Overview
- Mid-Day reports that Dharma is moving ahead on the remake after acquiring official rights soon after the Telugu film’s 2019 release.
- Siddhant Chaturvedi and Pratibha Ranta are cited as frontrunners for the lead roles, though negotiations remain ongoing and no casting is locked.
- Sources say the adaptation will preserve the original’s emotional core while reshaping tone and texture for broader national sensibilities.
- Insiders describe the subject as sensitive and emphasize a careful reimagining rather than a routine, one‑to‑one remake.
- An earlier Hindi plan reportedly considered original stars Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna, but that version was pushed after the pandemic.