His actions are like those of a super hero, but he does them in a very simple way. Why did you choose Surya for the title role?Īfter I wrote the script, I thought of actors like Ajit and Vikram because I wanted someone larger-than-life to play this down-to-earth character.
If possible, I will remake it in Hindi later with Ajay Devgan as the police officer. There were such encounters in Chennai four or five years ago. I decided to make a film on one such encounter specialist.Īctually, it is an ideal Hindi film story because such encounters happen more in Mumbai than in any other place in India. I read a couple of articles in The Week about how some encounter specialists shoot gangsters and how their families get threatening calls. My film will show the human side of a police officer. I will not show a single corrupt police officer in this film. It shows how his personal life gets affected because he takes on some gangsters. My film is the love story of a police officer. How different is Kaakka Kaakka from the many police films in various languages? He talks to Shobha Warrier about Kaakka Kaakka, expected to release in May. I don't mind the competition," Menon smiles confidently. I want to see how these two films will do when released together. Sami is a commercial film mine is realistic. "I want my film to be released with Vikram's Sami, which is also a 'police' film. Titled Kaakka Kaakka (an invocation where a devotee asks God to protect him), it stars Surya and Jyothika. If Minnalae was a young college love story, Menon's second Tamil film is the mature love story of a police officer. It was Menon's, Madhavan's and Jayaraj's Bollywood debut. Menon remade the film in Hindi as Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein. The film, and Harris Jayaraj's music, was a rage among college students. Gautam Menon's debut film Minnalae, starring Madhavan and Reema Sen, was a big hit in Tamil Nadu. 'The industry is in such a shape that you cannot have big-budget films' Gautham Menon first tasted Bollywood with Minnale remake as Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein with Madhavan and Dia Mirza in the lead.īollywood may witness a fight between producers soon.Gautam Menon on his latest film Kaakka Kaakka He has even accepted an advance from Vipul Shah for Hindi Kaakha Kaakha. Gowtham have been planning to remake Kaakha Kaakha and Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu in Hindi. I am planning to remake the flick, not Vipul." he asserts.Īfter the Hindi versions of Ghajini and Pokkiri (Wanted in Hindi) became hits, Bollywood czars are in to remaking South Indian films. He promptly called me and said that he was unable to pay the rest of the amount and was willing to cancel the agreement too and we decided to part ways. But after Janasheen turned out to be a debacle at the BO, he was not prepared to take up another film. We (Firoz Khan and he) entered into an agreement and an advance was also paid. I have not given remake rights to anyone. Thanu's version is this,"I have planned to produce this film in Hindi. He has approached Salman Khan and Deepika Padukone for the main characters and they have shown interest in the flick. Now Thanu claims to produce the Hindi version. Kaakha Kaakha which had Jyothika as heroine was produced by Kalaipuli.
There was also news earlier that Ajay Devgan tried for the remake rights with zero result, he later settled for Malayalam film Puthiyamugham remake. The film is expected to hit the floors later this year Now the news is John Abraham is cast as the hero in Hindi remake and Gautham to direct and Vipul Shah to produce. Later Vipul and Goutham tried to buy the rights back from Fardeen Khan. Later, Feroze Khan bought the rights to cast his son Fardeen in the lead.īut when Feroz Khan died in 2007 news ceased about the remake. The film was announced in 2007, but things didn't materialize and was put on hold. The makers planned to remake the flick in Hindi and approached Sunny Deol. The film offered a new dimension for actors like Daniel Balaji and Jeevan. It instantly became hit and soon was remade in Telugu as Gharshana with Venkatesh and Asin in the lead roles. Gautam Menon's super hit police story Kakka Kakka was released in 2003.
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