Popular Tollywood Director Harish Shankar is remaking the 2014 Tamil action flick Jigarthanda in Telugu. It was earlier reported that Bobby Simha's role will be played by Varun Tej and Rashmikka Mandanna will portray Lakshmi Menon's role.


Latest reports reveal that Harish Shankar has planned to introduce two young heroes in the remake, Naga Chaitanya and Raj Tarun have been roped in to reprise Siddharth's role. The remake will be bankrolled by Ram Achnata and Gopi Achnata's  14 Reels Plus Banner. An official announcement will be made soon.