It was meant to be a grand reunion of the Rowdy club.
Akshay Kumar, producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali and his partner Shabina
Khan,and director Prabhu Deva for the Hindi remake of the 2002 Tamil
blockbuster ‘Ramana’.
Sadly Prabhudheva had to opt out due to prior commitment leaving the Rowdy team with no choice but to get another director.
Says a source, “While shooting ‘Rowdy Rathore’ the team had decided
to reunite for another Tamil remake. ‘Ramana’ rights had been purchased
by Sanjay Bhansali. And Prabhu was on board in principle. But then
after ‘Rowdy Rathore’ he got exceedingly busy as a director with
‘Ramaiya Vastavaiya’, the film launching newcomer Girish Taurani
followed by ‘Rambo Rajkumar’. After that Prabhu immediately goes into
his film with Ajay Devgn.”
In fact the choice was between directing Akshay Kumar in the ‘Ramana remake’ and Devgn in an untitled original film.
However Prabhu preferred to work with another actor .Also he has decided not to direct remakes of South Indian films.
Says Prabhu sorrowfully, “They asked me to do this film. I’d have
loved to. It would have been a new experience for me. So far I’ve only
directed out-and-out entertainers. ‘Ramana’ has strong social message.
I’m at the moment completing ‘Ramaiya Vastavaiya’ and ‘Rambo Rajkumar’.
Both are original scripts. In July I start my film with Ajay Devgn and
that too is an original script. Moreover isn’t it good to work with new
actors and a new team constantly? Repetition makes you stagnant.”
We hear Devgn has made it very clear that he wants Prabhudheva to do a full-on action entertainer.
“My films also serve a social purpose. They’re designed to be
stress-busters. They make audiences forget their worries . Ajay Devgn
film too is a complete masala script, guaranteed to make everybody
forget their worries,” promises Prabhudheva.
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