The official announcement of the Hindi remake of Mani Ratnam’s super hit romantic drama ‘Ok Kanmani’ has been made by Filmmaker Karan Johar.
He will produce the Hindi remake under his Dharma productions banner. ‘Aashiqui 2’ couple Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapoor has been roped in to bring their scintillating onscreen Chemistry to life once again in this remake of the ‘OK Kanmani’.
Malyalam actor Dulquer Salmaan and Beautiful Nithya Menon starred in ‘O Kandhal Kanmani’, which was directed by Mani Ratnam. The film was released in Telugu with ‘Ok Bangaram’ title and it was a hit there too. The Hindi version will be directed by Mani Ratnam’s protégé Shaad Ali, who earlier directed films like ‘Bunty Aur Babli’, ‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’ and ‘Kill Dill’.
Mani Ratnam…Gulzarsaab…AR Rahman…Shaad and us present Aditya Roy Kapur and SHRADDHA KAPOOR in the official recreation of #okkanmani
— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) December 31, 2015
Music maestro AR Rahman, who composed music for the original, will be composing music for the remake as well.