Dil Raju to remake Maro Charitra?
By Smitha Mathew | Galatta | February 19, 2009 00:00 AM IST
Dil Raju to remake Maro Charitra?
Maro Charitra, starring Kamal Haasan and Saritha, was released in 1979. Directed by K. Balachander, Maro Charitra, which dealt with the love affair between a Tamil boy and a Telugu girl, was a super hit that year. Following the film’s stupendous success in Telugu, it was remade in Hindi as Ek Duje Ke Liye (Kamal Haasan-Rati Agnihotri) which also became a huge hit. Ilayaraja’s melodious tunes were one of the factors which propelled the movie to dizzying heights. Both the Hindi and Telugu versions�ran for an entire year in Hyderabad.
Now, noted filmmaker Dil Raju is thinking of reviving�and remaking Maro Charitra for�the new generation who are not�exposed to this legendary cult�film. Dil Raju�plans to make slight changes in the story to suit modern times; young heart-throb Varun Sandesh will be the hero. Bollywood cinematographer Ravi Yadav has been roped in to handle the camera.