SLB to direct Magadheera remake

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Posted: 9 years ago

SLB to direct Magadheera remake

Subhash K Jha

Magadheera, the 2009 Telugu film, was last in the news two years ago when it was reported that Shahid Kapoor would be playing a warrior in this reincarnation film. Now the remake is back in the news. with a new director. And this time, it's final. The Hindi version of SS Rajamouli's 2009 Telugu costume drama Magadheera will soon be a reality..

Sanjay Leela Bhansali, whose forte is the lavish epic drama, will direct the film about reincarnation, revenge and retribution. Says a source, "It was felt by the producers that no director but Sanjay could do justice to the epic scale of Magadheera. The film's budget is expected to be approximately '120 crore, which is higher than what Bhansali's last epic drama Bajirao Mastani cost."

Incidentally, Magadheera's original director SS Rajamouli doesn't want to direct the Hindi remakes of his films. He had earlier said no to a Hindi version of the Telugu hit Vikramarkudu, which was remade into Hindi as Rowdy Rathore. It was produced by Bhansali.

http://epaper.dnaindia.com/story.aspx?edorsup=Sup&queryed=820004&ed_page=1&boxid=38693&id=89362&eddate=2016-4-28&ed_date=2016-4-28&ed_code=820004&wintype=popup

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Posted: 9 years ago

I dont know how well a hindi remake will do since the translated/dubbed version was pretty good in itself and afresh.

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Posted: 9 years ago

oh please when are they going to stop writing about his next project? Or does SLB wants his name always mentioned in the news? Since when Did the Phantom guys sold the rights to SLB? I believe that his next wont be something like Bajirao mastani ahem well not the lovestory of a warrior or a historical story 😆

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Posted: 9 years ago

Originally posted by: Eboza
oh please when are they going to stop writing about his next project? Or does SLB wants his name always mentioned in the news? Since when Did the Phantom guys sold the rights to SLB? I believe that his next wont be something like Bajirao mastani ahem well not the lovestory of a warrior or a historical story 😆

This doesn't look like another speculation. The article is from SK Jha, they call him his mouthpiece. And the article says 'its final'. I think this is true. Phantom must've sold the rights to Eros.