Pollaadhavan: Telugu remake launch on Jan 23

Pollaadhavan, a very good adaptation of The Bicycle Thief (1948) by Vittorio De Sica, starred Dhanush as a lower-middle class graduate whose life's ambition is to own a motorcycle and his actions when faced with the loss of his precious bike. Departing dramatically from the neo-realism of The Bicycle Thief, Pollaadhavan captured reality as witnessed by residents of North Chennai.

Directed by Vettrimaran and produced by Kathiresan, this film successfully mixed commercial elements with art-house ideals and was well appreciated by lay audiences as well as critics. Now Gemini Kiran has bought the rights to Pollaadhavan's script and plans to remake it Telugu with Varun Sandesh and Neha Sharma. Sandeep Gunnam Reddy, Gangaraju Gunnam's son is making his directorial debut.