It’s not just in Tamil that stars are interested in the project. In fact, producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra had called Ram Charan Tej for a sneak preview of 3 Idiots before release and he liked it so much that he arranged a special screening of the film for his dad Chiranjeevi and uncle Pawan Kalyan.
But not everybody is convinced it will work commercially. Comments a leading Telugu producer, “It is very tough to remake 3 Idiots in Telugu or Tamil. Films with a soft nature don’t generally turn out to be blockbusters in these languages. Films that are action-oriented turn out to be blockbusters here.”
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