Oct 212017
 

Actor Jackky Bhagnani will be seen in a Hindi remake of Telugu film “Pelli Choopulu”, and it will be set in Gujarat. The yet untitled romantic comedy drama will be directed by Nitin Kakkar and produced by Phantom Films.

Jackky Bhagnani
Jackky Bhagnani

“I’ve made some changes in the original script so that the Hindi film audience can connect with it,” Kakkar said in a statement. Jackky has been shooting in Ahmedabad for the project. Interestingly, he has played a Gujarati before in Ashish Mohan’s “Welcome 2 Karachi”. The original “Pelli Choopulu” featured Vijay Deverakonda and Ritu Varma, and had bagged two National Film Awards.

It begins with the “pellichoopulu” or arranged meeting between Prashanth (played by Vijay Deverakonda) and Chitra (Ritu Varma). Fed up of his care-a-damn son, the boy’s father believes marriage will make him a more responsible man. Chitra turns out to be an ambitious girl and meeting her changes Prashanth’s life for the better.

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Sep 252017
 

Actor Ranveer Singh, who has been locked to play Kapil Dev in a movie on the 1983 cricket World Cup, will meet the team which won the trophy that year. The former India skipper will be part of the meet on Wednesday too.

In 1983, India won its first cricket World Cup against the West Indies. Dev served as the captain of the Indian cricket team then.

The film is being directed by Kabir Khan and produced by Phantom Films. Its scripting is finished.

“It’s a great feeling to start work on this incredible story of the Indian cricket team of 1983. We are feeling very blessed that we are starting this journey along with the heroes of 1983. We are thankful to all the players for taking out time from their schedules and joining us for this event,” Madhu Mantena, co-founder of Phantom Films, said in a statement.

The venue of the meet is yet to be finalised.

Apart from Ranveer, no other cast members have been announced so far, but the announcement of the project has piqued the interest of cricket fans as well as movie buffs.

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