One film that stands out among the many that are being remade is Valmiki, a remake of the blockbuster, Jigarthanda. Being made in Telugu, director Harish Shankar has now made an announcement on the occasion of Eid saying a pre-teaser for fans will be released soon in the days ahead. Valmiki will see Varun Tej reprising Bobby Simha’s role while Tamil actor Atharvaa is all set for his debut in Telugu, who will be portraying the character played by Siddharth in Jigarthanda.

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Valmiki will also see actress Pooja Hegde reprise the role of Lakshmi Menon with music being scored by Devi Sri Prasad followed by Ayananka Bose handling the cinematography for the film being produced by Ram and Gopi Achanta under their 14 Reels Entertainment banner. It must be noted that dubsmash and TikTok sensation Mirnalini Ravi, who made her acting debut in the recently released critically acclaimed Vijay Sethupathi starrer, Super Deluxe, was the initial choice to play the heroine in Valmiki and had reportedly walked off the project due to unknown reasons.

Jigarthanda remake Valmiki Varun Tej Atharvaa Pooja Hegde

Jigarthanda went on to become one of the biggest blockbusters of 2014 with director Karthik Subbaraj striking gold big time at the box office for the second consecutive after his debut film, Pizza. The gangster action comedy film also went on to garner two National Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor (Bobby Simha) and Best Editing (Vivek Harshan) and has since gone on to become a cult classic. It must be noted that the film was also remade in Kannada under the same title in 2016 and was produced by superstar Kichcha Sudeep.

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