Ranveer Singh to play modern day Devdas in Arjun Reddy's Hindi remake

It was only recently that reports of Ranveer Singh being part of the Hindi remake of Arjun Reddy had gone viral.

Arjun Reddy is a popular South film featuring Telugu actor Vijay Devarakonda which is said to be a modern-day re-telling of Devdas.

A source told a leading daily, "The producers have met Ranveer and he has shown a lot of interest in the project. They will show him the film in the next couple of days and a decision will be made.

Parallels are being drawn at lead characters of Devdas and Arjun Reddy wherein the duo was self-destructive and had resorted to alcohol post a broken relationship.

Recently, Rohit Shetty had confirmed that he will come together with Ranveer Singh for the remake of the hit Telugu film, Temper. Rohit Shetty has bought the rights for the remake.

"We have bought the rights of Temper but our film is not exactly a remake. We wanted to take four-five scenes from Temper but we thought it's better to buy the rights. It's what we did with Singham. Our film was different from the original Singham except a few scenes. Here also, we have written our own film taking the exact idea, Rohit Shetty said.

When asked about comparisons with the original film, "Comparisons are inevitable. Which film releases nowadays without controversy or comparisons? So, that's not an issue. We don't want to hide anything so we are clearly saying that yes, we have bought the rights. I don't think that would happen with me because I have done Singham and nothing of that sort happened with it, he said.