WHAT? Rajkummar to play Parimal Tripathi in Chupke Chupke REMAKE?

No one can deny the fact that Bollywood is in love with remaking old Bollywood classics. From old songs to movies, today's filmmakers and producers present the old gems with their own tadka. Sometimes they succeed, sometimes fail.

 

A while back, it was announced that the classic 1978 film 'Pati Patni Aur Who' will be remade with Kartik Aaryan, Bhumi Pednekar and Ananya Panday as the leads. Now, if reports are to be believed, another cult comedy film from yesteryears is all set to be remade and it is none other than Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan's 1975 comedy film 'Chupke Chupke'.

 

As per a report in Mumbai Mirror, the classic comedy which is still entertaining to watch is being remade by producers Bhushan Kumar and Luv Ranjan. The two have teamed up and have roped in Rajkummar Rao to essay the role of Professor Parimal Tripathi aka Pyarelal, originally played by Dharmendra. 

As per Mumbai Mirror, "Chupke Chupke is an iconic film and a favourite of many, including Rajkummar. He loved the idea of a remake and has agreed to come on board. It will have Raj in the dual avatars. The script is still being finalised, while the director and the rest of the cast are yet to be locked but the team is really excited about this one."

In the film, Amitabh Bachchan was seen as Dharmendra's best friend who pretends to be Professor Parimal, but actually is Sukumar Sinha who is an English lecturer. While Om Prakash was seen as the barrister Jijaji, Sharmila Tagore played the role of Dharmendra's wife.

 

The rest of the cast is yet to be finalized. It will be interesting to watch how the movie turns out to be when the rest of the cast is finalized.

Meanwhile, Rajkummar Rao will be seen with Kangana Ranaut in 'Mental Hai Kya'. The film is helmed by Prakash Kovelamudi and is being produced by Balaji Motion Pictures.

The poster of the film featured Kangana and Rajkummar in a crazy avatar pulling off a razor-sharp act. Mental Hai Kya is slated to release on June 21, 2019.