Anil D. Ambani’s company and partners Neeraj Pandey and S. Sashikanth are coming together to remake 2017’s Tamil blockbuster ‘Vikram Vedha’ in Hindi. The producers will retain the original director duo Pushkar and Gayatri for its Hindi remake. Renowned writer, producer, director Neeraj Pandey will step in as the writer and creative producer for this blockbuster film.
S. Sashikanth’s company has produced 12 feature films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Hindi, including ‘Vikram Vedha’ in 2017, which ranked as the Number 1 Indian Film of 2017 on the world's most popular ahead of some other gigantic blockbusters like ‘Baahubali 2’.
‘Vikram Vedha’ is a cult film, it is a neo-noir action crime thriller film originally written and directed by Pushkar and Gayatri. Based on the Indian meta folktale Vikram Aur Betaal, the film tells the story of a tough police officer who sets out to track down and kill an equally tough gangster. The film starred R. Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi.
Shibasish Sarkar said, “ ‘Vikram Vedha’ is one of the best films to be made in recent times. This incredible collaboration is also a coming together of a dream creative team that would do true justice to a film like that.”
Neeraj Pandey said, “Vikram Vedha is a unique film and this story has to be retold to the Hindi audience world over. We have all grown up on the Vikram Betaal mythology, but this out of the box contemporary treatment makes it a must-see movie”.
S. Sashikanth said, “After our two successful co-productions in Hindi, 'Saala Khadoos' and 'Shubh Mangal Saavdhan' with Rajkumar Hirani and Anand L. Rai respectively, we are super excited to join hands with Anil D. Ambani led spearheaded by the dynamic Neeraj Pandey for our third production. With this great team, we are looking forward to a blockbuster Hindi version of ‘Vikram Vedha’.”
