After making waves the world over
with its simplicity of story-telling, amazing direction and stellar
performances, the superhit film Queen is ready for its southside sojourn.
Southside
legendary superstar Thiagarajan, who has to his kitty nearly a 150 super-successful
films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu, as actor-director-producer, has
now taken the rights to remake the film
in all the four south Indian languages, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.
“Queen touched
my heart. I saw the film, and it stayed
on in my heart long after. It is this ability of Queen to relate to audiences
irrespective of language and boundary barriers that prompted me to take up the
film. We are planning to start work on all the four remakes simultaneously and
release them by 2015,” revealed Thiagarajan film who plans a no-costs spared
affair with an extensive shoot in Paris, Amsterdam and Spain.
Queen is
the journey of Rani on a marriage-less honeymoon that brings out strength and self-actualisation, making her
tale relatable and inspirational, the world over.
Thiagarajan
is now on the lookout for the perfect woman with the spark to play the protagonist
Rani. “We need an actress who can look serious yet carefree. It is not an easy
role to essay, avers Thiagarajan who plans to rope in young blood to direct the
film.
He admits
that top Bollywood actresses have sent feelers, but he is still to take a call
on the lead actress. Thiagarajan is however keen that Lisa Haydon who played
Kangana ‘s friend in the original essays the same role in the remakes.
Rumours are rife about Thiagarajan’s son and southside superstar Prashanth
playing an integral part of Queen as well. Thiagarajan smiles and says he will
let Prashanth take that call. “Currently, Prashanth is busy with a Hindi film
besides Sahasam in Tamil. I have ideas to rope him in, but it is a character with grey shades. I respect
actors and their choices and I will let him decide. If not him, then an actor
who is on par with him would likely be roped in for the role,” says Thiagarajan who is currently scouting the right locations for his film.
Vikas
Bahl, the director of Queen in Hindi is delighted, “Queen is made with a lot of
heart and emotions, and I am elated at the is getting this kind of acceptance across
south.”
Adds Ajit Andhare, chief operation officer,
Viacom18 Motion Pictures, “Queen is a universal story. It resonates across
cultures. The trend has always been for south Indian films to be adapted in
Hindi. We’re proud to have turned the tables, where a Bollywood entertainer
will be consumed in the four major south Indian languages by a maker like
Thiagarajan.”
Thiagarajan
who has taken on the baton from Vikas Bahl is known for his versatility and
films that touch your soul. He has acted in over 150 films in various
languages, directed 15 projects and produced 20 movies and Queen seems to be a
perfect move in the right direction.
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