Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika in Paiyaa Hindi remake

Earlier, there were reports that director Lingusamy would remake his hit film Paiyaa in Hindi with Suriya in the lead role. Interestingly, in the Tamil version, Suriya's brother Karthi and Tamannaah played the lead roles. Paiyaa is an urban love story that depicts some interesting happenings in the lives of a pair of lovers. The movie was shot in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Mumbai.

But latest reports suggest that the director is likely to cast ex-flames Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone. However, the director is currently busy with his multi-starrer Vettai which is almost complete. After the release of Vettai, Lingusamy will make an official announcement regarding his new project.

3 top heroes racing for Dookudu Tamil remake

Telugu film Dookudu hit the screens yesterday and already three top heroes in Kollywood are said to be vying for the remake rights. The film, which has the Prince of Tollywood, Mahesh Babu, playing the lead role, has taken a grand opening and has been declared a box office hit on the very first day.

Following such positive reports, three top heroes are said to be interested in the film’s Tamil remake and several producers are trying to lay their hands on the remake rights.

It is rumored that Vijay has an eye on the remake because his Pokkiri was a remake of the Telugu film of the same name that starred Mahesh Babu.

Gautham Menon's hindi VTV Prem Katha renamed

Even as we get to hear that the new Ranbir Kapoor starrer is named after a song from a film starring his uncle Randhir Kapoor, the new Prateik starrer is named after a song in a Rishi Kapoor starrer. While Ayan Mukerjee's film with Ranbir is titled Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Gautham Menon's love story with Prateik has just been christened Ek Deewana Tha.

Prateik, who has now dropped the Babbar from his name, is hell-bent on going the solo hero way in a big way. So his next release, a love story that was earlier titled Prem Katha, has been renamed Ek Deewana Tha... to go with Prateik's character.

Apparently, Pratik plans to accept solo hero projects only. His next release My Friend Pinto is not only a solo hero project, it's also titled after Prateik's character.

And now Prateik's next project, Tamil film maker Gautham Menon's remake of his own Tamil hit Vainnaithaandi Varuvaa, is an out-and-out love story featuring Prateik and model-actress Amy Jackson.

Apparently, Prateik was keen that the film's title be pertinent to his character.

Says the source, "The original Tamil film was titled Vainnaithaandi Varuvaa which means, 'Will You Cross The Skies and Come?' Director Menon was thinking of a similar abstract title for the Hindi version. In fact it was to be called Prem Katha in Hindi. But then, it was decided that the film should have a zany title to go with Prateik's character."

Another factor which apparently played a hand in the film's renaming was Salman Khan. After Salman's Ek Tha Tiger it was felt that a title with the hero being extolled in the past tense created a sense of nostalgia and excitement.

"Besides," adds the source, "It's a line that comes from a favourite song of Prateik's... 'Ek Haseena Thi, Ek Deewana Tha'. The first three words of the song had already been used as the title of an Urmila Matondkar thriller. The makers of the Prateik starrer decided to use the second part of the Karz song for him."

Vijay Singh, CEO of Fox-Star, producers of Ek Deewana Tha, has confirmed the title.

Courtesy: Bollywood Hungama

Mayakkam Enna - Selva plans for Telugu Remake

Director Selvaraghavan is in plans of making Mayakkam Enna soon in Telugu. His earlier outings like 7G Rainbow Colony and Aayirathil Oruvan proved to be successful at the box office.

The director was quizzed during the audio launch whether he will be dubbing Mayakkam Enna in Telugu; he replied that he might remake the film in Telugu. The film is said to be a romantic thriller which features Dhanush, Richa and Sundar Ramu in the lead roles while Mathivanan Rajendran, Pooja Balu, Soni Barring, Rajiv Choudhry and others play supporting roles.

Music scored by GV Prakash is gearing up to hit the stores yesterday and the response for the songs is outstanding.

It looks like an announcement is in the offing!

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